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News Microsoft launched an MSN Music download business in 2004 but pulled the plug two years later and started promoting RealNetworks' Rhapsody as part of a settlement with that company. MSN has made several entries - and... [14 Jul 2009]
Fast Channel Switching
White Paper Fast Channel Switching is a method of rapid channel switching that is accomplished without having to make client-side changes, including starting new client connection to the server. This is achieved by having the server maintain a... [04 Aug 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News However, modifying the URL runs a script which attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in various applications, including AOL, Microsoft Internet Explorer, MySpace and RealNetworks RealPlayer. A number of nascent Storm... [07 May 2008]
'Abandon DRM' shocker: Apple CEO pens open letter
News RealNetworks saw Jobs' letter as a vindication of its efforts to encourage interoperability between music services, which led as far as the Harmony software that allowed songs bought from other online stores to play on... [07 Feb 2007]
MSN Music falls silent on downloads
News Beginning on 14 November, MSN's music site will begin redirecting music purchasers to either the Zune Marketplace website or to RealNetworks' Rhapsody site. In addition to promoting the Zune site, Microsoft is also... [03 Nov 2006]
Philip Rosedale
AS Profile Rosedale, former CTO at RealNetworks and an expert in streaming technology, is at the forefront of virtual world development - creating technology that will no doubt influence how we live, work and trade in future. [25 Sep 2006]
Minority Report: Microsoft goes for Apple's jugular - the iPod
Comment There's no doubt Microsoft with its mind-boggling cash reserves and marketing muscle will pose a far more significant threat to Apple than Creative or RealNetworks. However, it's arguable that Zune poses a bigger threat... [04 Aug 2006]
And finally: Microsoft to launch iPod rival
News Also unclear is whether rival music services, such as Napster, RealNetworks' Rhapsody and Urge will work with Microsoft's upcoming player. A RealNetworks representative declined to comment. Confirming... [24 Jul 2006]
Microsoft antitrust fine splits industry
News Ecis, whose membership includes a number of Microsoft competitors, from Oracle to RealNetworks to Sun Microsystems, filed a complaint with the EC in February over making sure third-party software would be fully... [13 Jul 2006]
Microsoft guilty of anti-competitive ways, EC told
News The European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS), which includes IBM, Nokia, Oracle and RealNetworks, claimed Microsoft was hampering competition in the software market. A group of the world's largest technology... [23 Feb 2006]
iTunes rival pipes up
News The player could also be used to tap into online music services such as RealNetworks' Rhapsody or Yahoo! A San Francisco start-up released an early test version of its open source Songbird music software on Wednesday,... [10 Feb 2006]
Google vs US gov't: Court date delayed
News He heard the Sex.com case in 2001, a spam lawsuit in 1998, and a legal spat between RealNetworks and Microsoft in 2004. Google's attempt to fend off the government's request for millions of search terms will move to a... [03 Feb 2006]
Linux standards lab sets up shop in China
News Last October, major players in the software industry, including Adobe Systems, IBM, Intel, HP, Novell, RealNetworks and Red Hat, pledged their support for the LSB desktop standard which standardises key components of... [17 Jan 2006]
Apple under fire for 'harvesting iTunes user-data'
News If this was Microsoft or RealNetworks, people would be screaming and calling for heads to roll. Indeed, in 1999, RealNetworks was sued for releasing a version of its RealJukebox that included a "Global... [13 Jan 2006]
HP set to sing Rhapsody for RealNetworks
News After several years of distributing Apple's iTunes software with its new PCs, HP is shifting its allegiances to rival RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service, the companies plan to announce today. Rhapsody will now be the... [05 Jan 2006]
