Patent Claim Strikes an Electronics Nerve. A small Texas videoconferencing company claims that it has a patent that covers parts of the JPEG data-compression standard that is used widely in consumer electronics and on the Internet. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology]
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Ziff Davis Is Said to Plan a Bankruptcy. Ziff Davis Media, which was a major player in technology publishing, has been telling advertisers that it will be forced to enter a prepackaged bankruptcy by the end of this week. By David Carr. [New York Times: Technology]
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