Windows Media Player Sidebar Gadget
This sidebar gadget has all the capabilities of WMP as embedded in a web page including the ability to play playlists, moves, audio, etc (.wpl, .wmv, as.
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12.2.2007 Vista Sidebar Gadget Published
My first Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget has been published to gallery.live.com.
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9.2.2007 Windows Live Calendar Gadget for Windows 7 Sidebar
Windows Live provides many useful web services like online calendar, Windows Live spaces, Photo Gallery etc. Live calendars lets you create your own calendar, store notes for important dates, birthday reminder, share calendar with friends and family, sync with windows mobile phone and much more.
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20.9.2009 Microsoft releases Beta Windows Media Center SideShow Gadget
Brilliant, one of my very personal hot topics is Microsoft's SideShow technology for Windows Vista which is a technology for distributing interactive content to connected small-screen devices, such as Windows Mobile smartphones.
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6.7.2008 Windows Vista Media Player Screenshots
Here is a sneak peek at what the new Media Player with the glass effect is going to look like in Windows Vista.
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Still 'no demand' for media-player-free Windows
A major U.K. retail store and three of the largest PC vendors worldwide still have no plans to sell the version of Microsoft Windows that does not contain its media player, five months after the version was released.
Microsoft started offering Windows XP N, a version of Windows without a bundled media player, in June of this year to comply with last year's antitrust ruling by the European Commission.
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19.11.2005 Windows Media Player 11 Interview
I just put online my first interview here at The Insider. I ask a few questions I've seen asked here in the community in regards to Windows Meda Player 11 to Geoff Harris who is the Product Unit Manager for WMP 11.
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6.5.2006 Windows Media Player 11 Released
As promised and revealed by Neowin, Microsoft has released Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP.
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30.10.2006 Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin
Have you been itching to enjoy your media content on Firefox? The Windows Media Player team put a lot of work into evolving media playback on Windows Vista through the new Media Foundation pipeline, and has also been actively monitoring feedback on WMP and playback in general.
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17.4.2007 Windows Media Player 11 for XP download
I have some information about release dates on WMP 11 for XP that no one else has. This info was obtained from a Microsoft employee who I can't name but was able to give me this info.
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10.5.2006 Windows Media Player 11 Beta Official download
Finally, Today it seems that Microsoft have released the highly anticipated Windows
Media Player 11 public beta! Along with this release, Microsoft have launched WMP11's
new website, which explains some of WMP11's major
features.
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17.5.2006 Windows Media Player 11 will RTM on September 14th
Exclusive news from keznews.net: Windows Media Player 11 for XP will RTM on September 14th, 2006.
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6.8.2006 Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 released to the public!
Today Microsoft has released Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 to the public. It can be downloaded at
http://www.microsoft.com/... 11/default.aspx. The new build number is 11.0.5705.5043.
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31.8.2006 XP and Vista to get new media player
Microsoft plans to jazz up its music player in Windows Vista, the company's next operating system. But at least some of the new features will debut much sooner.
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18.4.2006 New IE, Media Player Features Expected to Debut in Windows Vista Refresh
Testers will soon have a new Community Technology Preview build, the second one that Microsoft has issued for its next-gen Windows client. Beta 2 is looking like December, sources say. windows -
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No Media Player 10 for Apple users
Microsoft will not be developing a version of Media Player 10 for the Mac
Microsoft has confirmed that it will not be developing a version of its Media Player 10 for Apple users.
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20.1.2006 Windows Media Player 11 release pushed to Tuesday Oct 30th
Windows Media Player 11, originally scheduled to be released in a final version to the public today, was pushed back to Tuesday Oct. 30th.
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25.10.2006 Disable and Remove URGE Online Store in Windows Media Player 11 (WMP11)
Windows Media Player 11 (WMP11) for Windows XP is the latest Windows Media Player (WMP) for Windows Vista, and available as free standalone program downloadable from Micrsoft for genuine Windows XP SP2 users. WMP 11 features Windows Vista-like feel and touch user interface, plus several other improvements and enhancements.
