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Wired was founded in January 1990 by two engineers who just wanted to make great MPEG products. In the early days, Wired's business model was that of a contract engineering company, retained by big companies (like IBM, Sony, AT&T, Lockheed Martin) to develop technologies & reference designs. As you might imagine, developing for these heavyweights allowed Wired to amass a considerable war chest of MPEG-related intellectual property. Wired's founders were disappointed that this great technology was moving from the laboratories to the consumers' studios so slowly, so they decided to launch the company's own line of products. In 1993, Wired introduced Mason - the first MPEG decoder available for the Macintosh platform. This led to a string of firsts, including the first Macintosh MPEG-2 decoder, the first Macintosh MPEG-2 encoder, and the first PowerBook DVD playback card. Today the Wired MediaPress is the world's best selling professional realtime MPEG encoder. Our latest product, the MasonIP is getting rave reviews from customers. As always, we continue to offer engineering services to companies looking to integrate world-class MPEG solutions in their products.
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Wiredlings Fiercely Debate Whether Their Bible Will Die
At the center of a parallel, palpable universe that emerged in the mid-1990s, sits Wired Magazine, as well as its blood child Wired News, though the latter no longer loads in your browser as it was meant to load. (Before I continue, I should issue all sorts...
Those Wired Digital Layoffs: The Facts
One of the nice things about being a gossip columnist, as opposed to a journalist, is that you can trade in rumors while they are hot. Starting mid-week, I followed closely headlines like Wired.com 'Gutted' in Conde Layoffs. Bad news travels fast, especially online, and even faster...
"Rebounding" from Job Loss, "WWGD?" and "Wired to Care"
Jack Covert Selects, the series of reviews from 800CEORead looking at important business books, has three recent reviews at three new books: The most recent is Rebound: A Proven Plan for Starting Over After Job Loss, made poignantly topical by Covert as he notes the shutting down...
@ UBS Media Week: AT&T Will Marry Wired And Wireless Together; Femtocells Coming
John Stankey, the CEO of AT&T (NYSE: T) Operations, said with the way the world is evolving today, he does not envy companies that are in the voice business unless it includes a wireless component. But because AT&T has both a wired and wireless infrastructure, it has the opportunity...
Media Roundup: Wired Editor's New Gig, Judith Miller as Media Pundit, and More
Open-source investigations: the new new journalism -- Journalist David Cohn has launched a non-profit project that raises funds from different donors to complete investigative reports on big topics. Journalists can pitch story ideas, as can the general public. Funds are raised on the project's website, Spot.us, and the finished article...
What Do Wired, Obama, N.Y. Times, YouTube, and Sam Zell Have in Common?
Many media executives, struggling to adapt, continue to focus too much on the tools of new media as opposed to opportunities those tools create.  I'm continuously hearing about how this company or that is going to go "multimedia." Too often, what this means to the exec in question is telling...
Add Highlighter Notes to Web Pages with Wired Marker (Firefox)
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The Publisher and his Chocolate Factory
So what, you may ask, did your faithful BNET media blogger do today? He toured a chocolate factory; indeed, the only chocolate factory in San Francisco. Now, even though we cover a fairly wide range of companies in this space, I bet you couldn't have seen this one coming. ...
Delphi Technologies Keep New Ferrari California Cool, Wired and Smooth
Delphi Corp. (PINKSHEETS: DPHIQ) is supplying key systems to the new Ferrari California, the latest addition to the legendary Italian automaker's sporty Grand Tourer segment, which recently made its debut at the Paris Motor Show. Delphi is supplying the complete climate control system, electrical/electronic system components including wiring harnesses...
UCLA Team Showcases Innovative Personalized Environmental Report Card with Interactive Mobile + Web Demonstration at WIRED NextFest 2008 in Chicago
LOS ANGELES -- A team of researchers from the UCLA Center for Embedded Networked Sensing have unveiled a unique interactive demonstration of the Personal Environmental Impact Report (PEIR, http://peir.cens.ucla.edu). PEIR provides personalized, daily estimates of measures like particulate matter exposure on roadways and carbon emissions due to driving. It works...
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