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more about #windowsmedia more comments → Pope John Peeps II: The other week, we explained how Apple influences a ton of what goes on in tech by shaping industry-wide standards. This week, we're gonna look at Mic... more » Gonzie: how did you manage to miss .doc and .docx? especially with all the song and dance about the latter becoming an iso standard and all the corruption beh... more » OCEntertainment: Ha! Just minutes after this came up in my feed reader, I get this little number from Ars: [arstechnica.com] Granted, there's still tons of debate abo... more » Ridley: What is the question that this giz explains addresses? I feel like it should be "Dear Giz, can you give me a few reasons or examples why Microsoft ... more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: How has Apple 'opened' up their tech? more » OCEntertainment: "Oh, Bill. Not Sinatra. Not 'My Way'." more » fuchikoma: As long as you can install and use these codecs in Windows, it makes no difference to me. I haven't used WMP since 6.3. I just need it to work in Medi... more » Kaiser-Machead: Microsoft wouldn't be so stupid as to actually block codecs. Blocking third-party formats would be a big Fuck-You to users overall. I think (and hope)... more » Dave Lindsay: I don't know what the reasoning behind this is but I wonder how much this actually impacts anyone or how much it's media-FUD. Boohoo, when I play a vi... more » closhedbb: Looks like Microsoft is starting to look and act like Mac... more » nutbastard: sorry MS, I wouldn't trade VLC for anything. Namely, because nothing else is as good, period. more » Monty: Think of all of the people employed to make all of these incompatible products. In an economy like we have today, we really should be embracing the c... more » KJA: You forgot to mention how to break the DRM, if this explaination included "EVERYTHING" you wanted to know. I want to know how to break Fairplay DRM sp... more » Gann: Not quite "Everything You Wanted To Know About DRM", or it'd include a viable business model for the future of entertainment. more » jackjumper: "but then again, it's not as easy to rip a stream for Joe Blow as it is to share a file over Limewire" Remember, though - all it takes is one clued in... more » -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: Microsoft, Standards and Damned Standards
The other week, we explained how Apple influences a ton of what goes on in tech by shaping industry-wide standards. This week, we're gonna look at Microsoft, and what's it's done with standards.
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#windows7
Windows 7 Might Block Third-Party Video Codecs
Something we love about Windows 7 is that it has much better native codec support, like H.264 and AAC. But the price might be high: It looks like Windows 7 might block third-party video decoders. More » -
#ces2009
Toshiba Bringing Windows Media Extender To LCDs, Standalone Players Second Half of 2009
Toshiba's jump into the network-enchanced home entertainment game is partnered with Microsoft—Windows Media Extender functionality, along with Yahoo widgets, will hit their Regzas, combo LCD/DVD players and a standalone player—but we'll have to wait. More » -
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Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
Condensed explanation: Digital rights management is a corporate pain in the ass that stops you from doing whatever you want with music and movies in the name of fighting piracy. But there's more to it. -
