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Microsoft's Zune: social butterfly?

News Microsoft's forthcoming Zune player is striving to be the life of the party, allowing users to create mobile social networks and stream music to nearby friends or strangers, according to a US government regulatory filing.

29 August 2006, 8:15

Xbox 360 will use iPod to provide game soundtracks

News However, because of the iPod's digital-rights-management software, the Xbox 360 cannot stream songs purchased from Apple's iTunes Music Store, Henshaw said. Officially, the company says the new console can stream music from just about any MP3 player.

7 November 2005, 10:55

Xbox to play starring role in Media Center update

News The company said that as part of an update to its Media Center Edition of Windows, it will add the capability to stream digital media -- music, videos, photos, television and films -- from Media Center PCs to any television or device via Xbox 360.

14 October 2005, 10:49

News.blog: MySpace to start streaming service?

News There are conflicting reports about whether the new music service would offer downloads or stream music to PCs. PaidContent reported that it's downloads, but Silicon Alley Insider reported that its sources said the site would stream songs.

Tags: stream, pcs, ad, labels

19 February 2008, 10:09

'DVD Jon' targets Media Player file encryption

News You need that information in order to connect to the video stream. VideoLAN members and other non-Windows-based media players will be able to get access to information such as the address of the stream server, he added.

5 September 2005, 8:57

Net video not ready for hi-def TV

News The minimum needed to stream HD-quality video is 5Mbps. In fact, every industry expert interviewed for this story said that the way things stand now there just isn't enough bandwidth going into the home to stream the more expansive HD video.

10 April 2006, 9:49

Saddam's trial to appear on Web

News The Associated Press plans to stream Wednesday's events online at as close to a live timeframe as possible, said online editor Lou Ferrara. An MSNBC.com representative said the site plans to present some kind of video stream, but editors are...

19 October 2005, 9:43

Google speed bump draws scorn

News There's potentially a lot of information just from the click-stream of the URLs people visit. Still, privacy experts warn that the policy is silent about what click-stream data it collects and what Google does with the information.

9 May 2005, 9:02

News.blog: Google tries YouTube ads

News The company has tested distributing in-stream video ads and in-stream video clips with bundled ads, but apparently finds that banner and text ads work best. Google is expanding its AdSense program so that Web site publishers can display and make...

9 October 2007, 8:45

EMI talks with YouTube to combat piracy

News Rather, the label is just concerned with protecting its own revenue stream, Ryan said. To this end, EMI has struck deals with companies like Rhythm Media to stream music videos to mobile phones, with advertisements that appear before the video.

15 June 2006, 8:50

Open source could damage innovation, says analyst

News As a general long-term trend, open source is definitely accelerating the move away from software as a revenue stream, and toward services as a revenue stream. The open source movement could have a damaging impact on software innovation, according...

Tags: stream, research, open source, movement

6 July 2005, 10:02

Streaming Web video to the TV

News If there was ever any doubt that people would continue watching video on television sets, there shouldn't be anymore as companies large and small introduce new products this year that take video downloaded from the Web and stream it to TV screens.

10 January 2007, 11:08

Government searches for tech talent

News It's hoped the Civil Service Technology in Business Fast Stream will successfully recruit up to 20 of the best graduates from around the country this year.The government handles some of the largest IT programmes in the world and says it needs...

Tags: stream, government, scheme, sector

19 October 2007, 9:00

News.blog: Last.fm gets wobbly makeover

News Social music site Last.fm has unveiled a new look: a slick new design, an iPhone app, a partnership with Logitech to stream music to compatible home stereo systems and a host of new features. With the new features, members can receive music...

Tags: app, charts, iphone, stereo

18 July 2008, 9:03

News.blog: YouTube tests high-quality video

News Although YouTube's goal, he said, is to make the site's vast library of content available to everyone, and that requires a fairly low-bitrate stream, the service is testing a player that detects the speed of the viewer's Net connection and serves...

Tags: videos, youtube, high quality, resolution

16 November 2007, 8:44