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Annoying Software : A Rogue's Gallery.

Afroblanco — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:17:11 -0800

Annoying Software : A Rogue's Gallery. (single-page version). Software that makes us hate the internet and wish it had never been invented. High on their list : Adobe Reader, Java, RealPlayer, and Flash. #1 - Adobe Reader #2 - Apple #3 - Windows Update #4 - RealPlayer #5 - Java #6 - Yahoo #7 - Norton Antivirus #8 - Preinstalled software bundles #9 - Outlook/Exchange #10 - Flash

10 Years Later

pwedza — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:25:35 -0800

Qana 1996. Qana 2006.

McGurk

knutmo — Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:00:22 -0800

The McGurk Effect

It's the real thing

Mwongozi — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 16:33:59 -0800

RealOne without the spyware The BBC, being a public service broadcaster, are forbidden from advertising. However, their internet streams are in Real format - the player of which is not known for being ad-free. The BBC have done a deal with Real to provide a "clean" version of RealOne (Windows only) - only available from the above link.

schadenfreude

srboisvert — Thu, 16 Oct 2003 04:53:32 -0800

The Rush to Recovery. Enjoy a little schadenfreude. Harry Shearer - Real Player.

Siren Tales

chrid — Sun, 07 Sep 2003 16:45:28 -0800

B Movie Specialists Siren Tales make B movies for your delight and delectation. I'm not sure that 'B' is the right letter, they might want to pick one further down the alphabet. See the trailer for "The Gosh Darned Mortgage" (Realplayer required), and make your own mind up. If you like, they'll turn your script into a movie.. cheap!! Links are worksafe but discretion advised.

Susan Sontag Interview

Lex Tangible — Mon, 10 Mar 2003 09:55:29 -0800

Susan Sontag gave an interview that was broadcast on BookTV via CSPAN2 back on Sunday, March 2nd. It was an impressive and in depth 3 hour program. It is now available online here for Realplayer. This is not the sort of thing your ever going to see on commercial television.

mkultra — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 10:36:03 -0800

RealNetworks opens up. RealNetworks today launched the Helix Community which provides the source code to its RealPlayer client (the server and encoding components are coming later). This will present the first end-to-end open source media delivery system- Apple has open sourced its streaming server, but not its clients or codecs; Microsoft's Windows Media platform is totally closed. Marketing ploy or real step forward for the software industry?

pedantic — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 13:44:50 -0800

Did someone say pancakes? [RealPlayer required] PlayMail by AT&T Labs allows you to send emails read by a talking face. If you get froggy, you can even create your own talking yak, chiffarobe or even yourself.

holgate — Sat, 29 Sep 2001 12:51:06 -0800

Real's Last Hoorah? A beta version of their next-generation player, "RealOne", is now available to download: it's pretty, and does all the media library/ripper/encoder things we're now accustomed to seeing. But the with Microsoft aggressively marketing Windows Media Player as part of XP, with much the same features, is Real set to go the way of Netscape, or will its streaming format keep it in business?

mutagen — Sat, 21 Apr 2001 10:07:47 -0800

Adobe and SVG: Adobe leverages their Acrobat reader along with Real Player to include their SVG browser plugin. Of note are the SVG with sound, filter effects, and JavaScript animation. Is Adobe gearing up to position this as a Flash competitor?

Succa — Mon, 16 Oct 2000 15:05:39 -0800

Excellent, in-depth analysis of "spyware" used by insidious and horrible software entities such as RealPlayer. Written by my hero and yours, Steve Gibson.