Apple Strikes Back at RealPlayer
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(Article Central) Apple has quietly updated its iPod software to prevent songs purchased on RealNetworks&#39; online music store from being played on some of its popular MP3 players.
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Users urged to upgrade RealPlayer and Helix Player to repair critical security flaw.
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Nvidia GPU in video-centric iPod, too MP3 player chip maker PortalPlayer will see one of its media processors integrated into Apple's much-rumoured iPhone, a US analyst has claimed. And since PortalPlayer should soon be a Nvidia subsidiary, the deal, if true, is good news for the graphics chip company too.â¦
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One week after updating its Mac OS X operating system, Apple Inc. has patched a serious flaw it its QuickTime media player.
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Petition calling on Apple to open its music player to rival tunes becomes target of anti-RealNetworks brickbats.
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A possible problem with the latest version of RealPlayer surfaces after a Russian security company claimed to have found a way to exploit a critical flaw.
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Second security patch in less than a week Apple has plugged two holes in its QuickTime media player that could create serious security problems for people tricked into visiting malicious websites. The release, which is available for both Windows and Mac platforms, is Apple's second security patch in less than a week.â¦
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Sandisk's new music player is nice, and Real Network's companion Rhapsody subscription service offers some cool features. Together, can they make an iPod killer? Commentary by Leander Kahney.
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Apple has released a security fix for its QuickTime media player software, fixing a critical bug that had been worrying security experts for nearly a month.The update, released Wednesday, fixes a vulnerability in the RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) used by QuickTime to handle streaming media.On Jan. 10, researcher Luigi Auriemma disclosed the flaw by posting proof-of-concept attack code that could be used to run unauthorized software on a victim&#39;s computer. For the attack to work, the criminal would have to first trick the user into viewing a maliciously encoded QuickTime media file.With the attack code available, security researchers had been hoping that Apple would address the flaw. Wednesday&#39;s QuickTime 7.4.1 update is for both the Mac OS X and Windows operating systems.It is Apple&#39;s fifth QuickTime update since October. The company has been forced to issue the flurry of patches as security researchers have taken a closer look at media player flaws during the past year. In December, Apple patched a separate RTSP vulnerability, which online criminals had already started to use in their attacks.&quot;In the past few months, QuickTime has been a prevalent target for security researchers,&quot; said Andrew Storms, director of security operations with nCircle Network Security. &quot;Internet media applications on the desktop have been a rich target for attackers, and this trend is sure to continue as most users aren&#39;t yet accustomed to attacks arriving in the form of a viral video.&quot;
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For more than a year, Apple Computers Inc. enjoyed singular success selling songs exclusively to users of its iPod portable music player. Now, it's got rival RealNetworks Inc. trying to lure iTunes customers away.
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Stopbadware.org, which offers analysis of websites and software, says users should steer clear of RealPlayer 10.5 and 11, but Real disputes their analysis.
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No longer only a war of words, Apple Computer Inc. has quietly started to block the technology that RealNetworks Inc. created to get around the iPod music player&#39;s copy-protection armor.
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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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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.
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&quot;Anyone who has RealPlayer is affected, and there are many people with RealPlayer,&quot; said Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer at software security company eEye Digital Security, the company that discovered the security issue.
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Sony considers adding native mp3 support to its players Ars Technica
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Proof of concept exploit sparks full disclosure row Security watchers warn that an unpatched vulnerability in RealPlayer poses a severe risk.â¦