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Microsoft Ties Media Player To Windows XP
News Microsoft will require consumers who want to use the latest version of Windows Media Player to upgrade to the new Windows XP operating system -- a move that is reminiscent of the company's controversial decision to tie the Internet Explorer...
[April 25, 2001, 7:55]
Pricing Scuppers Media Player-free XP
Talkback Chris Rankin : "This was precisely why the EU was so insistent that MS remove Media Player from Windows. This is precisely why the EU is stupid, and the Bush administration is smart. It's only in the EU that we can have a bunch of unelected...
[June 27, 2005, 23:38]
MS Takes Aim At RealNetworks... Again
News Microsoft's Windows Media Player 7.0, available for download Monday night at the stroke of midnight, promises an all-in-one player that also helps users organise their audio and video content. Version 6.4 was a pure media player, but Version 7.0...
[July 18, 2000, 10:00]
IDF: Intel And Sonicblue Show Off Portable Video Player
News He added that as the unit could also play still pictures and MP3 music, it was better to think of it as a portable media player. At the first day of the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose, Sonicblue showed off a co-designed prototype intended to do...
[September 10, 2002, 8:30]
FantasyDVD Player Platinum
Downloads FantasyDVD is an exquisite and powerful software DVD player with the same features and controls of the living-room DVD player and support for over 70 type video and audio media files. It support the ts, tp, trp mpeg2 HDTV, and wmv HDTV.
[October 9, 2008, 11:46]
Digital Media Converter Pro
Downloads Convert Video-DVDs and Audio-CDs as easily as other media formats and view them on your iPod, Sony PSP, Zune Player or Portable Media Center device. Use Digital Media Converter Pro to convert between MP4, M4A, AAC, FLV, RealVideo, RealAudio, DVD...
[October 18, 2008, 12:01]
HFNetChk.exe
Downloads You can use HFNetChk to assess patch status for the Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT Terminal Server, Windows 2000, Windows XP operating systems, as well as hotfixes and service packs for IIS 4.0, IIS 5.0, SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000 (including MSDE...
[December 10, 2002, 3:35]
HT MPEG Encoder
Downloads With enhanced DirectShow support, most of the files playable with Media Player can be converted. HT MPEG Encoder 7.0 is an encoder with high compression rates and fast conversion, and it shows its true performance when used with an Intel MMX products.
[July 8, 2004, 20:31]
Real Relaunches As Entertainment Portal
News While Real's move could see it up against portal giants like Yahoo and Lycos, it is more likely its new services are more a way of ensuring the RealPlayer keeps its lead over Microsoft's Windows Media Player.
[November 8, 1999, 13:58]
AOL Unveils 7.0 As Competition Mounts
News Other changes include faster loading of the software, minor tweaks to AOL Instant Messenger's buddy list and a media player that lets members play audio CDs and downloaded music files. The battle has crept into numerous areas but increasingly pits...
[October 16, 2001, 15:38]
IDF: Intel Sneaks A Peek At New Tech
News Tues 10 Sep: The prototype unit aims to be a 'portable media player', which promises 70 hours of video on the go Intel and Sonicblue show off portable video player Thur 12 Sep: Intel's digital media adapter could accelerate mainstream acceptance of...
[September 10, 2002, 12:02]
Windows XP Service Pack 1 review
Reviews These options allow you to change your default Web browser, media player, email client, instant messenger and Java Virtual Machine -- all in one place. So, if you prefer Netscape 7.0, AOL Instant Messenger, Eudora and MusicMatch, you can -- in...
[September 11, 2002, 10:14]
RealNetworks Adds Ads To RealPlayer
News Kevin Unangst, lead product manager for Microsoft's streaming media division, said that Windows Media Player 4.0 also has ad-insertion capabilities and a partnership with Internet marketing profiler Engage Technologies that enables the same kind...
[December 7, 1999, 9:46]
XP Update Released, But PC Makers Wait
News As required by the agreement, Microsoft must hide access to five so-called middleware programs: Internet Explorer, Windows Messenger, Windows Media Player, Outlook Express and Microsoft's version of the Java Virtual Machine.
[September 9, 2002, 13:52]
Net Will Change Music Business
News GoodNoise has repeatedly voiced its support for PC hardware maker Diamond Multimedia Systems and it Rio PMP300 MP3 player. The player lets users download music from the Internet or digitise the music from CDs and then play it on a portable device...
[December 2, 1998, 5:36]
PalmOne Tungsten T5 review
Reviews With RealOne Player onboard, you can listen to MP3s and RealAudio files while Kinoma Player lets you watch video. The PalmOne Media application even lets you organise photos into a digital album for extra personalisation.
[October 20, 2004, 9:40]
Win XP Windfall For PC Makers
News A representative of RealNetworks, which sells streaming-media software that competes with Microsoft's Media Player, would not comment on negotiations with PC makers, but said: "We're in constant conversation with all sorts of OEMs to provide as...
[August 2, 2001, 9:57]
Is RealPlayer Losing Ground To Microsoft?
News Now comes word that its popular streaming media player, RealPlayer, is losing ground to Microsoft's Windows Media Player. A new report from technology research firm PC Data Online shows that Microsoft's Windows Media Player is experiencing faster...
[November 16, 1999, 9:42]
Tesco.com Launches Music Service
News However, choosing the WMA format will shut out around half of all music players, given that Apple's iPod -- which won't play the Windows-format songs -- currently has over 50 percent of the music player market according to Apple and over 90...
[November 8, 2004, 13:08]
Tesco Looks To Conquer America
News Peapod, the other big player in the US market, had to be rescued from insolvency by Royal Ahold, an international food products company. According to Jupiter Media Metrix analyst Ken Cassar, the store-based model saves money in the short term and...
[June 29, 2001, 15:08]
