News and Events - March 2004

Tue 30th Mar, 2004

Website interest

The increasing awareness of Forbidden Technologies is reflected in the record interest in the Forbidden website. The number of hits this quarter has reached a new record and is running at five times the rate of a year ago.

Fri 26th Mar, 2004

Forbidden networking

The guests at last night's Forbidden hosted event were treated to a confidential preview of our remarkable FORscene product. Details of FORscene will be released next month when it enters alpha test.

Wed 24th Mar, 2004

Windows without media player

The BBC reports on the latest European Commission decision: 'Mr Monti said: "It is essential to have a precedent..." The EU's investigation has found Microsoft to be an "abusive monopolist" which has skewed the market for audiovisual software... The five year EU case was launched after complaints from rival makers of audiovisual software that Microsoft was protecting its own media player and squeezing out others... Microsoft must offer a stripped-down version of its Windows operating system minus the firm's MediaPlayer audiovisual software within 90 days'.

Tue 23th Mar, 2004

Technology upgrade

Forbidden has improved the efficiency of its core technology to use less CPU and improved compression. The FORlive website demonstration is the first to be upgraded. As we don't use a plug-in, anyone coming to our website will automatically benefit from this latest upgrade.

Wed 17th Mar, 2004

European ruling

The remedies proposed by the European Commission for Microsoft's alleged abuse of its dominant market position are expected to force Microsoft to offer Windows without Media Player. A growing installed base of non Media Player compliant Windows machines will benefit from Forbidden Technologies' Java solution which works whether or not Media Player is installed.

Thu 11th Mar, 2004

Mirror site

Forbidden has been testing out a new mirror site in preparation for the launch of FORscene, our editing tool. With its fast Linux server and high bandwidth connection, we estimate that this mirror site can support 30,000 simultaneous users.

Mon 8th Mar, 2004

Korfball

Forbidden won a prize at a recent Korfball competition. You can watch tournament highlights using FORmobile. If you don't have the player on your mobile phone yet, download it here.

Wed 3th Mar, 2004

Composer

Philip Vessey, a SiteSeer customer, is a composer who is using Forbidden's audio compression to publicise his music over the Internet on the web and via an email campaign. You can hear examples of his music here.

Tue 2nd Mar, 2004

Mediaconcept update

Mediaconcept Srl, a licensee of Forbidden's FORmobile and FORweb products, has completed its training programme in our Wimbledon office. Mediaconcept is planning to customise FORmobile for the Italian market, which it is supplying with Forbidden's FORadvertisers product.