The JAVA platform is a fundamentally new way of computing, based on the power of networks and the idea that the same software should run on many different kinds of computers, consumer gadgets, and other devices. More information is available from the The MHEG Centre . The GLUE project has developed a MHEG system for PC and UNIX, the MAJA project developed a MHEG client in Java, and the IMMP project has a Windows95 MHEG client developed. Further information is available from MPEG.ORG . MHEG-4 is a scalable encoding format for digital videos.
Further information is available from MPEG.ORG .
The network computer costs much less than today's personal computers. It is a tool that allows everyone to communicate through email, access information on the web, conduct electronic commerce and run software applications such as word processing and games - all through the network. The FONC project has developed an NC environment for an Open Service Market. See also What-Is . More information is available from the Universal Plug and Play Forum .