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CNET News.com: Windows Media hits sour note

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 19, 1999

“A day after Microsoft released its new Web music
technology, the company confirmed that crackers have already
developed a program to strip away the security behind it.

Microsoft acknowledged that the executable file, dubbed
‘unfuck.exe,’ exists and works. In fact, there are a number of
programs, such as Audiojacker, that perform similar functions.”

“Windows Media Audio is Microsoft’s answer to the numerous audio
compression formats that have gained popularity in the last year.
These technologies allow users to download music off the Web and
play it back. MP3 is one technology that has gained considerable
popularity.”

“Windows Media is a group of technologies for multimedia
playback. Besides Windows Media Audio, the package includes Windows
Media Player and software and services including Windows Media
Services, Windows Media Tools, and a software development
package.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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