JamieG Analysis

Microsoft historically comes from behind, and history may be repeating itself with Microsoft coming from behind like a tsunami.  See this new Xbox TV commercial as an example. This is amazing if it actually works.  No more remote control.  My life will love me, the price of a Xbox is worth it just for that [...]

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The FUD Apple has been able to generate about flash is amazing.  As a developer myself that uses Flash in front end interfaces, this battle of words has made me sick to the stomach.  Not because either side is wrong, but because Apple is printing lies and falsehood about flash.  And, I tend to dislike [...]

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Adobe is releasing the specification to the (RTMP) protocols that flash player uses.  In a nut shell. “… developers will be free to use their own technological measures to secure content. The RTMP specification does not provide any requirement or restrictions on a developer’s own measures to secure content.” See the full Adobe release here. [...]

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Recently Apple Shuts Down iPod Interoperability Effort. The reasons stated was because those using it where taking advantage of the information to reverse engineer FairPlay.  This is not the case.  The real reason was because those using it where trying to develop software that let Ipods plug into NON-apple (Itunes) software. Ie, unlock the iPod [...]

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In a recent post called “A fly in Steve’s soup (Apple’s path to online video)” I wrote about how Apple is bringing together a digital media ecosystem that could become a total end to end solution for playing all you media.  Buy once and play everywhere, but with a DRM systems.  Apple’s DRM system of [...]

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