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20.11.2006 DVD Jon hacks Media Player file encryption
Norway's best known IT export, DVD Jon, has hacked encryption coding in Microsoft's Windows Media Player, opening up content broadcast for the multimedia player to alternative devices on multiple platforms.
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Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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How to Clear & Stop Displaying Windows Media Player 12 Frequent List in Windows 7
Windows 7 Start Menu is almost similar to Windows Vista however Windows 7 Taskbar aka superbar is way different from Vista & XP Taskbar. In Windows 7 Taskbar you have access to jump list and recently opened document list of Office word and for Windows Media Player you will get frequently played video list.
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20.7.2009 Windows XP get Windows Media Player 11 in June
Microsoft plans to jazz up its music player in Windows Vista, the company's next operating system. But at least some of the new features will debut much sooner.
The software, which will be built into Vista, is designed to offer better synching with portable devices, make it easier to scroll through long libraries of music, and be tightly integrated with Urge, a new subscription and download music service co-developed by Microsoft and MTV Networks.
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18.4.2006 Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7
Windows Media Player 12 has completely new User interface as well as many new features. WMP 12 comes as default media player on Windows 7 and has been designed to take advantage of Windows 7 new features like Windows Taskbar, HomeGroup and Jump Lists.
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17.6.2009 Microsoft Romania Launches Gadget Competition for Windows Vista
Microsoft Romania has just launched a gadget competition for Windows Vista and Windows Live. Essentially, the contest is nothing more than a repeat of the Windows Vista Gadgets Competition on Code Project, with the sole exception that entries can now be submitted for both the client and the cloud Microsoft operating systems.
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10.9.2007 Turn any web widget into a Vista Gadget
The Amnesty Generator for Windows is designed to let you convert any embeddable web site widget (including Google Gadgets) into a Vista Sidebar Gadget with very little work.
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6.2.2007 Windows Sidebar Gallery Launches
In preparation for the public release of Windows Vista Beta 2, Microsoft put live over the weekend a beta Web site for hosting gadgets that run within the Windows Sidebar.
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31.5.2006 Free Gadget: Hard Drive Diagnosis Software
Is there any funny sound generated when your hard drive is in operation? Here I am introducing a free application that can be used to diagnose your hard drive problem.
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27.7.2008 Outlook 2007 Gadgets for Windows Sidebar
If you’re a fan of the Outlook 2007 To-Do Bar, but wish your upcoming appointments and tasks could be shown even when Outlook was minimized, I’ve got great news for you, you can do this today with the Outlook Sidebar Gadgets.
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1.12.2007 Get Longhorn Style Sidebar in Windows 7 & Vista with Longbar
Prior to Windows Vista it was known as Longhorn which was revolutionary Windows Operating system.
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29.10.2009 Maximizing Sidebar Gadgets
Many PC OEMs ship Windows Vista computers with Windows Sidebar enabled, usually only displaying the simple clock, photos and RSS feed gadgets.
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24.7.2007Gadget Samples for Windows Sidebar
These gadget samples are intended to demonstrate the functionality of the Windows Sidebar scripting elements. In addition, most of the code snippets
found throughout the Sidebar Reference documentation are extracted directly from the gadget code provided here.
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14.09.2007Indexer Status Sidebar Gadget for Windows Search
Brandon Paddock, who works on the Windows Shell Team here at Microsoft, wrote a Windows Sidebar Gadget that displays the
status of the Windows Search Indexer.
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11.04.2008Tivo Gadget for Windows Vista
Mike Swanson recently blogged about a cool new gadget he wrote for the Windows Vista Sidebar, the
TiVo Gadget for Windows Vista. The gadget,
available for download
here, is the
perfect addition to TiVo users' desktops. Even if you have multiple TiVos in your house, you can utilize this gadget to see the "Now Playing" lists
from your DVR. You can configure the gadget to group shows from the same series together and when the gadget notices a new recording, it will ding.
For homes with multiple TiVos, you can give the units friendly names, like "Downstairs" or "Den" to help identify them...
