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Technical Requirements for Dolby Surround in Consumer Video Games
White Paper Once created, Dolby Surround soundtracks can be recorded, broadcast, and reproduced the same as any normal stereo program, including compatible monophonic playback. Dolby Surround is a format that enables the production and delivery of multi... [03 Jul 2008]
Hosting Webcast Series: Silverlight for Hosters
White Paper Silverlight, Microsoft's new cross-platform web browser technology for media playback and Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) represents a great opportunity for Web Hosting companies to differentiate themselves and provider new services to their... [30 May 2008]
Ethical Implications of Windows Vista's New DRM Technology
White Paper That is, the newest version of Windows is being designed with playback of protected digital content in mind, including both audio and video content. On the surface, this looks like a wonderful feature; after all, more and more people are beginning... [11 Jan 2008]
Tech Visions: TV extends its reach
Comment Audiences want to mix and match from different media sources and aggregate personalised playback. Last month's agreement by pay-TV provider EchoStar Communications to acquire Sling Media for $380m provides strong evidence of the Slingbox maker's... [24 Oct 2007]
Photos: Apple unveils new iPods
Photo It comes in a full metal design, a new range of colours, three games bundled in and has a 24-hour battery life for audio and five hours for video playback. The iPod Touch has 22 hours of audio battery life and five hours for video playback. [06 Sep 2007]
Photos: O2's 'iPhone rival' unveiled
Photo O2 claims one of the differentiators for the Cocoon as a genuine music player is the life of the removable battery, which has talk-time of up to five hours and up to 15 hours music playback. The handset uses Windows Media Player 11 and is... [15 Jun 2007]
Adobe gets AIR-headed over web apps
News Typically, a developer will use AIR to write a desktop application that links to an online service, as Adobe has done with its video playback application, Adobe Media Player. Like Adobe's Flash, Silverlight runs interactive web-based applications... [11 Jun 2007]
ProactiveNet Hones SLA Management
White Paper ProactiveNet 7.0 goes toe-to-toe with Mercury's products through a new, re-architected Web recorder and transaction playback function that integrates technology from Segue. ProactiveNet added an SLA guidance wizard that helps users better define SLAs. [10 Dec 2006]
Changes to the Audio Stack and Changes in Windows Media Player Audio Playback Behavior in Windows Vista
White Paper Because of these changes, Windows Media Player audio playback may behave differently in Windows Vista than Windows Media Player audio playback behaves in Microsoft Windows XP. This paper discusses aspects of audio playback in Windows Vista and... [08 Dec 2006]
Code Signing for Protected Media Components in Windows Vista
White Paper Microsoft Windows Vista enables the playback of next-generation premium content such as HD DVD and other formats that are licensed under the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) specification. To ensure access to this new content, Windows Vista... [21 Nov 2006]
Microsoft shows off mobile-PC prototype
News He demonstrated word processing, multimedia playback and web browsing using scaled-down versions of Internet Explorer, Word and Windows Media Player. The company is also testing its Windows XP Starter Edition, a slimmed-down version of the desktop... [31 Jul 2006]
AOL does video search
News The beta service, called AOL Video, offers free access to search and playback for more than 15,000 licensed and originally produced video assets from Time Warner, including television programmes and music videos, movie trailers from Warner Bros... [04 Jul 2005]
Google, Yahoo! could link up with DVR pioneer TiVo
News Google this week began soliciting video submissions to its searchable broadcast archives, inviting small and major producers alike to host or sell playback of their work using its servers. TiVo has long talked about becoming the 'Google of TV... [19 Apr 2005]
Napster and Creative thank Microsoft for the music
News Microsoft is set to unveil the latest version of its media playback software, giving its partners powerful new tools for selling digital entertainment services even as it launches its own music download store. [02 Sep 2004]
PARC working on device-to-device software
News The Palo Alto Research Center, a subsidiary of Xerox, on Tuesday will announce Obje, a software architecture meant to establish a common language to tackle one of the biggest hurdles that content and device makers face as they try to make playback... [02 Mar 2004]
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