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Many content providers don't seem to realize it but Mac users watch streaming videos too.  It amazes me with the millions of Mac users worldwide, many don't seem to think these users count in terms of the streaming content that is made available for them. There are so many high profile websites that don't allow any type of streaming experience available for Mac users.  At least in many cases it doesn't work properly.  Amazingly some of my favorite websites to watch streaming content on don't delivery content properly for Mac users.  I have to use a PC to experience the content. We need to change this. 

Streaming Media East happens May 12-13, 2009 in New York City and here are some of the Pre-Conference Workshops that they'll have right before the big conference. These workshops are among the most exciting and important topics related to streaming and compression.   The Streaming Media East Pre-Conference Workshops take place on May 11, 2009. If you have time in May you should try to make it to the event.

High-definition video streaming reaches a new level of quality and performance with the Niagara 7500 from ViewCast. Making its debut at NAB 2009, the Niagara 7500 simplifies the complex workflows associated with the transformation and delivery of high-definition video to IP and mobile networks. The Niagara 7500 features a sleek, innovative touch control interface with contextual menus that streamline and simplify the operation of this high-powered, dual quad core streaming appliance.

Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of Silverlight 2, one of the industry's most comprehensive and powerful solutions for the creation and delivery of applications and media experiences through a Web browser. Silverlight 2 delivers a wide range of new features and tools that enable designers and developers to better collaborate while creating more accessible, more discoverable and more secure user experiences.

"We launched Silverlight just over a year ago, and already one in four consumers worldwide has access to a computer with Silverlight already installed," said Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Developer Division at Microsoft.  "Silverlight represents a radical improvement in the way developers and designers build applications on the Web. This release will further accelerate our efforts to make Silverlight, Visual Studio and Microsoft Expression Studio the preeminent solutions for the creation and delivery of media and rich Internet application experiences

Microsoft Corp., the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions, and Akamai Technologies Inc., the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, announced plans to enable high-definition (HD) quality experiences on PCs. Akamai will release a beta version of a new service, powered by Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft Silverlight, to deliver rich Internet applications via the world's largest HTTP edge network.