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The video files that you can download from this site are Windows Media 8 or Apple Quicktime 6 video files. Microsoft and Apple provide a number of players for different platforms and there are third party players for Linux.

All of the Microsoft players can be downloaded from:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/players.asp

The current version of Windows Media Player that will play Windows Media 8 video files is:

All of the Apple players can be downloaded from:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

The current version of Quicktime Player that will play Apple Quicktime 6 video files is:

For Linux try these players:

mplayer http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html
xine http://www.xinehq.de
crossover office/ crossover plugin http://www.codeweavers.com

You may also find the following links useful:

Data formatting (MPEG): http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com/
Windows Media Player: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.asp
Newsreels: http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/databases/newsreels/history/history.html
Flash animation: http://www.macromedia.com/downloads/
Currency Calculations: http://www.thisismoney.com/undated/ff954.html
Payment Security: http://www.secpay.com/index.html

Please tell us if any of these links are not working (customerservices@itnsource.com)