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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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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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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Corp.
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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Microsoft Xbox
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Apple Computer
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software company
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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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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 Corp.
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The sights and sounds of online music
August 12, 2005
Microsoft gets the nod from the patent office on user interface concepts for digital music players. Plus: The ring tone's the thing.
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patent office
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digital music player
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online music
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music player
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digital music
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Apple iPod
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cell phone
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Apple Computer
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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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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 Corp.
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Apple iPod
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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 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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Napster Inc.
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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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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Windows XP
Finding harmony among iPod rivals
November 30, 2005
Push to develop a universal dock that a range of music players can plug into could help loosen Apple's grip.
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Creative Technology Ltd.
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Belkin Corp.
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Nokia Corp.
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Best Buy Co. Inc.
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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Week in review: Microsoft makes nice
October 14, 2005
Microsoft buries the hatchet with RealNetworks and forms an alliance with Yahoo, but it's unlikely to cool the regulatory heat it's under.
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Michael Jackson
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Week in review
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This week in Microsoft
October 14, 2005
Microsoft makes peace with RealNetworks and forms an alliance with Yahoo.
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Michael Jackson
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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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Year in review: P2P retreat, iTunes advance
December 17, 2005
Courts helped tame file swappers, while legal digital music sales soared.
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Microsoft Corp.
Year in review: iPods rule as courts reason
December 22, 2004
Technology giants rushed to catch Apple Computer's iTunes lead, while peer-to-peer forces won significant court battles.
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Shawn Fanning
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