In my August column, “The Audio World Without ISDN,” we looked at the impending demise of ISDN and the options available for those who can no longer get service. With telcos pushing everything into ...

I can play most DiVX movies without issue. There are a couple, however, that when I try to play them, Windows Media Player attempts to download a codec and of course, fails miserably. However, the ...

The makers of the AV1 video format have started the Open Audio Codec.

Google's interest in the royalty-free Vorbis audio codec raises new possibilities for successors CELT and, in the longer run, Ghost. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...