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With nearly every piece of video hardware outputting MPEG-formatted video, you might think MPEG-LA has a lock on the video market. Not so, says Ogg creator Chris Montgomery. And he's building an army of new video experts to begin to improve video for all.

The U.S. Department of Defense is looking for researchers who can build applications that enable family members to interact with parents serving far from home in the military.

There are many good video editors on the market and many of you no doubt have your favorite. If you're a Macintosh user you probably are familiar with i-Movie and it's a great product. It ships with every new Macintosh. On the Microsoft Windows side of the house there is Windows Movie Maker.

A Tokyo-based start-up has taken the wraps off new software that brings to the desktop the world of augmented reality.