PyroPunk - Slashdot User

Comment Re:cross platform oncre and for all time (Score 2, Insightful) 237

by PyroPunk on Thursday August 09, 2007 @03:33PM (#20173721) Attached to: Microsoft Moves in on the Graphics Market

It's cross platform from the standpoint of the browser plugin works on Windows and Mac, but to create the Silverlight content that runs you need to do it on Windows; at least at this point. Expression isn't a Mac tool. But, I can fire up Flash on Windows or Mac to create Flash content, and also use some Open Source tools on Linux to do that. I think that may be what he means on cross platform.

Microsoft's HD Photo to Become JPEG Standard? 369

Posted by Zonk on Thursday August 02, 2007 @03:22PM from the what's-wrong-with-jpeg dept.

Mortimer.CA writes "Ars Technica is reporting that Microsoft has submitted their HD Photo to the JPEG committee: 'Microsoft's ongoing attempt to establish its own photo format as a JPEG alternative (and potential successor) took another step forward today when the JPEG standards group agreed to consider HD Photo (originally named Windows Media Photo) as a standard. If successful, the new file standard will be known as JPEG XR.' Microsoft has made a 'commitment to make its patents that are required to implement the specification available without charge.' While JPEG 2000 exists, HD Photo has several advantages (not the least of which is a lot less CPU power is needed). Is this a big of an issue as ODF/OOXML?"

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