Microsoft Unveils Windows Vista Product Lineup | Microsoft Corp. today announced the product lineup of its upcoming Windows Vista operating system. Scheduled for release later this year, the Microsoft Windows Vista product lineup will bring clarity to customers’ digital world by helping them easily accomplish...
Microsoft Showcases Windows Innovations to Help Customers Navigate Through the Digital “World of More” Microsoft and MTV Networks Unveil New Windows Media Player 11 and Preview URGE, a New Digital Music Service New Windows Mobile-Based Portable Media Centers Show Off Latest Features, Popular Movies and...
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Gates Outlines Vision for the Digital Lifestyle and Showcases New Products and Technologies From Microsoft | Highlighting key consumer products such as Xbox 360 and offering the first broad demonstration of the consumer features of Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect...
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Microsoft and RealNetworks, Inc. today announced three agreements valued at $761 million to RealNetworks to settle their antitrust case and create a new partnership to innovate and promote consumer choices in digital music and games. The three agreements include an agreement to resolve all the companies...
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Thomas Hawk has been going on about his issues with Media Center (keep it going Thomas!!) and I would like to thank him for it. I would also like to thank Matt Goyer , Charlie Owen , and the rest of the eHome division. This is how it is supposed to work everyone. Media Center has a community built around...
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Today, most digital content has some sort of copy/content protection on it. This really isn’t anything that is new, for example… DVDs have CSS HBO and other premium analog content are protected with CGMS-A VHS and DVDs have Macrovision Most Cable Providers enable 5C on everything but “must carry” channels...
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CNET Newsburst | I’ve noticed some clicks from CNET Newsburst in the past, but the other day I visited the site to see what it was all about. Newsburst is basically a web-based RSS Aggregator. Nothing new or extremely exciting there, RSS is all over the place. What got my attention was when I clicked...
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Longhorn Output Content Protection | This is not for the non-techincal person, but if you are interested in how Rights Management and Longhorn will work with you and/or against you for digital media then you need to take a look at this PowerPoint Presentation. Be ready for a host of new acronyms like...
So, I said a few days ago that NAB2005 kicked off today. Here's part of what I missed out on. :-( Microsoft Launches Global Campaign Inspiring People to "Start Something" With Windows XP Warner Bros. Studios and Microsoft Collaborate to Release HD DVD Titles Using Windows Media Video 9 (VC-1) Industry...
Follow up to Windows Media DRM10 Cracked? And Update For DRM-Enabled Media Players (KB891122) Many news sites are now reporting that “Japanese hackers discovered a potential weakness in its copy protection technology”. In case anyone would like to know a bit more about the issue here it is. =) The below...