The Last MPEG-4 Video Patent Expires, Freeing DivX and Xvid Worldwide

After more than two decades of patent encumbrance, the final MPEG-4 Part 2 patent — held by Siemens AG in Brazil — expired on July 19, 2026, making the codec that powered DivX and Xvid free to use anywhere in the world.

PDP-11 as a Service: Legacy Minicomputers Move to the Cloud

Emulators like Charon-PDP now let enterprises run RSX-11, RSTS, and RT-11 workloads from decommissioned PDP-11 hardware on modern cloud infrastructure.

Inside a Museum's Effort to Boot a PDP-11/40 Back to Life

Volunteers at the Rhode Island Computer Museum are restoring a PDP-11/40, coaxing decades-old software back to life one boot medium at a time.