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Windows Media Player release skips a beat
October 25, 2006
Microsoft missed its planned Tuesday release of the jukebox software, which has been "delayed slightly" to an unspecified date.
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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jukebox
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media player
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software company
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
Critical patch coming for Windows Media Player
February 10, 2006
Monthly patch program will include seven bulletins for flaws in Windows and other Microsoft products.
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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Windows Media
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media player
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Windows
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security
Windows Media Player 11 an iTunes contender?
May 15, 2006
review Latest update to Microsoft's jukebox finally gives media lovers a user-friendly alternative to Apple's software. Image: Microsoft Media Player 11
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jukebox
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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Windows Media
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digital media
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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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photograph
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video
,
Microsoft Windows XP
Music stops for Mac Windows Media Player
January 13, 2006
Microsoft halts development of its Windows Media Player for the Mac and says it has no plans to provide future updates.
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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media player
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Apple Macintosh
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development
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Apple Mac OS
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Apple Computer
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Apple Mac OS X
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Microsoft Corp.
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MSN
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Microsoft Office
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Web browser
,
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft issues patch for WMF vulnerability
February 15, 2006
The "critical" fix is part of seven security bulletins in the software maker's monthly update.
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WMF vulnerability
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Microsoft Windows Metafile
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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vulnerability
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service pack
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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software company
,
security
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Microsoft Corp.
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Service Pack 2
,
Microsoft Windows
Attack code out for latest Microsoft flaw
February 17, 2006
Two exploits appear only days after Microsoft issued a patch for a "critical" Windows Media Player flaw.
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flaw
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media player
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
,
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XP and Vista to get new media player
April 17, 2006
Microsoft's Windows Media Player 11 is coming to Vista and to XP sooner. Is iPod connection ahead?
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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portable device
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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music player
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media player
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Apple iTunes
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song
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music
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Apple iPod
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows XP
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Microsoft Windows
,
video
EU slaps record fine on Microsoft
March 25, 2004
Regulators hit the software giant with a fine of $613 million for violating European Union antitrust law and also order the unbundling of Media Player software from Windows.
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Thomas Penfield Jackson
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European Union
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antitrust
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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computer company
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agreement
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Microsoft Corp.
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Windows Media
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Web browser
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media player
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operating system
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
,
Microsoft Windows
,
server
Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 ready to sing
October 30, 2006
A week after the company had initially hoped to debut the new jukebox player, it posts a free download of the program.
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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jukebox
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media player
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Zune
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Windows XP
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operating system
Microsoft fixes can cause Windows Media Player trouble
March 9, 2006
A trio of updates for Windows Media Player, including a recent security patch, can cause the software to malfunction.
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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media player
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patch
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Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
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Microsoft Corp.
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security
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Microsoft Windows
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server
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
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digital music player
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digital music
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MTV
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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music player
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Windows Media
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media player
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Apple Computer
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jukebox
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Apple iTunes
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beta
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Apple iPod
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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Microsoft Corp.
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music
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Microsoft Windows
Security flaw touches Windows Media Player, IE
October 18, 2005
"Critical" flaw affects Microsoft's media player and browser, including on Windows XP with SP2, a security firm reports.
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eEye Digital Security
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security flaw
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Microsoft Windows 2003
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Microsoft Corp.
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Service Pack 2
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft releases latest version of WMP 11
September 1, 2006
Windows Media Player 11 will allow families to move songs or movies from one home device to another.
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Corp.
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Apple Computer
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EC to decide Microsoft's fate by mid-July
June 6, 2006
Regulators have a deadline of July 19 to rule on imposing stiff daily fines on the software powerhouse.
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commission
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decision
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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Microsoft Corp.
Regulators tell Microsoft there's plenty in a name
January 29, 2005
Name of Windows version that unbundles Media Player would undermine antitrust penalty, EU says.
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Europe
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order
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft: No flaw in Media Player
January 14, 2005
Trojan horses are piggybacking on an antipiracy feature in Media Player, a security firm claims. But Microsoft denies it's a flaw.
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Overpeer
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Panda Software
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Ben Edelman
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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digital-rights management
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Windows Media
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spyware
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adware
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P2P
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Microsoft Corp.
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security
,
researcher
Europe plays hardball with Microsoft
March 25, 2004
special coverage Members of Congress are quick to protest the EU's $613 million fine against Microsoft. Also: An intellectual-property precedent could help the software giant in its appeal. Read u...
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European Union
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antitrust
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regulator
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decision
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Europe
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intellectual property
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fine
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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PC company
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letter
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Microsoft Corp.
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U.S.
,
Microsoft Windows
'DVD Jon' targets Media Player file encoding
September 3, 2005
Programmer develops tool for removing encoding surrounding multicasts in effort to give open-source media players access.
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media player
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video stream
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open source
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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Windows Media
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DVD
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Microsoft Corp.
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video
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft fixes potential antipiracy hole
February 17, 2005
Japanese programmers spotlight flaw in Redmond's antipiracy protections, but the company moves to block the hack.
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David Caulton
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antipiracy
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digital-rights management
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copy protection
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hack
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flaw
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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Redmond
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programmer
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Windows Media
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security
,
programming
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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.
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Microsoft Zune
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RealNetworks Inc.
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SanDisk Corp.
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
,
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Apple Computer
,
Apple iTunes
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Microsoft Corp.
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