Move over MP3, Jan 07, 2003

How does Ogg Vorbis work?
It works in a similar manner to an MP3 file. Vorbis files have the extension .ogg and the technology been designed to completely replace all proprietary, patented audio formats like MP3. This means you can encode all your music or audio content in Vorbis and play it over any media player that supports the software.

What are its advantages over MP3?
Much of the sound data is removed when MP3 files are created, resulting in a file of inferior quality. Vorbis on the other hand used superior acoustic models to reduce the damage. Thus, the music will sound much better when you play an .ogg file. The file will also be smaller in size.

Atefeh Riazi, CIO and senior partner of Ogilvy & Mathers Worldwide, doubts that unreliable reputation will stick. Ogilvy & Mathers will continue this year to migrate off its few remaining Microsoft NT servers and onto Linux, which is the company's platform for Internet, security, and customer applications.

SGI, a maker of high-end computers for technical tasks, has begun selling a new server running Linux on as many as 64 Itanium 2 processors, the company plans to announce Tuesday

MontaVista Software will release on Wednesday a version of Linux for consumer-electronics devices, as the company seeks to have its software used in everything from karaoke machines to high-end television sets.

Apple today released a beta version of its own implementation of the X11 Windows server which takes full advantage of Aqua. Although this announcement did not get a mention in Mr. Jobs' keynote, it is likely to excite many among Apple's UNIX crowd.

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