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There are a number of new moves afoot regarding video formats and standards for open source browsers and operating systems. Last week, we covered comments from Sridhar Vembu, CEO of AdventNet/Zoho, about how improved Javascript in Google's Chrome browser could be a threat to both Adobe's Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight. Meanwhile, the new alpha version of Mozilla's upcoming Firefox browser update has HTML 5 video support, and One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has entered a partnership to to advance the open source video format Ogg.

You're likely already using open source applications for things like browsing the web, handling e-mail, and working with documents, even if you're on a Mac or Windows.

But have you ever thought of replacing your operating system's default music player with an open source alternative? If you're ready to do that, take a look at Songbird, an open source application built on the Mozilla platform.