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IDF: A glimpse of the digital home
News The setup lets the DVD player access digital media files, such as digital video, images and audio, that are stored on a PC. The company's "digital media adapter" lets stereos and TVs access files stored on a computer.
[September 16, 2002, 13:02]
Apple preparing new upgrade fees
News Previously, Apple had offered upgrades to its digital media, or "i" applications, for free. Offering the six applications for free has been an important way "to sell more Macs and get out in front of the digital media trends," he added.
[January 6, 2003, 7:34]
ImageRecall
Downloads Its powerful data recovery engine recovers all popular image, audio, video, and data files - from any type of flash memory card, USB memory drive, or other removable media - from any manufacturer. Works not only with deleted files, but formatted or...
[October 30, 2003, 7:00]
Linux 'needs DRM support' for consumer success
News But the Free Software Foundation Europe countered this claim on Thursday, saying that consumers have made it clear that they do not want DRM restricting their use of digital media. He pointed out that Microsoft Vista is implementing a number of...
[April 7, 2006, 10:10]
Compromise copyright bill in works
News Speaking at the Intel-sponsored Digital Rights Summit in Silicon Valley, Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, said he was close to introducing a bill that would likely require consumer-electronics devices or media such as music CDs to be clearly...
[February 20, 2003, 10:18]
DRM troubles drive ex-Microsoft employee to Linux
News Veteran Microsoft security expert Jesper Johansson has said he may dump Microsoft's Windows Media Center in favour of Ubuntu-affiliated LinuxMCE after struggling with the software giant's digital-rights management software.
[September 26, 2007, 9:45]
GetCodec Multimedia Trojan Analysis
White Papers ASF is Microsoft's proprietary digital audio/digital video container format, especially meant for streaming media. A new trojan was spotted spreading in the wild, infecting multi-media files on end-user PCs with malicious content.
[January 9, 2009, 0:00]
Media Center will succeed, just not yet
News But pay attention, anyway: Media Center Extender is Microsoft's first step in creating a universal "personal media server" for running digital home applications. The Media Center Extender's remote control and ability to play Microsoft music files...
[October 13, 2004, 14:25]
MPEG-4 adds interactivity to video
News MPEG-4 is a wide-ranging set of audio and video technologies designed in part to condense large digital packages into small files that can be easily transmitted online, much like today's most common media formats, such as MP3, RealVideo and...
[August 9, 2001, 10:41]
MP3 pumps up the volume for local musicians
News Mike Coleman, audience manager for digital media at The Arizona Republic's Web site, said his Gannet-owned paper modeled its year-old MP3 community site directly on Boston.com. In doing so, it joins longtime MP3-booster Boston.com and others...
[February 5, 2001, 9:23]
Microsoft coughs up to settle another legal saga
News The deal opens the door for Microsoft to expand the array of antipiracy tools it provides with its digital media software, including Windows Media Player. Shamoon said one particularly interesting element of Microsoft's move into digital rights...
[April 13, 2004, 8:25]
ECTS: Be tempts gamers with OS enhancements
News In the belief that it's not enough to simply add a few features to a run-of-the-mill OS platform to warrant referring to it as a "Media OS", Be's systems continue to be architected from the ground up to deal natively with digital media.
[September 6, 1999, 12:25]
XP Media Center gets makeover
News Windows Media Center PCs sport a second user interface, by which consumers can access the operating system's digital media features via remote control. Microsoft is working on a newer version of its Media Center software, which is expected to debut...
[February 14, 2003, 11:52]
Win a Netgear media streamer and wireless router review
Reviews In this competition we're giving you the chance to win a Netgear WNR 854T wireless router and EVA700 media streamer — just what you need to stream some more Christmas movies from your networked storage.
[December 28, 2006, 9:37]
Gates wants information everywhere
News Media Center is a version of the PC operating system tweaked for handling digital media and entertainment tasks. The software, only available preinstalled on new PCs configured for entertainment tasks, allows consumers to use a remote control to...
[January 8, 2004, 8:40]
WMA hurts MP3 but streaming is key says analyst
News The Windows Media Audio (WMA) format on Monday got a boost in its battle against MP3, with digital distribution company Dx3 selecting Microsoft's format for its music distribution network. The agreement, announced at this week's Midem music...
[January 26, 2000, 8:57]
Global streaming-media network underway
News The first global streaming media network for delivering multimedia content is being built by US-based network services company Digital Island. Martin Brass, director of new media for research firm Entertainment Industry Research Consultants (EIRC...
[September 10, 1999, 10:18]
Microsoft offers free software as licence-check reward
News The previous incarnation was sold as part of a $20 digital media bundle known as Microsoft Plus Digital Media Edition. As part of its growing effort to thwart piracy, Microsoft is offering free photo slideshow software to customers who verify that...
[October 28, 2004, 8:24]
Sony TV will stream video from the Net
News The project, code-named Altair, is one of the company's latest efforts to make digital content more accessible on its consumer-electronics devices, and it reinforces Sony's vision of the television as the centrepiece of its strategy for networked...
[April 4, 2003, 13:41]
Microsoft's JPEG alternative: WIMP?
News One of the biggest reasons people upgrade their PCs is digital photos," Crow said, noting that Microsoft has been in contact with printer makers, digital camera companies and other unnamed industry partners while working on Windows Media Photo.
[May 25, 2006, 10:10]
