Larry explains that they move Google Video to a common codec format, to prevent frustrating video problems without committing to a proprietary format or a business partnership to do so.

ENGADGET: Backstage at the Google press conference

Amway and Avon (NYSE:AVP) products have been exploiting this idea for many years though in different format, turning consumers into entrepreneurs and independent business owners, rather than product evangelists.

FORBES: Groupon's Advantage

The format may throw some off but this is a serious business book, just not in the classical wall-of-text-plus-some-scatted-diagrams.

FORBES: Review: Brian Solis's '[What's The Future] Of Business'

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is responsible for promoting and developing business opportunities for Blu-ray Disc - the next-generation optical disc format for storing high-definition movies, games, photos and other digital content.

ENGADGET: Blu-ray Discs expand to 128GB under new BDXL spec

Holder of patents covering everything from color television to the MP3 audio-compression format, Thomson has been selling off its loss-ridden television business to focus on becoming the fount of everything digital, from cameras to DVD duplication, for the entertainment industry.

FORBES: Digital Domination?

Understand how dependent critical business applications and processes are on particular office productivity application vs. a particular file format.

FORBES: Death of The Document

The format for the traditional end-of-term debate was set by the Backbench Business Committee.

BBC: Hughes urges action on pay inequality

"From the beginning, we have said that an open format means more choice for consumers, " says Steve Haber, president of Sony's Digital Reading Business Division.

CNN: New Sony Reader adds touchscreen, wireless downloads