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Microsoft Move to be the End of JPEG?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the just-a-little-bit-better dept.

jcatcw writes "Microsoft Corp. will submit a new photo format to an international standards organization. The format, HD Photo (formerly known as Windows Media Photo), can accommodate lossless and lossy compression. Microsoft claims that adjustments can be made to color balance and exposure settings that won't discard or truncate data that occurs with other bit-map formats."

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  1. Meh by Desert+Raven · · Score: 5, Funny

    I predict it will succeed in displacing jpg just like png displaced both gif and jpg.

  2. I think they should call it: by callmetheraven · · Score: 5, Funny

    displays for sure!

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  3. Won't somebody please think of the porn industry by Provocateur · · Score: 3, Funny

    I believe it will be here where it will be met with stiff resistance
     

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