John Townley

Apple has announced the release of Darwin 1.0, the operating system core at the heart of Mac OS X, and the release of an updated Darwin Streaming Server. Darwin’s open source model allows registered Darwin developers to modify, customize and extend Apple (AAPL) software, including the modern mach kernel and BSD layers found in Apple’s […]

POPcast Communications Corp. Wednesday completed licensing agreements with TOKYOPOP.com, Digitainment.com, Webdancecomedy.com and Webdancefilmfestival.com online communities. Members of TOKYOPOP.com , a division of Mixx Entertainment Inc., an Asian entertainment network covering new products and technologies, J-pop music, manga and anime from across Asia will be able to upload up to ten megabytes of audio or video […]

Scour, Inc. Tuesday announced the beta launch of Scour Exchange (SX), a software application designed empowers users to search, download and share all their digital entertainment files, including MP3s, video, images, and photographs. SX’s application makes it possible to search, download, and share digital files, including MP3s, videos, and photographs. The interface, which includes a […]

RioPort Inc. Tuesday announced that they have signed a letter of intent to license its technology to Korea-based portable MP3 player manufacturers Maycom Co., Ltd. and Unitech Electronics Co., Ltd. for incorporation in new device designs. RioPor will supply its Audio Manager playback software and media device manager (MDM) API technology to the companies. Additionally, […]

Cable & Wireless Tuesday sealed a three-year Internet hosting and wholesale connectivity deal with streaming media firm Microcast Inc. worth $91 million. Cable & Wireless will provide Microcast with 24 OC-12 lines, or 15 gigabits per second of Internet connectivity, which will provide enough capacity to serve up to 250,000 additional simultaneous broadband users. These […]

America Online Inc. Tuesday launched AOL Plus to deliver enhanced multimedia content and features to AOL members using AOL 5.0 over any high-speed connection — TCP/IP, DSL, cable or satellite. AOL 5.0’s “speed detect” feature will begin rolling out this week, automatically downloading the technology that will enable enhanced multimedia content and features like full-motion […]

AAI Corp. this week selected eBusiness Technologies’ DynaBase application to manage and deliver content for its internal and external Web sites. AAI will use DynaBase to run its intranets and extranets as the primary means of distributing engineering, manufacturing, program management and other types of procedures to its 1,200 employees. For internal use, DynaBase’s XML […]

Aladdin Systems Inc. Friday shipped MacTuner 2.1.5, a free upgrade to the global media receiver previously published by Trexar Technologies Inc. MacTuner is Macintosh multimedia software that uses the Net to play live and recorded radio and television stations. Users can tune in to stations world-wide: including news, talk, sports and other informational programs. MacTuner […]

MP3.com, Inc. Thursday announced it has become a shareholder in PacketVideo Corp. “The delivery of music via wireless technologies is a logical extension of our Music Service Provider concept of consumers being able to access their music from anywhere,” said Michael Robertson, chairman and chief executive officer of MP3.com. “This investment brings us to a […]

audiohighway.com Thursday launch its AmpliFire Network and AmpliFire entertainment modules, which will deliver Internet radio, music video, audiobook and comedy content together with rich media advertising. The program enables AmpliFire Network member sites to deliver free rich media content from audiohighway.com (AHWY) to an end-user’s computer through an array of AmpliFire entertainment modules served by […]

Metastream Corp. Wednesday launched Metastream 3.0, the newest generation of its 3D visualization technology. Metastream’s MTS 3 technology provides solutions to shortcomings with the online shopping experience. It also provides interactive 3D models and the ability to explore colors, textures and features of products and to personally configure choices in a compressed streaming file format. […]

Microsoft Corp. Monday rolled out Windows Media Player 7, enabling playback of CD audio, streaming and downloaded audio and video, jukebox capabilities for CD recording, media management, and Internet radio and including a redesigned and unified user interface for common digital media activities. Available in a preview release for technical evaluators and software developers, Windows […]