Instead, it touts the quality of its proprietary formats and streaming servers as the foundation for digital media delivery on the PC and in other mediums. The QuickTime formats are the last piece in the puzzle to deliver content over the PC.
Barnesandnoble.com had sold titles in both PDF and Microsoft Reader formats. The Adobe Digital Media Store showcases the huge amount of compelling content now available in Adobe PDF format and provides publishers and producers of digital content...
RealNetworks' legal action today is unfortunate and particularly surprising given the intense competition in the digital media marketplace," Microsoft said. There is vibrant competition in this marketplace and Real Networks' own reported growth...
To this end, the company said it has created a jukebox that will play all the media formats used by its own and other song stores - including secure downloads from the iTunes store. But they say the company's one-player-fits-all approach is a...
Gates also touted some under-the-hood advances, including Windows Media Video HD, a version of Microsoft's Windows Media Player that supports HDTV output. Gates also showed the new version 1.5 of TV Foundation, Microsoft's software for cable TV...
Asked whether Apple and Microsoft might sign up, Schwartz said: "We're interested in companies who would like to see a free and open source DRM solution in the marketplace. Dream is open source software governed by Sun's Community Development and...