Tag archive: stream

Coldplay fans who are hoping to be able to listen to the British band’s recently released album on the likes of Spotify look like they could have a wait on their hands. The band have decided not to stream their new work. A Cnet report this week said that the reason for the band’s decision to withhold the album, Mylo Xyloto, from streaming services wasn’t entirely clear.  EMI, along with the three other major record companies, is supporting… Read More

Google+ is the search leader's answer to Facebook and Twitter. When Google first announced it, Andrew Couts and I laid out some of the reasons why it might fail or succeed. After squirming our way into the “limited field trial” the other night, we've been furiously testing out the social network's many features. Overall, we both like Google+, but it is a good thing Google is rolling this out slowly. There are still… Read More

After our preliminary look at the most promising and problematic features of Google+, fellow DT staffer Jeffrey Van Camp and I were finally able to snag some late-night invites last week and experience Google's social network for ourselves. A few days slogging through the nitty gritty of Google+ let us discover the ins and outs of the social network. Fortunately for Google, the more time I spend with Plus, the more I’ve become convinced… Read More

Rumors surrounding the new Wii, also dubbed Project Cafe, are growing steadily the closer we get to E3 in June. Mid-April we heard that the new home system would be unveiled at E3, and the console would blow past the Wii's 480p to running games at HD resolution (1080p). Now, thanks to IGN and their trusted yet unnamed sources, we have a better picture of Nintendo's latest anticipated console entry. IGN's Scott Lowe has… Read More

Today at CES, LG Electronics has demonstrated how the wonders of digital media could work. The idea — moving content off a server or laptop in your home to a living room device — is sound. Many companies, starting with Netgear as an early innovator and including Apple and D-Link, have tried to make the concept work. Yet, consumer electronics has struggled to embrace the digital realm when it comes to computer files. The LG BD300… Read More

This is exactly the reason record labels and movie studios tried to avoid offering their material online for years: a security issue in Adobe's Flash media servers potentially enables users of Flash-based video services like Amazon's Video on Demand service to download and copy as much video as they like. The issue impacts sites that use Adobe's media encryption technology and video player verification: cases exist where… Read More

If you want proof that the digital distribution of games has become big business, here it is: Steam, one of the leading game distribution platforms, has announced that it’s signed up a staggering 13 million users. Owned by the game developer Valve, Steam was originally intendedas a method for updating Valve’s multiplayer games. But it’s taken on a life of its own, and these days Steam not only carries over 150 PC games, including Half Life 2, it… Read More

The California company Media Rights Technologies announced today that it has sent cease-and-desist letters to Microsoft, Adobe, Real Networks, and Apple, alleging the company's media player products—like Windows Media Player, QuickTime, iTunes, Real Player, and Flash—violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by (get this) failing to incorporate Media Rights' Technologies X1 SeCure Recording Control… Read More