Microsoft's Windows Media Player has grown from a forgotten item in the "Accessories" branch of Windows 95's Start menu to one of Windows XP's flagship applications -- and a core part of the company's ...

Microsoft is requiring consumers who want to use the latest version of Windows Media Player to upgrade to the new Windows XP operating system--a move that is ...

Marc Sonnenschein reports that the link for Windows Media Player 7.01 now really downloads the new update (as opposed to the prior version). He also notes that the file is now about 1MB smaller than ...

Microsoft is requiring consumers who want to use the latest version of Windows Media Player to upgrade to the new Windows XP operating system--a move that is ...

Having examined Windows 7's user interface, part four of our review will turn its attention to the media experience. The modern PC, used for a multitude of tasks, remains a key part of the multimedia ...

Microsoft’s Windows Media Player 7 for Mac is now available. The app offers Mac users access to movies and music available in Windows Media Format. Media Player, not loved by many Mac users, trails in ...

In addition to serving as the native media player for Windows, Windows Media Player also equips Internet browsers with a plugin that streams online video in the WMV, AVI and ASF formats. Small ...

Microsoft has had a strange relationship with local video playback for the past several years. It’s one of those features that was caught in the purgatory that was created with the start of Windows 10 ...