Microsoft Media announcements

[Graham Hughes]

Bill Gates will announce the launch of Windows Marketplace on October 12th
at the Experience More launch in Los Angeles.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/marketplace/newsgroups/default.mspx

Where hardware and software will be discussed. Obviously media is well
covered.


WMPlugins.com:
http://www.wmplugins.com Please jump on to the forums and say hello when
they are live in the next hour or so

Experience More Portal:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/experiencemore/default.mspx

PlaysForSure.com:
http://www.playsforsure.com/

Media Connect:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/devices/wmconnect/default.aspx

Player 10 Mobile:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/windowsmobile/default.aspx

New Stores in Player:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/onlinestores.aspx

Player available for over 20 more languages locales today:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp

Press releases:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2004/oct04/10-12ExperienceMore.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/oct04/10-12MCE2005PR.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/oct04/10-12XPDevicesServicesPR.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/oct04/10-12AudiovoxATTWirelessPR.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/oct04/10-12OfficialMusicLaunchPR.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/oct04/10-12WMOpenPR.asp

 

[J. Daniel Smith]

I see no mention of a *shipping* stand-alone DVD player with WMV playback.
Nor the promised HighMAT spec for DVDs; in fact the HighMAT website doesn't
look like it has changed in over six months.

Dan