Rhapsody aims to be on Android Market later this year
Real has revealed that they are now working on the Rhapsody mobile application for the Google Android platform.
The company has already launched this mobile app on the Apple App Store enabling users of iPhone and iPod Touch to listen to streaming music.
They are [...]
Rhapsody mobile app approved for Apple App Store
Rhapsody is becoming the second iTunes rival service to appear on the Apple App Store.
Apple had recently approved Spotify.
Rhapsody mobile app would work on both Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
The major difference between Rhapsody and Spotify is that Rhapsody is available in USA.
The [...]
RealNetworks barred from offering RealDVD software
RealNetworks has lost another crucial round against their battle against the movie studios.
The company cannot offer their RealDVD software which made it easier for consumers to make copies of DVDs on their computers.
The movie studios have been claiming that this product violates the laws which protect their copyrighted [...]
RealDVD can make copies of rented DVDs
RealNetworks is fighting a lawsuit filed by MPAA which claims that their RealDVD product enables the user to pirate movie DVDs.
RealDVD was launched recently and it enables the customers to make copies of a DVD on a computer’s hard drive.
Real said that they are limiting the usage of the [...]
RealDVD sales suspended
RealNetworks has now been ordered to suspend the sales of their recently launched software product RealDVD.
RealDVD enables the user to make copies of their owned DVDs onto their computers. The copy is encrypted and cannot be copied to another machine.
The sales have now been suspended due to the ongoing lawsuit filed by Motion [...]
RealNetworks sued for their RealDVD application
RealNetworks is being sued by the members of MPAA over their recently launched software application RealDVD.
This lawsuit was expected when the application was launched as it enables the user to rip the protected DVDs on a hard disk.
MPAA claims that the application violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Greg Goeckner, executive [...]
Adobe and RealNetworks support Intel mobile internet devices initiative
Adobe Systems and RealNetworks have said that they are supporting the Intel’s initiative related to mobile internet devices.
Intel has launched the Atom microprocessor platform for these kinds of devices.
The microprocessor industry giant is currently displaying some of these devices at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in [...]
StopBadware.org label RealPlayer as Badware!
StopBadware.org has now labeled two versions of the RealPlayer media player software as badware applications.
They claim that these two editions inadequately disclose “advertising behaviors”. In addition, the latest edition of the software goes ahead and installs Rhapsody Player Engine without notifying the user.
StopBadware added in its statement on this new development: [...]
RealNetworks prepares patch for problem reported by Symantec
Security software maker Symantec recently talked about a security flaw discovered in the RealNetworks’ media player.
Symantec added that their software products were updated to prevent the flaw from affecting their customers.
Real has now said that they are working on the patch and would make it available to all [...]