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11.12.2007WebSlices Hit the Desktop
Sarah Perez: I just saw
a post this morning about
Sean Lyndersay's new Sidebar gadget called the "
WebSlice Viewer Gadget." This brilliant little
creation brings IE8's WebSlices (bits of web content that you can access from the new IE8 Favorites Bar) right to your desktop via a simple Vista
Sidebar gadget.
The gadget, currently
in alpha (you've been warned!), requires Vista (unknown if x64 supported,
but let us know), IE8, and a web page that has
some WebSlices. Each
instance of the WebSlice Viewer shows only one WebSlice, so you will need to open multiple gadgets to show multiple views.>
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01.04.2008Xbox Friends Watch - a Sidebar Gadget using Silverlight
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26.10.2007Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2
Out
Microsoft on Thursday released
a second beta of Windows Media
Player 11, providing some
performance enhancements, bug
fixes and the integration of
Windows Media Connect
functionality into the player
itself...
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01.09.2006Windows Media Player Protocol Rollover
When Windows Media Player connects to a Windows Media server the player tries to use the most efficient protocol for the job. However, the player is
not always able to connect with the first protocol it tries. This is usually due to either a firewall issue or the version of the client and server
that are being used together.
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19.08.2008Outlook 2007 Gadgets for Windows Sidebar
If you’re a fan of the Outlook 2007 To-Do Bar, but wish your upcoming appointments and tasks could be shown even when Outlook was minimized,
I’ve got great news for you, you can do this today with the Outlook Sidebar Gadgets.
One of the new features introduced in Windows
Vista is the Windows Sidebar, an application that allows gadgets—small applications that provide quick access to useful information or
commands—to be displayed on your desktop or in the Sidebar.
The Sidebar presented a great opportunity for Outlook to surface the same
information that we show in the To-Do Bar. To this end, we developed two Outlook gadgets: Outlook Appointments and Outlook Tasks. These gadgets can be
used independently or together to provide at-a-glance information without the need to bring up Outlook.
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30.11.2007Community Article: The Windows
Media Player 11 experience
Columnist Joli Ballew previews
Windows Media Player 11 in
Windows Vista, revealing an
improved media library,
redesigned interface, helpful
shortcut menus, and a fast
search tool for which you
might just go crazy...
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25.05.2006Windows Live Video Messages “ new tech preview coming soon
You kill one service, and another one springs up to take its place. The Windows Live
Support
and
Feedback sites helpfully spilled the beans on
Windows Live Video Messages, a new beta service that ties in with the LifeCam range of
webcams.
As we mentioned in our recent post on the
new
upcoming LifeCams, the VX5500 and the LifeCam Show, the new devices are compatible with a a Windows Vista sidebar gadget. Turns out this gadget is
part of the new Video Messages service, along with a to-be-released web portal.
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20.08.2008Organize Your Media Files in
the Windows Media Player 10
Library
Columnist Galan Bridgman
discusses the powerful
features of the Library, an
important Windows Media Player
10 feature that helps you keep
track of all your media files...
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04.01.2006Maximizing Sidebar Gadgets
Many PC OEMs ship Windows
Vista computers with Windows
Sidebar enabled, usually only
displaying the simple clock,
photos and RSS feed gadgets.
You may've found that they
install their own home-grown
gadgets to show off additional
features or apps installed on
the PC, or as sales tools for
other products. You may even
have turned off the Sidebar
because you already have a
clock in the systray and you
use other ways to check RSS
feeds.
If so, you're
missing out, as there's a
Windows Sidebar gadget for
almost anything you might
want: PC utilities, music,
messaging, traffic reporting,
searching or just a quick game
can be yours with a click of
the mouse. If you haven't
taken the time to explore
gadgets beyond those loaded by
default, take a minute to
right-click the Sidebar and
select 'Add Gadgets.' From
there, click 'Get More
Gadgets Online' -- youll find
over 1000 different gadgets
available for download.
There are still other ways
to find gadgets: visit the
Microsoft
Gadgets Gallery,
Windows Live
Gallery and
Code
Project for hundreds more.
