The Microsoft Case or Data Compression

The Microsoft Case: Antitrust, High Technology, and Consumer Welfare

Author: William H Pag

In 1998, the United States Department of Justice and state antitrust agencies charged that Microsoft was monopolizing the market for personal computer operating systems by suppressing a competitive threat from Netscape’s web browser and Sun Microsystems’ Java technologies. After a celebrated trial, the government won a partial victory, and federal courts issued a series of important decisions that inspired scores of follow-on suits by consumers, rivals, and foreign enforcement agencies.

William H. Page and John E. Lopatka’s The Microsoft Case examines the implications of this momentous litigation from the perspective of consumer welfare. Tracing the development of the case from its conceptual origins through the trial and the key decisions on both liability and remedies, this book evaluates the defining antitrust litigation of our era. The authors argue that, at critical points, the legal system failed consumers by overrating government’s ability to influence outcomes in a dynamic market. This ambitious book is essential reading for business, law, and economics scholars as well as anyone else interested in the ways that technology, economics, and antitrust law have interacted in the digital age.

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Data Compression

Author: David Salomon

Data compression is one of the most important fields and tools in modern computing. This third edition of "Data Compression" provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible reference for the many different types and methods of compression. Included are a detailed and helpful taxonomy, detailed description of the most common methods, and discussions on the use and comparative benefits of methods. The book's logical, clear, and lively presentation is organized around the main branches of data compression.Topics and features: * highly inclusive, yet well-balanced coverage for specialists and nonspecialists * coverage of the new PPM, SCSU, BOCU-1, MLP audio methods for lossless compression * Xmill, a special-purpose compressor for XML files * coverage of video compression, including MPEG-1 and H.261 * fully updated with new methods, standards, performance efficiencies, and algorithms * thorough coverage of wavelets methods, including SPIHT, EZW, DjVu, WSQ, and JPEG 2000 * Shorten, a simple compression algorithm for speech * the Deflate method (popular Zip software) and the PNG image file format This substantially enhanced reference is an essential resource and companion for all computer scientists; computer, electrical, and signal/image processing engineers; and scientists needing a comprehensive compilation of compression methods. It requires only a minimum of mathematics and is well suited to non-specialists and general readers.

Table of Contents:

	Preface to the Third Edition
	Preface to the Second Edition
	Preface to the First Edition
	Introduction	1
1	Basic Techniques	15
2	Statistical Methods	43
3	Dictionary Methods	165
4	Image Compression	251
5	Wavelet Methods	513
6	Video Compression	637
7	Audio Compression	691
8	Other Methods	755
	Bibliography	835
	Glossary	855
	Joining the Data Compression Community	877
	Index	879