All the stories tagged with standard

Skype unveils new standardized interface for encoding cameras

06/01/2011, Skype has just announced a new standard interface for communication to H.264 encoding cameras. Called the Skype UVC 1.4 standard, it will become the de facto standard for video calling, giving silicon vendors the opportunity to develop chips for cameras [...]

YouTube videos now served in WebM

04/20/2011, On the official YouTube blog, Google has announced that the popular video streaming service will be adopting the WebM format for all their videos in the future. Comparing different video formats to power adapters and power outlets, YouTube aim to [...]

Apple applies for Thunderbolt trademark

03/09/2011, Thunderbolt, the new communication standard developed by Apple and Intel was unveiled a few weeks ago, together with the new MacBook Pro computers. Initially it was assumed that Intel was the main party involved in its development, with Apple playing [...]

Seagate GoFlex Certified Storage System for Third Parties

01/04/2011, [CES 2011] Seagate is announcing  Certified  GoFlex Storage System, its certification process to qualify products that will feature GoFlex drive slots, the program  aims to certify both slot-based devices and third-party external storage modules. First introduced in May of 2010, [...]

CHAdeMO-equipped quick-chargers to be the standard in America

12/30/2010, With the whole world taking steps to ensure a greener and cleaner world for our future generation, one of the forerunners of this movement is using cars that run on electricity. Such cars emit no harmful gasses into the air, [...]

IEEE hopes to standardize power, wired, wireless LANs

12/15/2010, The IEEE has put their mind to come up with a standard that will bridge wired and wireless network technologies throughout your humble abode. This new draft standard has been called P1905.1, where it is touted to “provide a common, [...]

WiMAX 2 Standard Slated To Be Finalized In November

08/15/2010, With Verizon and AT&T looking to focus on LTE, WiMAX has a serious challenge on its hand, so it’s probably good news that the successor to WiMAX, namely WiMAX 2, will have its standard finalized in November this year, with [...]

Nokia And Harman Working On A Standard For Phone To Car Links

05/18/2010, Harman and Nokia have confirmed that they’re busy coming up with a standard for sharing data between a smartphone and a car’s information/entertainment system. When everything works hunky dory, they envision data such as GPS information and media to be [...]