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Microsoft, Apple in iPod patent tussle
August 12, 2005
Music player may be winning in the market, but Microsoft beats its rival in the patent office.
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Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft releases latest version of WMP 11
September 1, 2006
Windows Media Player 11 will allow families to move songs or movies from one home device to another.
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Public gets peek at Windows Media Player 11
May 15, 2006
Media Player overhaul, partnership with MTV take aim at dominance of Apple's iTunes and iPod digital music player. Images: Window Media Player 11
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft seeks Xbox touch for music
June 14, 2005
Software company's top Xbox executive is helping to rethink a music strategy that hasn't shaken Apple's hold on market.
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How Sony failed to Connect, again
May 31, 2006
Electronics giant had a secret weapon in its fight against Apple's iTunes, but got "unmitigated disaster" instead.
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Microsoft Corp.
This week in digital music
June 10, 2005
Microsoft keeps trying to catch up with Apple's Computer's dominance of the digital music business.
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NPD Group Inc.
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HMV taps Microsoft for help with music service
December 22, 2004
And guess whose device will get shut out? That's right--the service will not be compatible with the iPod.
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Microsoft making better music?
May 22, 2006
Software giant is pushing a coordinated approach to take on the iPod. Video: Windows Media Player 11 reviewed
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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New group to standardize digital music data
May 4, 2006
Apple, Microsoft and Sony BMG team with industry leaders to better track digital-music sales and royalties.
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Warner Music Group Corp.
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Universal Music Group
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EMI Group Plc.
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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Corp.
Apple launches iTunes for Windows
October 16, 2003
Stating that "hell froze over," Apple CEO Steve Jobs expands his digital music service into the much larger market for Windows-based PCs.
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Debating iPod's merits at Zune's party
November 10, 2006
Plenty who attended launch party for Microsoft's Zune are iPod owners, although some sounded ready for a change.
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Microsoft planning music subscription service
June 9, 2005
Feeling Apple's sting, software giant looks to diminish iTunes' influence with new "rental" plan.
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holder
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Windows Media
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MTV, Microsoft a powerful combination, say some
May 17, 2006
Analysts expect MTV's marketing might to help Microsoft reach important demographic as it tries to take on Apple's iTunes and iPod.
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Getting Bad with Apple
September 13, 2005
Michael Robertson started MP3.com and Linspire. Now he's taking on Apple and iTunes with BadApple.
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RealNetworks offers free songs for new service
April 26, 2005
Multimedia company taps Microsoft tech for new iTunes rival, offers free basic music subscriptions.
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Home electronics giants launch antipiracy strategy
January 19, 2005
Taking aim at Microsoft and Apple, consumer electronics companies say they'll build their own copy protection system.
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InterTrust Technologies
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Glaser turns wrath on Apple, Jobs
December 6, 2005
RealNetworks' chief says refusal to make iPod compatible with music services other than iTunes was "pigheadedness."
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Microsoft Corp.
Digital music's move back to the Web
November 4, 2005
AOL, Napster and RealNetworks are all pushing their music services online, but will this help them catch Apple's elusive market share?
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America Online Inc.
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Antitrust truce frees rivals for bite at Apple
October 11, 2005
Steve Jobs rebuffed RealNetworks 18 months ago. Today's deal with Microsoft now bolsters an anti-iPod alliance.
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Rob Glaser
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Apple Computer
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Betting it all on Napster
September 1, 2004
Chris Gorog sold Roxio's software business so that he could compete with Microsoft in digital music. Is he crazy?
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