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Wal-Mart pulls an MSN, reverses cancellation of DRM servers

In case you’re not up on this issue, Wal-Mart briefly foisted their own WMA-based music service on the world and then proceeded to take it offline. The problem, of course, is that since Wal-Mart sold DRM-protected music via this service, users who purchased that music would need to occasionally connect...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-10-2008
RealNetworks goes DRM-free

So RealNetwork announced this morning that it is just the latest online music service to offer DRM-free MP3 tracks. What's interesting about this is the press they're getting: Apparently no one realizes that the Rhapsody subscriptions still use DRM. Anyhoo, here are a few links: Taking the Wraps...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-30-2008
MSN Music Store Support Notification

Bowing to complaints, Microsoft announces they're doing the right thing. Via email: On April 22, Microsoft notified you that as of August 31st, 2008, we would be changing the level of support for music purchased from MSN Music, and while your existing purchased music would continue to play, you would...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-19-2008
Windows Rally and the first Vista Feature Pack

You may recall a while back that there was some confusion over something called the Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless. The confusion was two-folder, First, one too many Windows bloggers had never even heard of Windows Feature Packs, even though Microsoft has been shipping them for over a decade...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-20-2008
The Netflix Player

While I'm not sure the world was asking for Yet Another Set Top Box (YAST, trademark is patent-pending), this should be of interest to Netflix customers at least: The Netflix Player makes it easy to instantly watch movies and TV episodes over the Internet on your living room TV, or anywhere you have...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-20-2008
DVD Jon goes legit (sort of) with doubleTwist

doubleTwist : doubleTwist desktop enables you to easily share media with friends and sync with popular devices. doubleTwist’s mission is to enable consumers to enjoy their digital media on the widest possible range of devices. Although the explosive adoption of CE devices has enabled any consumer to...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-19-2008
Microsoft blocks FairUse4WM v2 after 3 months of DRM free music

George Ou casts a light on a dirty little secret for Microsoft: It's Windows Media DRM platform was open to the world for a whopping three months. Just over a year ago when hacker “Viodentia” wrote FairUse4WM and broke Microsoft’s Windows Media DRM scheme wide open, Microsoft responded with record...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-29-2007
URGE alerts customers about changeover to Rhapsody

I received the following email today from MTV's URGE service: We are writing to inform you about an important upcoming change to your URGE digital music service. As you might have heard, URGE has teamed up with Rhapsody to bring you an unparalleled digital music entertainment experience. The new...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-25-2007
Napster relaunches with Web-enabled platform

Reuters : Napster Inc, the digital music service, said on Tuesday it plans to attract more customers by moving to a Web-based platform allowing users to play their music from any computer without having to download any additional software. The move is intended to open up the service and attract more...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-16-2007
Finding a good (and safe) codec package

It's so silly that we have to do this,but as I've been investigating various issues around the Digital Media Core series, I've run into all kinds of compatibility issues with various video formats, especially, so I've been trying to find codec packages that I can recommend to readers...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-15-2007

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