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Windows XP Hacks: Convert From Apple iTunes Format
White Papers The iTunes software itself is a mixed bag. It's slow starting up and it uses a lot of memory compared to other music players. One would like to listen to music purchased without having to run the iTunes program.
[October 10, 2007, 1:00]
Windows Media: Watching you watching DVD
News Microsoft on Wednesday amended the privacy policy for its Windows Media Player after a noted computer security expert warned that the software keeps track of the DVD titles people watch. In a Web advisory, computer privacy and security consultant...
[February 21, 2002, 12:06]
Microsoft plugs Windows Media hole
News However, it added a seventh to deliver a fix for two flaws that affect the Windows Media Format, including one zero-day bug, a company representative said in a statement. This security hole was disclosed last month and, contrary to the Windows...
[December 13, 2006, 8:39]
Cirrus-ly powerful chips boost Windows Media Audio
News Tuesday's joint announcement by Microsoft and Cirrus Logic to further develop next-generation portable music devices will inevitably fuel more debate into the benefits of Windows Media Audio (WMA) over the more pervasive MP3 format.
[September 29, 1999, 11:17]
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]
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 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]
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]
AudioSlimmer
Downloads AudioSlimmer produces WMA files, encoded using the revolutionary Windows Media Audio 8 format, that provides: - CD-Quality Audio at half the size of MP3 - WM Audio 8 encoding captures more of the original WAV audio file than MP3 or Real Audio 8.
[January 8, 2008, 7:00]
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]
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. Nokia, which also develops software with Microsoft rival Real...
[February 14, 2005, 16:55]
WMS Log Storage Standard Edition
Downloads Unlike other analyzers, WMS Log Storage has been designed especially for analyzing Windows Media Services log files and supports the entire set of Windows Media Services log file data and provides the best and most complete analysis of these files...
[November 14, 2009, 4:35]
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]
Digital media: will Microsoft win again?
News That's why it's only possible to host, stream and create Windows Media Format files on Windows servers. Since consumers don't care about the format so much as the viewing experience, many analysts said they believe MPEG-4 is the only possible check...
[June 25, 2002, 14:48]
MS or RealNetworks? What's the real deal?
News Sonic Foundry, AOL Winamp and Lycos Sonique -- had agreed to license Microsoft's Windows Media format technology. As a result of the latest round of deals, according to Microsoft, Windows Media is now poised to become the "universal" digital audio...
[March 15, 2000, 9:04]
Turbolinux reaches out to Microsoft
News The Windows Media format support comes as part of an add-on package with several proprietary software components that Turbolinux announced on Tuesday. The rationale was that the majority of Japanese Web sites are using Windows Media format.
[April 28, 2004, 8:50]
Microsoft releases XP add-ons for MP3
News Without the add-on packs, Windows XP will play MP3s but can only be used to create copies of songs from CDs in Microsoft's own Windows Media Audio (WMA) format. The products represent Microsoft's solution to a thorny problem: How to promote its...
[October 23, 2001, 10:26]
Tech giants push MPEG-4 standard
News According to Nielsen/NetRatings, RealNetworks in August held first place in media format usage at work and at home. ISMA 1.0 will let consumers install one plug-in for streaming audio and video, rather than a raft of programs each specific to a...
[October 5, 2001, 10:05]
Macromedia wants to deliver Flash video
News Richard Doherty, president of research firm The Envisioneering Group, said Flash as a media format is still running well behind Windows Media, RealPlayer and Apple Computer's QuickTime. Macromedia added streaming-media capabilities to Flash with...
[December 17, 2003, 11:10]
