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Apple plugs eight QuickTime holes

March 5, 2007 Vulnerabilities in Apple's widely used QuickTime media player software can expose both Macs and Windows PCs to attack. TAGS: Apple QuickTime, Apple Computer, media player, security, antivirus, Apple Macintosh, PC, Microsoft Windows

Apple patches QuickTime for Macs, Windows

September 12, 2006 Seven serious security flaws in QuickTime media player software put both Windows PCs and Macs at risk of attack. TAGS: Apple QuickTime, security flaw, flaw, Apple Computer, Symantec Corp., format, media player, Apple Macintosh, security, Microsoft Windows

Creative sues Apple over iPod interface

May 15, 2006 Singapore-based electronics maker claims the iPod and iPod Nano infringe on a patent it has for its own media player. TAGS: Creative Technology Ltd., patent, Apple iPod Nano, Apple iPod, electronics company, Apple Computer, Singapore, electronics, media player, Apple iTunes

Apple flaws put both Macs and PCs at risk

May 12, 2006 Patches arrive for more than 40 holes affecting QuickTime, used by Apple and Windows systems, and Mac OS X. TAGS: Apple QuickTime, flaw, Apple Computer, advisory, Apple Mac OS, risk, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X, vulnerability, patch management, security, media player, operating system, Microsoft Windows, PC

Apple plugs zero-day QuickTime flaw

January 23, 2007 Patch for serious vulnerability in media player software comes 23 days after details of the flaw and attack code were publicly released. TAGS: Apple QuickTime, Apple Computer, flaw, vulnerability, buffer-overflow, media player, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, security

Apple, AT&T: Bosom buddies or odd couple?

September 13, 2007 The corporate pair that launched the iPhone shares much in common. They also have plenty of conflicts as they push competing digital music businesses. TAGS: AT&T Corp., EMusic, Motorola ROKR, Apple Computer, Verizon Wireless, Napster Inc., music, Motorola Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple iTunes, cell phone, Sprint Nextel, media player, entertainment, U.S., Apple iPod

Media players on parade

September 18, 2006 SanDisk takes on RealNetworks as a dance partner, hot on the heels of Microsoft's Zune news and the latest iPods. TAGS: Microsoft Zune, RealNetworks Inc., SanDisk Corp., entertainment, media player, Apple Computer, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Apple iTunes, photograph, Microsoft Corp., video

Public gets peek at Windows Media Player 11

May 15, 2006 Media Player overhaul, partnership with MTV take aim at dominance of Apple's iTunes and iPod digital music player. Images: Window Media Player 11 TAGS: digital music player, MTV, digital music, Microsoft Windows Media Player, music player, Windows Media, beta, media player, Apple Computer, jukebox, Apple iTunes, Apple iPod, music, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

MySpace to Apple: Fix that worm

December 5, 2006 After worm spreads on social-networking site, MySpace asks Apple to update its QuickTime media player. TAGS: MySpace, Apple QuickTime, Hemanshu Nigam, worm, Apple Computer, F-Secure Corp., fix, profile, attack, media player, solution, Microsoft Internet Explorer, e-mail

Apple, others draw legal threat over media players

May 11, 2007 California company accuses Apple, Microsoft, Real and Adobe of violating copyright law by "actively avoiding" its products. TAGS: DMCA, digital radio, RealNetworks Inc., copyright law, Apple Computer, intellectual property, measure, Adobe Systems Inc., digital audio, California, letter, media player, law, work, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

QuickTime zero-day bug threatens Macs, PCs

January 2, 2007 Publication of yet-to-be-patched QuickTime vulnerability kicks off month in which researchers will publish an Apple software bug each day. TAGS: Apple QuickTime, advisory, Apple Computer, bug, attacker, researcher, flaw, vulnerability, Apple Macintosh, media player, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, security, Microsoft Windows, PC

Cybercrooks add QuickTime, WinZip flaws to arsenal

May 10, 2007 Security holes in media player and compression software had not previously been used in cyberattacks, according to Symantec. TAGS: WinZip, Symantec Corp., Apple QuickTime, vulnerability, flaw, media player, security, Apple Computer, PC

Internet and TV collide in Vegas

April 18, 2007 At National Association of Broadcasters conference, showgoers tune in to the latest electronic media technologies. TAGS: broadcaster, turbine, Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe Systems Inc., Redmond, conference, Apple Computer, CEO, media player, Apple iPhone, Web browser, video, TV

Microsoft unwraps Zune for holiday season

September 14, 2006 The media player will come in white, brown and black and lets you share a song up to three times over three days. TAGS: Microsoft Zune, song, Apple Computer, artist, Apple iPod, Apple iTunes, media player, Microsoft Corp., Wi-Fi, video

MTV, Microsoft a powerful combination, say some

May 17, 2006 Analysts expect MTV's marketing might to help Microsoft reach important demographic as it tries to take on Apple's iTunes and iPod. TAGS: MTV, MTV Networks, digital music, digital music player, music player, jukebox, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Apple Computer, Windows Media, Microsoft Corp., music, media player, Apple iTunes, Apple iPod, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Apple guru combats month of bugs

January 3, 2007 Open-source developer is attempting to ensure that a patch exists for every flaw found by the Month of Apple Bugs project. TAGS: Landon Fuller, vulnerability, flaw, open source, patch management, project, VLC, mailing list, Apple QuickTime, researcher, Apple Computer, fix, media player, blog

RealNetworks loads up SanDisk media players

September 18, 2006 Starting with Sansa e200 gadgets, Real counts on consumers wanting to take "music library" from one device to another. TAGS: RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks Rhapsody, SanDisk Corp., DNA, PlaysForSure, device manufacturer, SanDisk Sansa, media player, Microsoft Zune, API, library, memory, music, memory card, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp.

Real, Microsoft reach truce

October 11, 2005 Long-running antitrust suit against software giant ends in $460 million deal, with millions more to come in partnership efforts. Photo: Gates, Glazer shake hands TAGS: Rob Glaser, antitrust, truce, RealNetworks Inc., agreement, digital music, MSN, Bill Gates, commission, Microsoft Corp., Apple Computer, CEO, Europe, media player, music
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