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LiveStation: Another Microsoft Silverlight touch point

LiveStation: Another Microsoft Silverlight touch pointWhy?I mean there are what, a couple hundred ways to get video and music on a PC? Sounds like a solution looking for a problem.RE: LiveStation: Another Microsoft Silverlight touch pointdid you mean OEM or ISV Mary Jo?I did a video interview and demo...

Tags: Corporate communications, .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., LiveStation

Discussion threads 2008-02-20

LiveStation: Another Microsoft Silverlight touch point

Skinkers, a Microsoft OEM, is expanding the beta this week of LiveStation, a peer-to-peer (P2P) application that delivers live TV and radio to a user's PC. LiveStation, which Microsoft Research co-developed with Skinkers, includes a client-based player that runs on top of Silverlight, Microsoft's rich-media technology. Even...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., LiveStation, Microsoft Windows, Peer To Peer (P2P), Intellectual Property, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Research & Development, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-20

LiveStation: A Joost killer in Silverlight clothing

LiveStation: A Joost killer in Silverlight clothingMicrosoft vs SkinkersI have a correction to make: Not Microsoft is unveiling LiveStation, Skinkers is unveiling Livestation. Although Skinkers is backed by Microsoft, it is a minor stake.Livestation is their own initiative. They are developing the platform on technology originally developed by Microsoft Research...

Tags: Corporate communications, Internet service providers (ISPs), LiveStation, Skinkers, Microsoft Corp., Joost, Large Buffer Option, Microsoft Silverlight

Discussion threads 2007-07-06

LiveStation: A Joost killer in Silverlight clothing

Microsoft is unveiling LiveStation which is an application that will enable live television on the desktop. The project uses Silverlight technology and has been touted as Microsoft's attempt at a "Joost killer". I think this is fairly old (the earliest reference I can find is 44 days ago on P2P...

Tags: Silverlight, Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Joost

Blog posts 2007-07-06

Additional Resources

News to know: Black Hat; VoIP design flaws; Vista SP1; Apple

Notable headlines: Nate McFeters: Black Hat, Day 1: Cracking GSM and skimming ATMs George Ou: Design flaw in wireless VoIP handsets endanger the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft fleshes out small-, mid-size Windows server plans Microsoft suspends distribution of Vista SP1...

Tags: Black Hat, VoIP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Flaw, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-21

Commoditizing high quality video

Is the new version of the Flash Player, which supports HD quality video and the H.264 codec, making high quality video on the web a commodity? Erick Schonfeld seems to think so. He's partly correct when he says that Joost's high quality advantage is being eroded as the Flash Player...

Tags: Desktop, Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Joost, Macromedia Flash Player, Video, TV, Apple iTunes, Corporate Communications, Desktops, Channel Management, Marketing, Hardware, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2007-10-12

News to know: AMD pulls benchmarks; Windows patches; Xbox's $1 billion glitch

Notable headlines:George Ou: AMD to remove deceptive Barcelona benchmarks on website. David Berlind: In search of...a benchmarking fix.Ryan Naraine: On deck: Critical Microsoft Office, Excel, Windows patches.News.com: Sprint breaks up with high-maintenance customers. See image right: Sprint's Dear John customer letter click to enlarge.Microsoft sings 'O Canada' amid immigration challenges....

Tags: Security, News to know, Microsoft, Google, General, AMD

Blog posts 2007-07-06