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- microSD music: Are we regressing?
- microSD music: Are we regressing?This would work for meSince I have never downloaded a single song of the web and more then likely never will I like this. For me music is an impulse buy, if I'm in Best Buy and see a CD I want I buy it.What...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, music, MicroSD, microSD music, CD, ease of use, WMP
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Microsoft extends Windows Media content to TVs, DVD players
- Microsoft extends Windows Media content to TVs, DVD playersWe also need some detail from you:What are the titles of the two Powerpoint books you bragged about having 'co-authored'?Are you kidding?Remove the DRM? That's Microsoft's lock-in device. If they removed that, ANYBODY could use it. They wouldn't be forced to play...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Media players, Consumer electronics, DVD, DVD player, digital-rights management, Microsoft Corp., Windows Media, AppleTV, WMP, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, TV
- Discussion threads 2007-09-25
- Quit pickin' on Microsoft, EU
- Quit pickin' on Microsoft, EUMedia Player is the least interesting partIf you look at the ruling, Media player is the least interesting part of the ruling. What's more interesting is what this ruling means. Some legislation concerning competition was put on hold, but will be implemented in the next year....
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Media Player, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Bravo EU, WMP
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- Technology that gives us the creeps
- Technology that gives us the creepsYes, PlaysForSure sure doesn't.Or maybe it's the Windows Media Player. Anyway, WMP won't synch my duly bought and licensed WMA songs to my Rio Carbon, because it says "a problem has occurred in obtaining the device's certificate." The songs play in WMP on...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, MPAA, RIAA, WMP, Apple iPod, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2006-10-26
- Public gets peek at Windows Media Player 11
- Public gets peek at Windows Media Player 11I can still use iTunes on W2000Also inquuirer link is a dead link, it goes to a gif file.great more junk from M$ ntmore junkFIX YOUR LOAD SPEED FIRST!!!! NTNTiTunes uses album art also..It's a free download at this link:http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Fetch-Art-for-iTunes.shtmlENJOYWMP 11does...
- Tags: Business structures, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Windows, Windows Media, Microsoft Corp., WMP, MTV, partnership, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Windows Media Player
- Discussion threads 2006-05-15
- Exploit targets Winamp flaw
- Exploit targets Winamp flawShort order1st flaw = AOL, which gave Nullsoft enough headaches after acquiring them and turning a good little player into a bloated like the others player. I remember when tech asst made me aware of the skinnable light footprint program when it was a 2.xx generation...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Corp., Winamp, WMP, flaw
- Discussion threads 2006-01-30
- Why most customers shrug off DRM
- Why most customers shrug off DRMEasy answer - buy the CD. Wow, that was hard...Stop your whining. Jeez, most of you Anti-DRM folks sound like spoiled children. Every message against DRM that I have read on this web site is written as if someone is going to be cheated...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., CD, digital-rights management, Apple iTunes, Apple Inc., MP3, MP3 player, WMP
- Discussion threads 2006-01-19
- Thoughts on Steve Jobs' Macworld Keynote
- Thoughts on Steve Jobs' Macworld KeynotePSSSTMac users are constantly befuddled and frustrated by being forced to download Windows Media Player which I will never do ALL over the web, to watch almost anything. So the fact that you had to download Apple's software to watch Apple's Keynote Speech is hardly...
- Tags: Podcasts, Digital music, Mac-user, Steve Jobs, iLife 06, WMP, podcast, Podcast Studio, Apple Inc., Apple iLife
- Discussion threads 2006-01-11
- Studios announce next-generation DVD titles
- Studios announce next-generation DVD titlesTo soon!People are not going to be willing to re-purchase there movie collection in a new format already, DVD hasn't been out long enough and the iamge quality above regular DVD using progressive scan players will not be apparent to the general public. Not to mention...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, PRODUCTIVITY, TVs, WMP, Apple Inc., Sony Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., DVD, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-04
- Still 'no demand' for media-player-free Windows
- Still 'no demand' for media-player-free WindowsDidn't it have little to do with "customer demand"but competitor demand???? People install whatever and everything they want on a box along as the software exists somewhere, retail CD/DVD, online store, IRC Chat, warez, P2P, but what percentage of consumers cared to have this...
- Tags: Operating systems, Media players, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., media player, Linux, WMP, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-11-18
- 76.5% of adults listen to music over the Internet, 65.4% play Internet games
- 76.5% of adults listen to music over the Internet, 65.4% play Internet gamesNot entirely factualYes 76.5 adults listen to music on thier PC, that I believe. I know very few people who listen to music delivered over the net. Once it's downloaded or ripped the music is there and the...
