I want to join the next generation of video codecs, MPEG-4, for my video projects, but I'm hopelessly confused and Google isn't helping me. Here are the facts as I know them. The people who brought us ...

At a company-sponsored conference Tuesday, Apple previewed the latest versions of its QuickTime digital media player and new QuickTime broadcast technology, both built with support for MPEG-4. But the ...

Editors' Note: This article has been updated since its original posting. Seven years ago, when I was still a clueless kid, I played my first video clip on the Internet using a 56k connection. It was ...

“We’ve met a lot of the concerns that have been expressed in the marketplace,” said Lawrence Horn, spokesman for the group, which represents 18 patent holders that have claims on underlying MPEG-4 ...

As noted in our fifth-generation (with video) iPod coverage, several users are experiencing issues with synchronizing home-compressed video to the device. Many users reporting this problem are using ...

One common complaint users have about encoding video for their fifth-generation, video-capable iPods is that it takes a lot of time. Another issue is legality: Although there is software available ...

Dick Tracy's watch, back in the 1950s, allowed the comic strip detective to make phone calls from his wrist. Sure, he had a limited number of people he could call, but anyone watching him do it was ...