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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. TAGS: digital music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group Corp., Universal Music Group, consortium, content provider, EMI Group Plc., agency, house, Apple Computer, music, format, Microsoft Corp.

Syncing high-def music with digital generation

May 15, 2006 Tech companies offer music fans high-quality alternatives to lower quality files found in most digital downloads. TAGS: digital music, digital music player, music player, song, music, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, format, Apple iPod, CD, Microsoft Windows

MP3tunes throws music locker doors open

August 31, 2006 Company launches a free service designed to lure music fans--but it could have challenges ahead, analyst says. TAGS: MP3tunes, digital music, music, song, Apple Computer, Apple iTunes, PC

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 TAGS: digital music, critic, Apple Computer, MTV, desktop software, Windows Media, Microsoft Windows Media Player, jukebox, approach, iRiver, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Corp., music, Apple iPod, PC, video

Will music industry dance again to Apple's tune?

May 31, 2007 Apple's bold gamble could push the rest of the music industry into offering DRM-free music. TAGS: EMI Group Plc., music industry, digital-rights management, Apple Computer, digital music, copy protection, song, music, Apple iTunes

Amazon goes to the movies

July 24, 2006 Online retailer is set to launch movie-download site next month, says source. TAGS: Amazon.com Inc., online retailer, Apple Computer, digital music, movies, retailer, music, video, TV

EMI, Apple partner on DRM-free premium music

April 2, 2007 Music label confirms that it will sell higher-quality, copy protection-free digital music through iTunes Store.Photos: Apple's DRM-free duet with EMI TAGS: EMI Group Plc., Steve Jobs, digital music, digital-rights management, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, label, AAC, London, retailer, music, CEO

Gloomy iTunes predictions premature

December 13, 2006 Report shows declining iTunes sales, but it was based on data from fewer than 200 U.S. households and warns of drawing conclusions. TAGS: Forrester Research Inc., household, digital music, Apple iTunes, online music, conclusion, survey, Apple Computer, song, U.S., music, Apple iPod

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. TAGS: MTV, MTV Networks, digital music player, digital music, music player, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Windows Media, Apple Computer, jukebox, Microsoft Corp., music, media player, Apple iTunes, Apple iPod, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

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 TAGS: digital music player, MTV, digital music, Microsoft Windows Media Player, music player, Windows Media, beta, Apple Computer, media player, Apple iTunes, jukebox, Apple iPod, music, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Week in review: Reading Apple's crystal ball

March 21, 2008 Tech community looks at Apple projects, while telephone companies measure outcome of FCC spectrum auction. Also: Redmond's rocky roads.(By CNET News.com's Steven Musil) TAGS: Apple Computer, Week in review, label, Adobe Systems Inc., Flash Player, Apple iPhone, digital music, CEO, reader, Apple iPod, music, Microsoft Corp.

Music executives judge Jobs, lament losses

February 28, 2007 At digital music conference, industry honchos debate what's wrong with their business. At the top of the list: Apple and DRM. TAGS: music industry, Steve Jobs, digital-rights management, digital music, EMI Group Plc., conference, Apple Computer, CEO, music

The iPod at 5

October 20, 2006 It was by no means the first MP3 player on the market when it was unveiled in 2001, but the iPod quickly emerged as the most famous--and by far the most successful. TAGS: margin, Apple iPod, consumer electronics, digital music, electronics, Apple Computer, font, music, photograph, MP3, Apple Macintosh, video

Apple's long shadow over mobile music

April 2, 2007 Handset makers are introducing plenty of phones that play music. But it's hard to imagine any besting the iPod or the soon-to-be-released iPhone. TAGS: Motorola ROKR, handset maker, hype, Sprint Nextel, Napster Inc., subscriber, AT&T Corp., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, handset, Apple iPhone, Apple Computer, digital music, song, music, Motorola Inc., mobile phone

Amazon to offer DRM-free music downloads

May 16, 2007 Music store coming later in the year is set to sell tunes unencumbered by copyright protections and ready to play on any device. TAGS: EMI Group Plc., Amazon.com Inc., music download, digital-rights management, digital music, song, music, download, MP3, Apple Computer

Year in review: P2P retreat, iTunes advance

December 17, 2005 Courts helped tame file swappers, while legal digital music sales soared. TAGS: file-swapping, P2P, digital music, Apple iTunes, lead, Steve Jobs, music, Apple iPod, Apple Computer, U.S., cell phone, Sony Corp., CD, TV, Microsoft Corp.

Real, Microsoft reach truce

October 11, 2005 Long-running antitrust suit against software giant ends in $460 million deal, with millions more to come in partnership efforts. Photo: Gates, Glazer shake hands TAGS: Rob Glaser, antitrust, truce, RealNetworks Inc., agreement, digital music, MSN, Bill Gates, commission, Microsoft Corp., Europe, CEO, Apple Computer, media player, music
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