Jini to the rescue

Article Abstract:

Jini, a connection technology introduced by Sun Microsystems in 1999, provides an efficient way to combine diverse electronic capabilities and systems into a functioning network. Jini is built around a Lookup Service that resides on a network-attached server. This arrangement makes Jini services available to users with client application programs. The Jini Community, an open, collaborative effort, involves many of the industry's leading companies, including 3com, Canon, Epson, Kodak, Motorola, Nokia, Novell, Quantum, Seagate, Sharp, Siemens, Sony and Xerox.

Software Publishers, Networking Software Pkgs, Computer networks, Usage, Network management systems, Technology overview, Network software, Jini (Network software)

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MPEG-4: Multimedia for our time

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The newest multimedia standard, MPEG-4, released in 2/99, is audiovisually very effective and invites viewers to join what is happening on the screen. The standard was developed in a five-year period by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)(Geneva). Interactivity will be such that the user can interact with objects inside the scene, either from real sources or synthetic ones. The standard is defensive and gives tools to create uniform top-quality Internet video and audio decoders and encoders before an unmanageable tangled situation develops.

Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing, Switzerland, Company Planning/Goals, Data Communications Equip, New Media, Nonmanufacturing technology, Science and technology policy, Data communications equipment, Presentation graphics software, Multimedia technology, Multimedia systems, Multimedia software, International Organization for Standardization

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Bringing order to the embedded space

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Lack of standards for embedded software sets up inefficiency in the design process. Embedded systems development costs money for the development of software, a very device-dependent activity. A panel of experts has discussed this problem with focus on whether connectivity standards for major environments can be set up, which of the environments will be successful with embedded development and what the best number of environments might be.

Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing, Strategic alliances, Product specifications, Integrated Circuits by Function, Semiconductor industry, Product development, Integrated circuits, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., INTC, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Market share, Hewlett-Packard Co., HWP, Panel Discussion, Application specific integrated circuits, Java (Programming language), Embedded systems, Java (Computer program language), Electrical engineering software, Alderman, Ray, Bunnell, Mitch, De Luca, Joan, Dibble, Peter, McLeman, Jeff, Ready, James, Tso, Eileen

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