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Can Microsoft win the media format war?
News The long-term strategy is the ubiquity of the Windows Media Format," Rosoff said. The toolkit, the DRM license and the use of the Windows Media Audio format is free for the labels, despite Microsoft's $500 million investment developing what many...
[February 4, 2003, 16:05]
Camera makers unveil new media format
News Digital camera makers Olympus and Fuji Photo Film announced a new removable media format on Tuesday, despite analyst concerns that camera buyers already have to deal with too many storage choices. However, Niebel said the companies will have a...
[July 31, 2002, 12:40]
DVD+RW format will offer DVD, rewritable media
News Called Phase-Change ReWritable, the 120mm disk format specifies a 3Gb single-sided capacity. The group
[September 4, 1997, 15:45]
Comdex '99: Microsoft trumpets MP3 alternative
News Microsoft announced a host of deals and partnerships at Comdex Tuesday around its Windows Media Audio (WMA) digital music format. The player has had a BIOS patch to support the format and incorporates Microsoft's Windows Media Digital Rights...
[November 17, 1999, 9:01]
Microsoft's JPEG alternative: WIMP?
News If it is up to Microsoft, the omnipresent JPEG image format will be replaced by Windows Media Photo. In his presentation Crow showed an image with 24:1 compression that visibly contained more detail in the Windows Media Photo format than the JPEG...
[May 25, 2006, 10:10]
Yahoo! tuning out RealNetworks?
News s broadcasting division is moving away from its support of RealNetworks' RealAudio format in favour of Microsoft's Windows Media Player. Broadcast, formerly Broadcast.com, has offered its radio station affiliate partners the choice of streaming...
[January 5, 2000, 9:28]
Newest Napster keeps users honest
News Napster's new beta 6 version lets users download their favorite tunes in the Windows Media Audio (WMA) format, which has copyright protection built in, according to Microsoft officials. I suspect this is Napster's way of throwing off Recording...
[June 2, 2000, 8:25]
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. However, neither format is long for this earth according to...
[January 26, 2000, 8:57]
Windows XP and MP3s may not mix
News Microsoft is weighing how much support it will offer in its upcoming Windows XP operating system for MP3s, a popular music format that competes with the company's own Windows Media technology. Although previous versions of its operating system have...
[June 13, 2001, 9:50]
Microsoft's plan for 'new JPEG' leaves users cold
News But they're not so sure it should be a Microsoft product such as the new Windows Media Photo format, which promises better quality images at half the size of JPEG files. The world is ready for a new photo compression format to rival the ubiquitous...
[June 1, 2006, 11:10]
Pinnacle Video Spin
Downloads Save the final product as a file, burn it to a DVD, or upload it directly to the Web.Version 1.1.2.542 is a small upgrade that includes Windows Media format as the upload format to the Web. Using existing media on your PC, you can create fun and...
[May 13, 2008, 13:10]
Experiments in Streaming Content in Java ME
White Papers Mobile Media API (MMAPI) is a format- and protocol-agnostic API, which means that the API doesn't dictate mandatory support from device manufacturers for any particular format or protocol. A majority of devices still do not support this protocol...
[December 9, 2006, 0:00]
Sony reveals video MiniDisc format
News Sony had developed a new storage media for digital camcorders based on its audio MiniDisc format. The first product to take advantage of the new format will be the MD Discam camcorder, due to launch in the US in January.
[November 5, 1999, 13:23]
Is the heyday of the MP3 coming to a close?
News After years as the unrivalled king of the digital-media world, the venerable MP3 music format is losing ground to rival technologies from Microsoft and Apple. Microsoft also recently added the ability to rip CDs into the MP3 format to its new...
[October 18, 2004, 11:00]
GetCodec Multimedia Trojan Analysis
White Papers ASF is Microsoft's proprietary digital audio/digital video container format, especially meant for streaming media. The interesting detail about the malware is that its code embedding functionality is based on the ASF (Advanced Systems Format) format.
[January 9, 2009, 0:00]
High-definition video hits the Net
News AtomFilms, a hub for independent films and animations, has launched AtomFilms Hi-Def, an advertising-supported service that lets people watch full-screen Internet video in high-definition Windows Media 720p format.
[January 21, 2004, 13:50]
Microsoft and Nokia agree music DRM deal
News Microsoft and Nokia have struck a deal that will see Microsoft's audio file format supported on Nokia-powered handsets, while adding more open standard support to Windows Media Player. As a result of the deal, Microsoft is adding support for the...
[February 14, 2005, 16:55]
Macromedia wants to deliver Flash video
News Macromedia added streaming-media capabilities to Flash with its major overhaul of the format last year. Richard Doherty, president of research firm The Envisioneering Group, said Flash as a media format is still running well behind Windows Media...
[December 17, 2003, 11:10]
Digital media: will Microsoft win again?
News Technically, its media tools will produce the open-source format, but analysts say the process still requires the use of the company's technology to play content. That's why it's only possible to host, stream and create Windows Media Format files...
[June 25, 2002, 14:48]
Winamp glitch may benefit open source
News A recently disclosed vulnerability in an old version of the popular Winamp media player could provide a boost for the royalty-free alternative to the MP3 format known as Ogg Vorbis. The group has been attempting to convince a crowd of online music...
[May 2, 2002, 11:58]
