New RealPlayer will let you download Internet video
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(InfoWorld) - On Thursday afternoon at the D: All Things Digital show, RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser demoed a new version of RealPlayer, to be released as a beta in June, that adds the ability to download video that's normally available only as a stream from Web sites and save it to your hard drive for later playback in RealPlayer. There's nothing earth-shaking about that -- utilities like KeepVid and the Firefox extension Video Downloader have offered similar functionality for quite awhile. But Real is aiming for something close to universal compatibility: It says its feature will work with video in Flash, QuickTime, Windows Media, and its own Real formats. And the mere fact that such a widely-used program is offering this capability may make it more mainstream. Sometime after the initial release, Glaser said, it'll follow up with a version that allows you to sync the videos you've downloaded onto an iPod. Walt Mossberg asked Glaser a question that I wondered about instantly myself: Is this all legal? Glaser said that Real respects DRM if it's there and won't let you download copy-protected video. As for non-protected video, he said that Real takes no stance -- it's up to the user to ensure that he or she is using the product for legal purposes. In other words, I'm still not sure whether it's kosher to download and preserve, say, a copyrighted clip from YouTube. But the chances that anyone will come after you if you're only doing it for personal use are presumably slim. Real's implementation of this idea looked slick in the demo: When it finds a video it can save, a little button appears over the video window. Click on it, and you can download. If you're one of those people who thinks of RealPlayer as a program that's hard to download and install and that mucks up your system in various ways, the new version may still be worth investigating: Glaser says getting and using it will be a smoother process, although he didn't provide details. To be fair to Real, its current version is already no more irritating than a heck of a lot of other free applications.
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Blog: New Web site called Real People Real Stufflets people post classified videos.
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Real is releasing a patch for RealPlayer media players to plug a security hole discovered Friday.
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RealNetworks on Tuesday released a new beta version of its RealPlayer software, which takes a completely new approach from previous versions. Instead of focusing on desktop audio and video playback, RealPlayer 11 lets users download video off the Web.
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(InfoWorld) - Users are being advised to upgrade to newer versions of the RealPlayer and Helix Player multimedia products because of a critical security flaw. The flaw could allow an attacker to gain control over a user's PC using a buffer overflow vulnerability, a memory problem that can allow unauthorized code to run on a machine, according to iDefense Inc. The vulnerability was discovered last October but publicly disclosed Tuesday on iDefense's Web site. Affected versions of the software include the 10.5 "gold" RealPlayer and any 1.x version of Helix Player, according to the French Security Incident Response Team (FrSIRT). FrSIRT categorized the problems as "critical," adding that a denial-of-service attack is also possible. RealPlayer users should receive notification of a "critical update," advising them to upgrade toÂ the beta version of a new release, version 11, said Lewis Webb, a spokesman for RealNetworks. The new version can be downloaded from the RealPlayer Web site, although the site does not mention the security problem. Current versions of Helix Player, an open-source version of RealPlayer, are available on itsÂ developer Web site. For a successful attack, a user would have to be tricked into downloading from a Web site a malicious SMIL (synchronized multimedia integration language) file, a format used in rendering media, iDefense said. Â
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InfoWorld - SymantecÂ is warning users of the RealPlayer media software to be extra careful while surfing the Web.
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RealNetworks said on Thursday the  newest version of its digital music player would allow users to  save Internet video -- like those found on YouTube -- for  viewing at a later time.
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Apple has finally done it. They have blocked the files downloaded from RealNetworks music store from playing on iPod Photo. The software update on the Appleâs music player will not let it now play files downloaded from Realâs Harmony software.
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Want to watch the Today show on your phone while it downloads stuff from MTV? Next year you can.
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RealNetworks seems to have had a very popular promotion in celebration of its new Harmony technology, which allows consumers to download songs bought at the RealPlayer Music Store and transfer them to popular portable devices, including iPods.
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SanDisk's new music player is nice, and RealNetworks' companion Rhapsody subscription service offers some cool features. Together, can they make an iPod killer? Commentary by Leander Kahney.
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New online capabilities are meant to allow gamers to share content they have created, Ã  la YouTube.
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RealNetworks announced a new version of its RealPlayer media player software -- the player will support rival formats Flash and QuickTime.
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Symantec&#160;is warning users of the RealPlayer media software to be extra careful while surfing the Web.On Wednesday, the company&#39;s Symantec Security Response team uncovered new&#160;attack code that affects the RealPlayer&#160;11 beta and RealPlayer 10.5 software on the Windows platform, according to Ben Greenbaum, a senior manager with the group. By late Wednesday, Symantec had tested the attack and confirmed that it worked on the English version of Windows XP Service Pack 1 running Internet Explorer 6. Tests for the more-recent XP service pack 2 and IE 7 browser were ongoing.For the attack to work, the criminal would have to trick the victim into playing a maliciously encoded Web page. The flaw lies in a browser helper object, software that RealPlayer uses to help users who are experiencing technical difficulties.Once the exploit is run on the victim&#39;s machine, the attacker can download and install whatever software he wants, Greenbaum said.So far, Symantec has just seen the one sample of the attack code, submitted by a customer in the U.S., but Greenbaum expects it to soon become more widespread. Symantec has not yet seen the code posted to public hacker forums, he added.Symantec&#39;s products are now protecting its customers from the attack, but other users can protect themselves by disabling JavaScript and ActiveX in their browsers and by being careful about the sites they visit, Greenbaum said.Greenbaum did not know whether the flaw also exists on Linux and Mac OS versions of RealPlayer, but he said that even if they were vulnerable, the attack code that Symantec has seen would probably need to be rewritten for those platforms.RealPlayer&#39;s maker, RealNetworks, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on this issue.
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SEATTLE  --  RealNetworks Inc. is teaming up with SanDisk Corp. to release a portable music player that more closely links with RealNetworks' Rhapsody online music service, in the latest attempt to take on Apple's iPod and iTunes stronghold.
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Want to impress your Windows-using friends and colleagues? Start a QuickTime movie, play a DVD, click on the visualizer in iTunes while it plays a song. Then press F9 and watch what happens.  [Dec 15]
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A Hong Kong company has developed a virtual girlfriend for cell phones with video capability. Also: RealNetworks offers paid internet content & hellip;.Vodafone, Nokia team up to simplify mobile software & hellip;. and more.