Music and video

There’s an application called IndieVolume that allows volume control per-application, similar to the newly redesigned audio stack in Windows Vista. Do you know of any free alternatives for Windows XP?

Microsoft launches an all-out drive to make the PC the center of home entertainment, including TiVo-style TV viewing and recording as well as DVD movie and digital-camera slide-show-watching. Vendors including Dell, HP, Sony, Gateway, and Toshiba offer a variety of shapes and sizes -- and WinBook slips a Windows/Linux joker into the deck.

Microsoft has released Windows Media Player 11, the latest update to its Windows multimedia playback device, and it could be the last for some time, according to one analyst.

Just days after Microsoft fixed a hole discovered in its Windows Media Player, security firms report exploits are now targeting the vulnerability. Researchers with the French Security Incident Response Team (FrSIRT) published two exploits targeting a bug in versions of the Microsoft Media Player.

Microsoft reportedly plans to push for a negotiated settlement of its antitrust dispute with the European Union (EU), even if it means deleting the Windows Media Player (WMP) from its operating system.

Microsoft showed up at the music download party on Wednesday with a music store wrapped around a new version of the Windows Media Player (WMP).

Microsoft's two-headed Janus DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology is ready for prime time, and the software giant has wasted no time integrating it into a revamped version of its flagship Windows Media Player (WMP).

It's not true that Bill Gates can stand on the shore and command the tides to stop; if he could, PC and portable digital music player owners around the world would dump the still-dominant MP3 format and play only Windows Media Audio (WMA) music files.

The advent of multimedia surrounds us these days with news and information being readily available around the world over the Internet. For folks interested in getting streamed news broadcast or music and video, the list is growing by leaps and bounds.

If you are sick and tired of having to install multiple players or in-line plug-ins to view different types of multimedia content, then you need to get the new Windows Media Player.