- Tags: WMP, Internet, music
- Discussion threads 2005-09-19
- The wonderful land of Ogg
- The wonderful land of OggDoes WMP play ogg?I doubt it . . .I'm surprisedthat WMA was not brought in as a comparison. I can't say I'm a huge fan of it, but it does compress well and it does work with the WMP webbrowser plugin.Both OOG and WMA suffer from...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, WMP, OGG, WMA
- Discussion threads 2005-09-19
- PC makers snub media-player-less Windows
- PC makers snub media-player-less WindowsNot a Surprise ....A free feature without downloading anything extra is ALWAYS going to be more desirable.At least you can disable MediaPlayer in Windows.This is NOT an issue like IE .... IE CANNOT be disabled .... it will ALWAYS be an intergrated part of your boot-up...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Web browsers, WMP, RealNetworks RealPlayer, MediaPlayer, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2005-06-15
- Microsoft planning music subscription service
- Microsoft planning music subscription serviceYes, planning... announcing... ..Scamming.. infringing..All in a days work for Microsoft.Just like iTunes exceptunsecure and crashes often.Oh boy to I am looking forward to this as a Death Row inmate looks forward to execution.OMG ANOTHER EARTH SHATTERING INNOVATION FROM MICROSUCK!!!Next thing you know they will invent...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, MORE COMPETITION, subscription model, Microsoft Corp., Apple iTunes, WMP, music, music subscription service
- Discussion threads 2005-06-09
- Microsoft to implement EU's Windows changes
- Microsoft to implement EU's Windows changesOver a year, ONLY 99%, and still not compliant …… can you play the shuffle ? Talk about dragging feet … and a probable effort at creating new bugs for people stubborn enough to want alternatives to WMP. What a good corporate citizen ! Go,...
- Tags: Operating systems, WTF, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, WMP
- Discussion threads 2005-03-29
- EU backs off inquiry into Microsoft's ContentGuard deal
- EU backs off inquiry into Microsoft's ContentGuard dealApparently European "justice" CAN be bought!:-)As I said......once the French company became involved, the EC backs off. Makes one want to reconsider the EC's motivations in the WMP and server API cases, too.Carl RapsonNope[i]"Makes one want to reconsider the EC's motivations in the...
- Tags: Leadership, Nope, ContentGuard Inc., WMP, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-03-15
- Wallon virus wrecks Windows Media Player
- Wallon virus wrecks Windows Media PlayerIs there anythingin the ms-platform that is not infested by worms and viruses? ``MS-windows: come for the bugs stay for the worms. The eXPerience''-mALL s/w has defects; the ms s/w seems to consist of defects ONLY.InterestingDidn't MS tell the EU that WMP couldn't be removed...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Digital music, Viruses and worms, Digital media, SECURITY, WMP, virus, Microsoft Corp., media player, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Windows Media
- Discussion threads 2004-05-12
- Business as usual for PC makers
- Business as usual for PC makersthis is getting to be ridiculousit's microsoft's software, not europes. no one in america is crying about it. are they going to demand that ms strip windows completely of all their first party software if they win this case? sounds like a bunch of cry-babies...
- Tags: Media players, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, game, WMP, media player, OEM, Microsoft Corp., bread
- Discussion threads 2004-03-24
- EC's statement on end of Microsoft investigation
- EC's statement on end of Microsoft investigationSo what does this mean?"As regards tying, Microsoft is required, within 90 days, to offer to PC manufacturers a version of its Windows client PC operating system without WMP. The un-tying remedy does not mean that consumers will obtain PCs and operating systems without...
- Tags: Media players, Microsoft Windows, Digital music, Digital media, Operating systems, WMP, Microsoft Corp., media player, media functionality, operating system, commission
- Discussion threads 2004-03-24
- Windows XP variant is embedded in EU probe
- Windows XP variant is embedded in EU probeEerily familiarReplace Windows Media Player with Internet Explorer and this argument from MS sounds eerily familiar...Finally, MS admits Windows is hoplessly broken.I install and unistall software on a variety of computer systems all of the time. From Wintel/Lintel systems to Big Iron...
- Tags: Operating systems, Digital media, Digital music, Monti OS, Microsoft Corp., operating system, WMP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Windows XP variant
- Discussion threads 2004-03-22
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