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MS Proposes JPEG Alternative

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the standard-was-getting-stale dept.

automatix writes "Microsoft's new competitor to the omnipresent JPEG format has been shown at WinHEC and is discussed on CNET. The Windows Media Photo format has many promises associated with it. The program manager is claiming 'We can do it in half the size of a JPEG file.'. While 'the philosophy has been that licensing should not be a restriction', it is interesting that the specification requires a click-through agreement to even read it."

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  1. Re:Embrace and Extend by shaggykl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmm. Maybe new ads will be rendered in this new format. Then non-IE browsers will get ad-blocking for free!