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The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
Technology has given Pope Benedict XVI a window into space and the astronauts he spoke to the ultimate morale boost.
By Keir Thomas | 23 May, 2011 07:39
Microsoft has nixed any future iterations of its Zune music and video player, according to a Bloomberg report, adding another name on the list of devices killed by Apple's iPod hardware and entertainment ecosystem. Microsoft has yet to make the death of its Zune official, but unofficially it's believed the decision is based on poor demand for its players since the Zune line was introduced almost five years ago.
By Daniel Ionescu | 16 March, 2011 00:22
Dolby's new PC Entertainment Experience 4, or PPEv4, pushes the capacity of one of the weakest sound players on the planet: the laptop. Built into the new line of Acer Aspire Ethos computers, PPEv4 sounded great and didn’t disappoint at CES this week.
By Damon Brown | 08 January, 2011 13:27
RealPlayer, the venerable (if oft-maligned) multimedia playback software is back with a new beta. With the latest version of the software -- it's number 14, but is simply being called RealPlayer -- RealNetworks has enhanced the player's mobile capabilities, smartly taking aim at Android, BlackBerry, and Nokia phones that lack the native media syncing solution that Apple's iPhone and iPod enjoy with iTunes.
By Liane Cassavoy | 29 September, 2010 04:49
Thomson has released software for the creation and playback of a new type of audio file using lossless compression. MP3HD files will be around four times the size of corresponding MP3 files, but will remain compatible with existing MP3 players.
By Peter Sayer | 20 March, 2009 07:46
A reader asked about re-recording his phonograph collection in digital form
By Lincoln Spector | 10 August, 2010 02:00
Apple is getting close to launching a cloud-based version of iTunes that supports wireless streaming music and movies and wireless syncing, according to new reports on the effort first reported earlier this year.
By Brennon Slattery | 03 July, 2010 03:25
He likes photography and skiing, but the primary concern of Lennart Poettering is advancing the Linux audio experience with PulseAudio, an open source sound server. With this the Linux audio experience will be more context-aware. For example, if a video is running in one application the system should automatically reduce the volume of everything else and increase it when the video is finished. We catch up with Lennart immediately after this year’s Linux Plumbers Conference to find out the latest PulseAudio developments.
By Rodney Gedda | 08 October, 2009 15:33
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