Tag archive: Amir Majidimehr

Although it hasn't exactly been a secret, Microsoft has formally announced HD Photo, a new file format aimed at digital photographers and high-end image manipulation which claims to offer higher image quality and better compression than existing image formats, while adding features for advanced image editing programs. According to Microsoft, HD Photo offers up to twice the compression of the existing JPEG image format while producing… Read More

The digital entertainment world is abuzz with news about DRM—what with Steve Jobs arguing the music industry should consider dropping DRM entirely, and the movie business facing a growing problem with AACS cracks. So, naturally, software giant Microsoft has stepped boldly into the fray…with yet another DRM technology dubbed PlayReady, this time aiming to satisfy the needs of the growing mobile content industry and tap into the… Read More

Today at the 3GSM trade fair in Barcelona, Spain, number two phone maker Motorola announced it has signed an agreement with Microsoft to build music phones built around Microsoft's Windows Media technology, to compete alongside music phones sporting iTunes software from Apple Computer. Motorola says the forthcoming music handsets will connect to computers using USB 2.0, and support Windows Media digital rights management (DRM)… Read More

“We've been committed to adding advanced codecs to enrich the Blu-ray Disc format,” said Blu-ray Disc spokesperson Maureen Weber, general manager of HP's Optical Storage Solutions Business. “We want to offer content providers a variety of compression codecs to suit their various needs. With the addition of Microsoft's VC-1, we extend that option in a package that makes Blu-ray Disc's capacity… Read More

From Microsoft's press release: Microsoft's next generation of Windows Media DRM technology will make new scenarios possible, such as protecting, delivering and playing subscription-based or on-demand digital music and video. These scenarios span Windows-based PCs and devices, including portable audio devices, Portable Media Centers, cellular phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) such as Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs… Read More

Today at the 2003 Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC) show, Microsoft Corp. and Pioneer Corp. announced a new top-of-the-line AV amplifier model that supports Microsoft® WindowsMedia® Audio 9 Professional for the delivery of multichannel surround sound. The new amplifier model, VSA-AX10Ai-N, also uses Pioneer's Advanced Multichannel Acoustic Calibration system, whichallows sound adjustments at the same professional… Read More

Microsoft Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic) today announced they are expanding the HighMAT specifications to support all major writable DVD media formats (DVD-RAM and other recordable DVD formats) for exchanging digital audio, pictures and video files between personal computers and consumer electronics devices in addition to CDs. The companies plan to support the new technology for DVDs in their respective product… Read More

This groundbreaking technical demonstration highlights a potential solution to the challenge TV broadcasters face today – they cannot reach out to customers who are on the move. It will illustrate, using an over-the-air broadcast from a Sinclair Broadcast Group TV station to a van driving the streets of Las Vegas, how the latest transmission technology together with the state-of-the-art audio and video compression of Windows Media 9… Read More