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OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Orb Networks today announced the availability of Orb for Macintosh, delivering media anywhere functionality to Apple Mac users. Orb enables anything from iTunes to be enjoyed on any internet-connected device, without downloading titles beforehand or uploading anything to the cloud. Streaming media leader Orb, which released its media solution for Windows PCs in 2005, and developed the first streaming media player for the iPhone in 2008, boasts more...

iPhone Owners Worldwide Can Watch Thousands of Games LIVE OAKLAND, Calif., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- FASTHockey, the premier destination for LIVE and on-demand video streaming of amateur ice hockey, today announced it has partnered with Orb Networks to broadcast on the iPhone the thousands of amateur hockey games currently seen online at FASTHockey.com. FASTHockey will use Orb's proven Orb Live Events technology to broadcast games LIVE from the OneHockey International Tournament from June...

Now Anyone Can Broadcast to the iPhone OAKLAND, Calif., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Orb Networks today announced the availability of Orb Live Events, a customizable iPhone application that enables any content owner to broadcast their live content on these popular handsets. Live Events provides content owners with a proven iPhone player, already approved and available in Apple's App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. In contrast to using other solutions, which can cost millions and take...

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Orb Networks today announced the 4th generation of OrbLive 2.0, the leading iPhone and iPod touch application for watching TV and any other video formats on these popular handsets. The latest release of OrbLive, first launched in Apple's App Store in November 2008, is in response to feedback from thousands of passionate OrbLive users who have been enjoying TV on their iPhones since May 2008. OrbLive enhancements include: -- recording...

A mysterious ghostly face has appeared at a 550-year-old manor house where King Richard III and Henry VIII were once entertained, it is claimed. The latest spooky visitor at Gainsborough Old Hall was spotted in a picture by Paul Spence (44), of Pietermaritz Street, Lincoln. Mr Spence saw a silver orb above his head in a picture taken at a gathering of The Lord Burgh Retinue at the old hall. When the medieval re-enactment member zoomed in closer to examine the strange object, he found a...

Orb Networks, a developer of web application services, has added support for Intel Atom processor Z5XX series-based mobile internet devices to its media access service. According to the company, with Orb, there's no need to download favorites to a portable device or upload them to a website before leaving home. Since Orb streams content from the PC to a browser, there are no services to buy, files to upload, or time spent waiting to synchronize data. Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) based on...

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Orb Networks (http://www.orb.com/) today announced it has collaborated with Intel to update its award-winning media access service to work with Intel's(R) Remote Wake technology. Orb's support for this new functionality enables consumers to "wake up" their home PC from energy-efficient sleep mode to access all their media, anytime, from any internet-connected device. Select Intel motherboards with support for Intel Remote Wake technology will be...

EMERYVILLE, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Orb Networks (http://www.orb.com/), the world leader in content virtualization, remote access and media freedom, announced today that its userbase is now over seven- million strong. Orb's French-born co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Luc Julia, drew parallels between this industry milestone and the French national holiday. "The ancien regime can no longer imprison our media. Our time has come," said Dr. Julia. "Our media is created and...

LOS ANGELES -- Days after the Supreme Court weighed in on digital copyright infringement issues in the MGM v. Grokster case, select consumer electronics chains began stocking a product some predict could spark the entertainment industry's next showdown over intellectual property rights.New to the shelves of Best Buy and CompUSA this month is Slingbox, a brick-sized device that enables viewers to route the live television signal coming into their homes to a portable device anywhere on the...