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To: StanX Long who wrote (60401)	2/13/2002 12:54:54 AM
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Apple, Sun and Ericsson Agree on Streaming Media By REUTERS nytimes.com Filed at 9:55 p.m. ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. (news/quote) (AAPL.O), network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. (news/quote)(SUNW.O) and wireless telephone maker Telefon AB L.M. Ericssonsaid on Tuesday that they jointly would support a new format for next-generation Internet streaming media. Apple previewed the latest version of its media player, QuickTime 6, which supports the MPEG-4 format, at a QuickTime conference and said competitors needed to agree on standards for next-generation streaming video. Incompatibility between audio players, some of which use the MP3 music format and others using proprietary ones, is the clearest example of the difficulties facing consumers when the industry cannot settle on a standard. MPEG-4 supports quality higher than current video standards, including older versions of QuickTime, Apple said.