News archive for the ‘Software news’ Category

Google plans to become mobile HD video powerhouse

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Google is to become a major player in the high definition video from handheld devices market after closing its acquisition of On2 Technologies.

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MPEG IC Shipments on Track to Reach 2 Billion Units

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

­As consumers access digital video on more devices, applications for MPEG digital video compression technology are expanding, particularly in portable devices.

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768-bit RSA encryption has been cracked

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

The days of relying on encryption to protect private data are coming to an end after it emerged that the use of distributed computing resources resulted in the cracking of the seemingly impregnable 768-bit RSA encryption standard.

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