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Friday, September 18, 2009
Software

Giz Explains: Microsoft, Standards And Damned Standards

4:00AM Matt Buchanan | 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. More »
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Entertainment

VLC Media Player Now Available For iPhone and iPod Touch

3:50AM Sean Fallon | Thanks to Zottd, iPhone users can now port the popular VLC media player to their iPhone or iPod touch, making it possible to drag, drop and play MPEG/MPG, AVI and MP3 media formats. He is also in the process of researching playback for VCD, DivX, WMA, and WMV, and he notes that FLAC and OGG are coming soon. The project is currently in beta, but a public release is on its way. Naturally, you will need a jailbroken phone to take part in this awesomeness. [zottd via Macrumors] More »
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
Gadgets

Sony Mylo 2 Software Upgrade Brings WMV Support, Other Stuff

8:41AM Haroon Malik | A software upgrade to v1.1000 is now available for the Sony Mylo 2. The update brings WMV file support, a games shortcut on the home screen and SHOUTcast widget compatibility. Get your upgrade on by hitting the link, and if you notice any other improvements, drop them in the comments below. [Sony via Pocketables] More »
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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Microsoft Silverlight Pits High Def WMV Against Flash For Web Streaming

12:00AM Seamus Byrne | Seeing as the rise of YouTube and Google video has pretty much made Adobe’s Flash the de facto standard for Web streaming, you’d have to be a fool to try and introduce a browser plug-in for a new format. Either a fool, or a company with deep pockets. How deep? Try “This is madness! This is Sparta!” deep. Yeah, it’s Microsoft. Their Silverlight plug-in, which works not only with IE, but with Safari and Firefox (ha ha, Opera users) and essentially provides a browser plug-in that lets everyone stream WMV files like they do with flash files. The improvement upon flash—and this is why people would want to use this instead of Adobe’s—is that it’s high-def. We don’t have to explain to you how much better it would be to stream high-def TV shows from NBC or ABC if you missed them when they first aired. And with MLB, Netflix and others already supporting the format, Microsoft may already have some hope of dethroning flash. – Jason Chen Video introduction [on10] Big names back Microsoft’s Silverlight browser plug-in [Seattlepi] More »
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