Analysts: Media Player Too Ingrained
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Microsoft Corp. has strategically nurtured its Windows Media Player, making it by far the world's most dominant program for playing digital music and video on computers. Rival RealNetworks Inc.'s product ranks a very distant second.
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Hard drive-based audio player will get a new look and a lower price.
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An analyst for JPMorgan Chase made headlines recently by saying Apple would soon release an iPhone resembling its nano media player.  One of his colleagues, however, disagrees.
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As Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich demonstrated during one of his more popular talks at TechEd, one of Vista's many internal kernel changes includes a special prioritization feature especially for multimedia and Media Player.  You might be surprised to learn what priorities get sacrificed just to make sure MP11 doesn't skip a beat.
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Vulnerabilities in Apple's widely used QuickTime media player software can expose both Macs and Windows PCs to attack.
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When it comes to music, the Web can be like a giant megaphone that ratchets up the decibel level of buzz to deafening proportions.
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PERSPECTIVE This week's revelations from Microsoft concerning its forthcoming Zune portable media player have been appropriately called a "non-announcement announcement." But analysts tell BetaNews there's still good reason to believe this bewildering new market entry could actually succeed.
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Former MTV host Adam Curry explains why "podcasts" are rapidly filling people's music player hard drives.
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Blu-ray may have taken a commanding lead in the next-generation format war, but the company has a big problem looming with outdated players.
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photo galleries Music player is a must-have, much-loved accessory. Will fanciful Media Center PCs fare as well?
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Stopbadware.org, which offers analysis of websites and software, says users should steer clear of RealPlayer 10.5 and 11, but Real disputes their analysis.
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NEW YORK - It&#39;s not lack of choice that is the problem when trying to choose a digital music player, it&#39;s rather the opposite.
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It may not be exactly possible for high-definition discs to pick up where their lofty goals of 2005 left off. Transmission technology has evolved very rapidly during that time, partly due to the format war's very existence.
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By Dorsey Griffith, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 21--Excessive video game playing sure can be a problem.
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Microsoft's new MP3 player has a lot going against it, even without the iPod around. It's not cool, the DRM will be a pain and wireless sharing is just another way for people to lie to strangers. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
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Yeah, theyâre saying Sonyâs two new players wonât make you deal with that ridiculous SonicStage MP3 to ATRAC converstion stuff anymore, and itâs being reported that the two new players will be among the first to natively support MP3.
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The Motley Fool - War has been declared. Not the conventional type with the troops, tanks, and smart bombs, but an entertainment war for the &#36;3 billion global music player business. Creative Technology (Nasdaq: CREAF - News) has decided to move in against the giant Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) in an attempt to capture a 40% market share for MP3 music players. In the three years since the iPod's launch, it has become the worldwide player of choice, claiming about 85% of the market, so to call this an uphill fight is something of an understatement.