Neowin News Feed for: Realnetworks

RealNetworks and Viacom to spin off Rhapsody music service

Kristan Kenney — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:28:51 +0000

RealNetworks and Viacom have announced that Rhapsody, their joint venture into the foray of digital music, will be spun off into an independent company. RealNetworks currently holds a 51% stake in the joint venture, with Viacom... Read more...

MTV, RealNetworks Challenge Apple Music

Justin- — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:57:39 +0100

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Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks and digital media company RealNetworks announced Tuesday a digital music joint venture that will compete with Apple's dominant trinity of the iTunes store, iPod player and iPhone. MTV will merge its... Read more...

HP Drops iTunes, taps RealNetworks for Music

malebolgia — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:39:07 +0000

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After several years of distributing Apple Computer's iTunes software with its new PCs, Hewlett-Packard is shifting its allegiances to rival RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service, the companies plan to announce Thursday. The computer... Read more...

Flaws Found in RealNetworks Media Player

malebolgia — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:27:41 +0000

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Two flaws in RealNetworks' popular RealPlayer could let attackerscommandeer Windows computers running the software, eEye DigitalSecurity has warned. The vulnerabilities affect RealPlayer on all versions ofWindows, according to two short advisories... Read more...

RealNetworks Boosts Profits

dbfriends — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:01:54 +0100

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RealNetworks brought in $4.7m in the second quarter of the year, the streaming giant said yesterday - meaning the company is on target to break even over the year as a whole. The income was... Read more...

RealNetworks Helix Universal Server Denial of Service Vulner

malebolgia — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 23:17:30 +0100

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A vulnerability has been reported in Helix Universal Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to insufficient validation of HTTP requests. This... Read more...

RealNetworks slashes song prices

malebolgia — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 05:51:51 +0100

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RealNetworks will kick off a high-profile digital music marketing campaign Tuesday, highlighting the new iPod-compatible technology that has swung the company into conflict with Apple Computer. For a limited time, RealNetworks will... Read more...

RealNetworks Returns Fire in iPod Dispute

WishX — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 20:51:25 +0100

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With the battle fully joined, RealNetworks defended its Harmony digital music software against accusations from Apple that the technology was "hacked" from the iPod's DRM (digital rights management) application. "Harmony follows in a... Read more...

RealNetworks Says Files Can Play on IPod

Toxikk — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 03:50:00 +0100

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RealNetworks Inc. says it has created technology that allows songs purchased through its online music services to be played on Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iPod player, just a few months after complaining that Apple was... Read more...

RealNetworks seeks Microsoft's help

malebolgia — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:23:11 +0100

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Real Networks wants to make its music files playable on Microsoft's Windows Media Player format. The company, which is suing Vole for a billion dollars, said it needed the Redmond Giant's help to flog its... Read more...

RealNetworks seeks musical alliance with Apple

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:39:59 +0100

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RealNetworks made a direct appeal last week to Apple Computer, its Internet music rival, suggesting that the two companies form a common front against Microsoft in the digital music business. The offer to create a... Read more...

Microsoft loses bid to move RealNetworks trial

malebolgia — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 06:44:56 +0000

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A federal judge on Thursday denied Microsoft's motion for a change of venue in its pending case against RealNetworks, which charged the software giant with anticompetitive business tactics. U.S. District Court Judge... Read more...

RealNetworks sues baseball broadcaster

malebolgia — Wed, 10 Mar 2004 20:51:45 +0000

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RealNetworks is suing baseball broadcaster MLB.com. The two have been partners in broadcasting baseball games over the Internet since 2001. But negotiations between the two over renewing a licensing agreement fell apart in early February.... Read more...

RealNetworks to stream music to mobiles

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:42:19 +0000

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RealNetworks has won access to 180 million subscribers by signing up five networks, including Britain's Vodafone. RealNetworks said on Tuesday that it had signed up five telecom companies for its mobile media software, gaining access... Read more...

RealNetworks warns of media player security flaws

configure — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 11:29:39 +0000

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RealNetworks Inc.'s media player software contains vulnerabilities that could let an attacker take control of a PC on which the software is used to download multimedia files, the company confirmed this week. Corrupt... Read more...

RealNetworks strikes out in baseball deal

malebolgia — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 15:35:04 +0000

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RealNetworks ended negotiations to extend its exclusive deal to power Major League Baseball's Web business, the company confirmed Wednesday. The breakdown comes as no surprise, since RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser has prepared... Read more...

RealNetworks Could Get Backup In Microsoft Suit

malebolgia — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:19:43 +0000

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RealNetworks may not be alone for too long in its antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft. The Seattle-based company sued Microsoft Thursday in federal court in San Jose, Calif., claiming the software giant is illegally using its... Read more...

RealNetworks files antitrust suit against Microsoft

malebolgia — Thu, 18 Dec 2003 22:46:21 +0000

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Streaming media provider RealNetworks on Thursday sued Microsoft on antitrust charges, accusing the software giant of illegally using its Windows monopoly to limit consumer choice in digital media. The suit, filed in... Read more...

RealNetworks blasts video to AT&T handsets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 17:59:19 +0000

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RealNetworks announced a deal Thursday to provide AT&T Wireless with technology to stream digital video to cell phones. As reported earlier, the Seattle-based digital media services company said it will provide the infrastructure to deliver... Read more...

RealNetworks Closes Listen.com Deal

malebolgia — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 07:35:21 +0100

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Internet media software and services provider RealNetworks Inc. said on Tuesday that it had completed its acquisition of Listen.com and that the number of subscribers for its on-demand songs jumped 13 percent from June. RealNetworks,... Read more...