Stories about: Nullsoft

This week I was going to continue with my discussion of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 but, as is so often the case, I got distracted by another problem.

Attack code threatens popular media players from Microsoft and AOL, said a security expert who told Windows users to remove a buggy coder/decoder (codec) or disable the player programs.

Just because you use a Macintosh, don't think you're any more secure than a Wintel user.

For those enterprise IT managers who've been eagerly anticipating the next major WinAmp security flaw, the wait is over. Brett Moore of Security-Assessment.com on Tuesday published details of a security hole allowing attackers to take over a PC when a user visits a specially crafted Web page.

A U.S. federal judge has enjoined America Online Inc. (AOL) from distributing its AOL 6.0 client amid allegations that the company nabbed PlayMedia System Inc.'s AMP MP3 playback technology for use in its Media Player without permission, the digital content distributor said Tuesday.

When frequent fliers land on solid ground, what better accommodations to make them feel truly at home than a renovated airplane?

FRAMINGHAM (08/11/2000) - America Online Inc. this week shut down the MP3 file search engine on its Nullsoft Winamp music player site, which enabled its users to search the Internet for music. "The search came down because we saw that we don't have an efficient way to distinguish between legal and illegal MP3s," said Jay Whitney, an AOL spokesman. He denied, however, that the move resulted from pressure from New York-based Time Warner Inc. AOL is planning a merger with Time Warner, which has a music unit and is suing several MP3 file-sharing companies, including the controversial Napster Inc. search program that's under legal assault by the music industry for similarly failing to distinguish between legal and pirated music.

BOSTON (08/10/2000) - A group of programmers with a file-sharing application for America Online Inc.'s popular Instant Messenger program (AIM) may raise the stakes in the battle over interoperability between AOL and other instant messaging companies.

BOSTON (08/10/2000) - The death knell was ringing for Napster Inc. in a San Francisco courtroom 15 days ago, or so thought about a dozen tired programmers huddled over their computers in upstate New York, hoping to code salvation for Napster's 20 million users.

BOSTON (08/10/2000) - America Online Inc. shut down the MP3 file search engine on its Nullsoft Winamp music player site that enabled its users to search the Internet for music Wednesday.

A few weeks ago, Gearhead discussed a fantastic, free application called Winamp (www.nwfusion. com, DocFinder 9223). Winamp - a sound file player - has an incredible arsenal of features, including the ability to change its look and feel. These look-and-feel schemes (colors and graphics) are called skins, and the Winamp site boasts thousands of user-created skins you can try. Or you can create your own.