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Το παιχνίδι με τα φουλάρια στο λαιμό ή το κεφάλι δεν ήταν ποτέ τόσο μόδα όσο είναι φέτος. Πάρε, λοιπόν, μαθήματα από τις... παλιές Brigitte Bardot, Grace Kelly, Sophia Loren, Catherine Deneuve και Jackie Kennedy.

The WebRTC standard for Web-based communications is a battleground for Nokia and Google over the VP8 video technology.

The nascent WebRTC standard for video communications on the Web has become a technology battleground pitting Google against Nokia.

The reason for a war not just of words but also of actions is a lowly technology called a codec, which compresses video for efficient networking and compact storage. Google wants the Net to embrace its royalty-free, open-source VP8 codec, but Nokia is trying to quash VP8 by refusing to license patents it says are required to use it.

Google, meanwhile, has come to the aid of Android phone maker HTC in a Nokia patent-infringement case that involves VP8.

Why the hard feelings? In a statement, Nokia said it's trying to keep Google from infringing its patents and forcing inferior, proprietary technology down the industry's throat:

Nokia believes that open and collaborative efforts for standardization are in the best interests of consumers, innovators and the industry as a whole. We are now witnessing one company attempting to force the adoption of its proprietary technology, which offers no advantages over existing, widely deployed standards such as H.264 and infringes Nokia's intellectual p... [Read more]

Ποια Νίκαια της Γαλλίας, ποια Venice Beach, ποιο Monte Carlo, ποιο Λουτράκι και ποια Χαλκίδα; Ο Φλοίσβος είναι το μέρος που το καλοκαίρι δηλώνει μόνιμος κάτοικος. Και οι άνθρωποι το έχουν μυριστεί γι αυτό και γίνεται της οικογένειας (και του single) τις καλές μέρες. 

The WebGL-powered version of Google Maps shows transparent 3D buildings such as this view of Kowloon and offers other fancy effects.

(Credit: screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)

Microsoft's next version of Internet Explorer might just support WebGL, a standard for accelerated 3D graphics on the Web that the company previously has attacked as a security risk.

A leaked version of the next version of Windows, code-named Blue, came with a version of IE11, and developer's scrutiny of the browser shows evidence of WebGL.

"It seems like WebGL interfaces are defined but not functional at this time," said Web developer and author Francois Remy in a blog post this week. That means that the IE11 build has some infrastructure in place to support WebGL, but lacks actual support at this stage.

Microsoft won't confirm anything at this stage. "We don't comment on rumors or speculation," the company said in a statement.

WebGL got its start at Mozilla and won Google's endorsement as a way to bring 3D graphics to the Web and to speed them up with hardware acceleration. WebGL, also helpful with 2D graphics acceleration, is good for games and poten... [Read more]

As a 27-time Grand Prix winner, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is no stranger to crossing the finishing line in first position. As such, we thought it would be more than appropriate for the 25-year-old triple world champion to be one of the first drivers to take our new 'Finishing Line' questionnaire, designed to provide an alternative insight into the minds of today's Formula One stars

Η Σαντορίνη, η Κεφαλονιά, η Νάξος και η Ζάκυνθος κέρδισαν μια θέση μεταξύ των καλύτερων νησιών της Ευρώπης και του κόσμου από το Trip Advisor, αλλά το Cosmo.gr δείχνει -με ντοκουμέντα- γιατί αυτά τα νησιά έχουν κερδίσει πολύ νωρίτερα μια θέση στην καρδιά μας.

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After existing as a peripheral event during Mobile World Congress each year in Barcelona, Spain, the International Mobile Gaming Awards this year moved its ninth annual show to San Francisco.

Launched in 2004, the IMGA is a competition for mobile games developed in countries across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Awarding is based on two rounds of judging by a jury of twelve, with 10 category finalists announced in the months leading up to the event, and one winner ultimately winning in each category. In addition, the IMGA also gives awards for Honorable Mention, People's Choice (based on online voting), and Grand Prix (best overall game).

This year's show was hosted by Australian blogger and television personality Maude Garrett from Geek Bomb, and it featured a handful of big-name games, as well as quite a few that we had never heard of. All of the nominees presented, though, looked fantastic based on the short video snippets that were presented. Check out the winners below:

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Excellence in Visuals The Room, a popular puzzle-solving, story-driven mystery game won the Excellence in Visuals award for good reason. Each new puzzle is presented in beautifully textured realistic 3D graphics complete with lighting effects. Even on the first puzzle, you will immediately see why this game de... [Read more]

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Some low-level benchmarks show ASM.js software outperforming ordinary JavaScript in both Firefox and Chrome, and coming close to the speed of native software.

(Credit: Alon Zakai/Mozilla)

At least some at Google want to embrace a Mozilla-backed project to speed up Web apps written with JavaScript -- even though it competes directly with Google's own Native Client and Dart programming technology.

Mozilla has been working for months on a technology called ASM.js, which it hopes will boost JavaScript performance, especially in combination with a related Mozilla-spawned technology called Emscripten. JavaScript powers Web apps such as Google Docs, and ASM.js is a special "extremely restricted" subset of the programming language that's designed to make it easier for developers to bring existing software written in the C programming language to the Web.

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Just days ahead of one of the largest gatherings of video producers, Apple's making a new push for attention -- and hopefully adoption -- of its controversial video editing software.

Apple today debuted a new series of promotional plugs by some top film and content makers, all in an effort to push others to Apple's Final Cut Pro X software, notes the Los Angeles Times. Some of those include videos featuring video editor and director Julian Liurette, director Tsui Hark, and Mexican media company TV Azteca.

It's not unusual for Apple to make these types of videos, which it does for its other "pro" apps Aperture and Logic. What's noteworthy is that it's all happening right before the National Association of Broadcasters' annual show, where Final Cut Pro was first introduced.

Apple's Final Cut Pro X came out in June 2011, following a stealthy debut at a private event during the National Association of Broadcasters show. Once released, it rubbed many longtime users the wrong way with its changes. The program had a whole new look, and promised to speed things up things like rendering, but it was also incompatible with older project files, removed some features, and changed long-established workflows.

The changes, along with a lack of updates ... [Read more]