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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. TAGS: RealNetworks Inc., multimedia company, RealNetworks Rhapsody, digital music, online music, song, Napster Inc., Apple Computer, Apple iTunes, multimedia, MP3 player, Microsoft Corp., MP3

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. TAGS: Kinoma Inc., digital music, digital media, Apple Computer, Sony Corp., electronics company, Apple QuickTime, Apple iTunes, electronics, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Napster's 'rental' music service takes on iTunes

February 3, 2005 The company is putting $30 million in marketing behind a new Microsoft-backed portable subscription service. TAGS: Napster Inc., music subscription service, marketing campaign, Napster To Go, subscriber, RealNetworks Inc., subscription, Apple iTunes, digital music, Apple Computer, music, song, MP3 player, MP3, Microsoft Corp., idea

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, jukebox, media player, Apple Computer, Apple iTunes, Apple iPod, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, music, Microsoft Windows

Getting Bad with Apple

September 13, 2005 Michael Robertson started MP3.com and Linspire. Now he's taking on Apple and iTunes with BadApple. TAGS: MP3.com Inc., Linspire, open standard, Steve Jobs, Apple Computer, Apple iTunes, digital music, music player, goal, digital-rights management, Linux, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Microsoft planning music subscription service

June 9, 2005 Feeling Apple's sting, software giant looks to diminish iTunes' influence with new "rental" plan. TAGS: copyright holder, music subscription service, digital music, Apple Computer, holder, Apple iTunes, Napster Inc., song, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Windows Media, MSN, Microsoft Windows Media Player, media player, Apple iPod, 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. TAGS: digital music, Microsoft Xbox, Apple Computer, software company, music player, Apple iPod, Microsoft Corp., Apple iTunes, Microsoft Windows

June 10, 2005 Microsoft keeps trying to catch up with Apple's Computer's dominance of the digital music business. TAGS: NPD Group Inc., digital music, music download, Apple Computer, Roxio, Apple iTunes, song, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod

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. TAGS: Steve Jobs, digital music, jukebox, online music, Apple Computer, Apple iTunes, online music company, CEO, Windows Platform, WMA, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, PC, Microsoft Corp.

A Firefox for music?

December 22, 2005 The Pioneers of the Inevitable are taking aim at iTunes, with open-source music software called Songbird. TAGS: open source, Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Apple Computer, Apple iTunes, digital music, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Yahoo! Inc., MP3, Microsoft Corp., hard drive

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. TAGS: HMV, digital music, Apple Computer, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod

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, Windows Media, Microsoft Windows Media Player, jukebox, iRiver, approach, Microsoft Corp., Apple iTunes, music, Apple iPod, PC, video, operating system

MTV, Microsoft band together for music service

December 13, 2005 With help of software giant, music TV network readies launch of iTunes rival, two years or more in the making. TAGS: MTV, MTV Networks, Napster Inc., RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks Rhapsody, digital music, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Windows Media, music, Microsoft Corp., media player, Apple Computer, TV, Microsoft Windows

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? TAGS: digital music, RealNetworks Inc., software application, RealNetworks Rhapsody, Napster Inc., technology company, America Online Inc., Apple Computer, MSN, Apple iTunes, music, store, CEO, Microsoft Corp., hard drive

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, jukebox, Windows Media, Apple Computer, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Microsoft Corp., music, media player, Apple iTunes, Apple iPod, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

RealNetworks readies new music service

April 26, 2005 Company's "groundbreaking" announcement expected to concern a new version of its Rhapsody subscription-based music program. TAGS: RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks Rhapsody, Rob Glaser, Napster Inc., announcement, digital music, Apple Computer, multimedia, MP3 player, Apple iTunes, MP3, Microsoft Corp.

In digital music, the joint is jumping

September 2, 2006 Samsung unveils a new service and a player with slide-out speakers--in a crowded market for both. TAGS: digital music, speakers, blog, Samsung Electronics, MP3 player, Apple Computer, Apple iTunes, photograph, Microsoft Corp.

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, Apple Computer, music, Apple iPod, cell phone, U.S., Sony Corp., CD, Microsoft Corp.

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." TAGS: Rob Glaser, RealNetworks Inc., Steve Jobs, digital music, RealNetworks Rhapsody, Apple Computer, online music, Apple iPod, CEO, conference, Apple iTunes, song, music, Microsoft Corp.

MP3tunes.com shuns digital rights management

February 9, 2005 Michael Robertson, MP3.com's outspoken founder, turns on his latest creation: a music download service that focuses on unsigned artists. TAGS: MP3tunes, MP3.com Inc., Linspire, digital music, Linux software, digital-rights management, online music, artist, Apple iTunes, Linux, CEO, MP3 player, Apple Computer, MP3, music, Microsoft Corp.