Stories about: Real Networks

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    Real settles lawsuits, will stop selling RealDVD 04/03/2010 11:09:00

    RealNetworks has agreed to pay US$4.5 million and permanently stop selling its RealDVD software as part of a legal settlement with six Hollywood movie studios, the company said Wednesday.
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    Spotify iPhone app approved: Apple relaxing rules? 08/09/2009 05:22:00

    Monday appears to mark an important Apple App Store milestone with the introduction of a European digital music service app called Spotify Mobile that competes squarely with iTunes. In the past Apple has barred programs from its App Store it viewed as offering features that duplicate functionality already available on the iPhone such as Google Voice.
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    'Gears of War' bug not SafeDisc DRM's first 31/01/2009 11:59:00

    The anti-piracy technology that locked out players of the popular Gears of War game on Thursday was also implicated in a 2007 bug that was allowing hackers to take control of Windows PCs.
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    Microsoft layoffs could boost Seattle's tech industry 23/01/2009 09:48:00

    To non-locals, Seattle's high-tech industry may seem synonymous with one particular software company. As such, the prospect of mass layoffs at Microsoft would seem to be catastrophic.
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    Interview with Carlo Piana 10/03/2008 10:20:31

    The European Union's 899-million-euro antitrust fine is the result of a continuous effort by the European Commission dating back to 2000. Carlo Piana, a partner at the Milan law firm Studio Legale Tamos Piana & Partners, represented the Free Software Foundation Europe and the Samba project in the case.
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    Be prepared: ActiveX attacks will persist 20/02/2008 09:15:27

    A recent string of high-profile ActiveX vulnerabilities caused the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to advise users to disable the ubiquitous Microsoft browser plug-in technology altogether. The vectors for these recent exploits include a third-party image uploading tool used on both the Facebook and MySpace social networking sites, and flaws found in Yahoo's Music Jukebox, Real Networks' RealPlayer, and Apple's QuickTime.
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    Consumer group slams RealPlayer as 'badware' 05/02/2008 08:04:29

    A consumer advocacy group is blasting RealNetworks for installing adware and other software without properly notifying its users.
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    Has Facebook jumped the shark? 05/12/2007 12:08:07

    Or maybe, like the late great Evel Knievel, it tried to jump the Snake River Canyon but suffered an equipment failure halfway over. Either way, I'm over Facebook.
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    MTV, Real, and Wal-Mart shake up digital music 26/09/2007 16:03:20

    The digital music industry is headed for a crossroads, as more stores and record labels try out DRM-free music sales, and as some of the bigger names in digital music team up to offer a new service.
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    The 20 most annoying tech products 19/04/2007 16:21:48

    Some things are annoying by their very nature -- spam, your in-laws, comedians. But when the annoyances stem from stuff you've paid for or products you rely on to get things done, that really takes the cake.
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    Hollywood versus PC 08/02/2006 08:00:24

    As we move to a world where all entertainment is delivered digitally, the battle over copyright protection is turning into a full-blown war. And consumer rights may end up being the biggest casualty as media companies hunker down and try to redefine what users can and can't do with the content they've paid for and the hardware they own.
 
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