media player

News.blog: Adobe Media Player 1.0 presses play

News Adobe today released Adobe Media Player (AMP), a free download for playing Flash-based Web videos on Macs or PCs. Using Adobe's digital rights management server, content producers are able to put controls on their media.

Tags: multimedia, videos, adobe, air

9 April 2008, 11:33

Microsoft debuts Windows Media Player 11

News Taking aim at the dominance of Apple's iTunes and iPod media player, Microsoft made public the beta version of Windows Media Player 11 on Monday, slightly ahead of the company's planned unveiling. The new media player is Microsoft's latest attempt...

16 May 2006, 12:31

Windows Media Player has critical vulnerability

News The last two relate to Office and Windows Media Player respectively. One critical correction is for the Media Player, and another is among the four patches for Windows, the company said. Microsoft said it will send out seven security bulletins on...

10 February 2006, 9:13

'DVD Jon' targets Media Player file encryption

News A Norwegian programmer has developed a tool for removing some encoding surrounding the Windows Media Player, in a move to give open-source media players a chance to access the streams. By removing the encoding around NSC files that store data...

5 September 2005, 9:57

Photos: Windows Media Player 11 unveiled

News Windows Media Player 11, which was released in beta version for Windows XP on Monday, uses a graphical interface that is more visually appealing than previous versions. When CNET.com's reviewers first installed the program, it automatically pulled...

16 May 2006, 13:09

Windows Media Player 11 ready to rock

News Microsoft on Monday said it shipped a new version of Windows Media Player, a week after the company had initially hoped to debut the new jukebox. The software maker posted the free download of Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP after months of...

31 October 2006, 8:41

XP and Vista's new media player

News With the new media player, consumers will be able to 'reverse sync', meaning they can send content from a digital device to a PC. Microsoft is on track to release a Windows XP version of Windows Media Player 11 before the end of June, the company...

18 April 2006, 10:50

Microsoft's Silverlight aims to topple Flash

News Microsoft's answer to Adobe's Flash Player has an official name -- Silverlight -- and a coveted target audience: media and entertainment companies bringing video to the Web. At the NAB Show, Adobe plans to announce the Adobe Media Player, formerly...

16 April 2007, 11:32

Adobe to bring Flash videos to desktop

News Not content with having a dominant position in Web video, Adobe on Monday is expected to launch Adobe Media Player for playing Flash videos offline. At the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas this week, Adobe is expected to...

16 April 2007, 10:40

Set-top box boasts P2P content at push of button

News A Dutch company is offering a new Linux-based home media player designed to give Internet users easy access to content from a variety of peer-to-peer networks, including BitTorrent and eDonkey. The Linux Advanced Media Application media centre uses...

Tags: television, material, linux, peer

1 December 2005, 8:52

Microsoft unwraps Zune for Christmas

News Microsoft took the wraps off its Zune media player on Thursday, though what's underneath is largely what enthusiasts had come to expect. In the meantime, Zune's software can automatically import music, pictures and videos from iTunes and Windows...

15 September 2006, 11:21

Microsoft says Zune will support Vista

News Microsoft has dismissed reports that its Zune digital media player, just launched in the US, is not compatible with the forthcoming Windows Vista operating system. Microsoft's Zune Web site currently only lists Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and...

17 November 2006, 10:00

BBC iPlayer launch on schedule, despite DRM crack

News The launch of the BBC's new media player will not be delayed by a new crack for the digital rights management features of Windows Media Player, the corporation said on Tuesday. The iPlayer, which is based on Microsoft's media player and DRM...

18 July 2007, 10:55

News.blog: Zune won't work with Vista

News I had heard the Windows Media Player DRM and the Zune DRM were not going to be compatible. According to this Microsoft Knowledge Base post, Zune supports Windows Media Player 10's DRM, but not WMP 11's.

15 November 2006, 11:25

Apple countersues Creative over patents

News Faced with a patent infringement suit against the iPod and iPod nano, Apple countered this week with its own complaint against Creative, which holds a distant second place in the personal media player market.

22 May 2006, 10:10