In addition, you'll find
links to resources for
developers and a way to submit
your own gadgets for others to
use.
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24.07.2007Windows Vista CTP to Feature
Sidebar, Gadgets
A February CTP (Community
Technology Preview) of
Microsoft's planned
Windows Vista
OS will feature Windows
Sidebar and Gadgets
technology, for adding
mini-applications such as
video or audio feeds to the
Windows desktop. Gadgets
providing access to these
applications are represented
by desktop icons.
These icons are then
organized on the scrollable
Sidebar on the screen,
Microsoft officials said at
the combined Software
Architecture Summit and
Middleware Summit conferences
on Wednesday.
Thanks to
boytoy for
posting this
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03.02.2006Windows Sidebar: 'Sky's The
Limit'
In some of the earliest builds
of Longhorn, the Sidebar was
the most visible change. While
its eventual use within the
operating system wasn't
initially clear, its sudden
disappearance in the build
given to attendees of WinHEC
surprised many Windows
enthusiasts...
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15.09.2005Windows Media Player 11 Delayed
Microsoft has temporarily put
its release of Windows Media
Player 11 on hold, citing
quality concerns. According to
several Windows enthusiast
sites such as Neowin, the
company pushed back its target
date from Tuesday to October
30...
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26.10.2006Windows Media Player 11
Interview
Sidebar Geek, from The Hive's
insider blog has posted a
great interview with Geoff
Harris, Product Unit Manager
on the Windows Media Player
Team. Continue at source, to
check it out!
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05.06.2006Windows Vista Build 5487
Screenshots Released
Wednesday Winfuture.de, a
German Windows enthusiast
site, released a slew of
screenshots of the recently
aquired 5487 build of Windows
vista.
It
appears that the new task bar
and sidebar have still yet to
have been included, but you
will notice a few changes here
and there. The welcome screen
appears to have been
overhauled with many new
features adding an "Offers
from Microsoft" panel which
gives quick access to many new
Windows Live services such as
Messenger, Mail Center (still
currently known as Mail
Desktop Beta) and OneCare.
Another thing
you will spot is a slightly
tuned interface in Media
Center, nothing big as it
appears they just tweaked the
drop shadows and a few
graphics.
Although the new sidebar
didn't make an appearance in
this build, some redesigned
gadgets did. The system
performance and weather gadget
have been redesigned as well
as the stocks gadget.
Last but not least
is the new voice recognition
feature (or after a bad
performance at a Microsoft
Conference last week, voice
wreck-ognition may be a more
appropriate term.) Voice
recognition allows you to
control the system and take
notes by using audio commands
which the system
recognizes.
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02.08.2006New IE, Media Player Features
Expected to Debut in Windows
Vista Refresh
Testers will soon have
a new Community Technology
Preview build, the second one
that Microsoft has issued for
its next-gen Windows client.
Beta 2 is looking like
December, sources
say.
Micro
soft is poised to release to
testers the second Community
Technology Preview (CTP)
release of Windows Vista,
paving the way for a second
full-fledged beta, which is
now expected in
December.
Among the
new features which could find
their way into the updated
build are a number of Internet
Explorer 7.0 enhancements; the
resurrected "Sidebar" task
pane; Windows Media Player
11.0; and new networking
functionality.
Robe
rt McLaws, president of
Interscape Technologies, said
that Microsoft released CTP 2
of Vista on Thursday
night.
"Build 5231
(aka Windows Vista October
CTP), compiled on Oct 4, 2005,
was posted to the Connect
website a short while ago,"
McLaws said in a posting to
Longhornblogs.com, which has
since been removed...
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15.10.2005Windows Vista Sidebar
Columnist Scott Lowe explains
how to use the new Windows
Sidebar feature in Windows
Vista...
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15.08.2006Windows Media Player Plug-in for Firefox Now a Reality
The department of Microsoft's
development team delegated to
interoperability and open
standards have released what
might have seemed the least
likely product ever to emerge
from Redmond: an officially
sanctioned Windows Media
Player plug-in for Mozilla
Firefox...
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