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XP and Vista to get new media player
April 17, 2006
Microsoft's Windows Media Player 11 is coming to Vista and to XP sooner. Is iPod connection ahead?
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Streaming music for smart phones
September 25, 2006
Internet radio service Mercora introduces an application that streams music libraries wirelessly. Images: Mercora's "M"
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Yahoo! Inc.
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CEO
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Microsoft Corp.
Hackers crack Apple, Microsoft music codes
September 1, 2006
The arms race continues as determined programmers find ways to circumvent the two leading digital rights management technologies for music.
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Windows Media
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Indie record labels seeing gold
July 26, 2005
iTunes pay hike, major label's "payola" scandal leave indie music labels feeling like playing field is leveling at last.
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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.
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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.
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Windows Media
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Microsoft's iPod killer?
April 2, 2004
Long-delayed technology is close that could help fill portable music players with thousands of songs for as little as $10 a month.
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Microsoft hopes to sell Zune using brown, not green
September 14, 2006
Software maker won't replace tracks bought on iTunes as rumors suggested, but the Zune will come in a unique color.
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Verizon plans to offer mobile music downloads
December 22, 2005
New service would allow subscribers to purchase, download songs "over-the-air" through their phones, CNET News.com has learned.
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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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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
Motorola unveils keyboard phone, sunglasses
July 26, 2005
Cell phone maker shows off new line of products, but there's still no sign of iTunes phone. Photos: Motorola wireless sunglasses, keyboard phone
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Microsoft Corp.
News.com readers: Is Steve Jobs pigheaded?
December 7, 2005
Readers weigh in on claims that Apple's refusal to make iPod compatible with music services other than iTunes was "pigheadedness."
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Microsoft sees DRM-free music in Zune's future
April 4, 2007
Software maker to add EMI's unprotected songs to its service. Also on tap: Zunes in pink and watermelon red.Photo: Zune coming up rosy
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EMI Group Plc.
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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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MTV and RealNetworks: A sound decision?
August 21, 2007
The new Rhapsody America squelches an off-key alliance with Microsoft. Now it's got to take on Apple.
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MTV
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RealNetworks Rhapsody
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NPD Group Inc.
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digital audio
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Apple Computer
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MSN
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America
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retailer
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Verizon Communications
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Microsoft Corp.
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Apple taking iTunes to the movies?
September 11, 2006
The Apple universe is thinking about movies after last week's invitation promising, "It's Showtime." Mac Views: What should Apple deliver?
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Stephen Baker
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Apple Computer
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Apple AirPort Express
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NPD Group Inc.
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Apple Macintosh
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TV
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PC
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Microsoft Corp.
Mobile entertainment faces issues
September 27, 2005
As cell phone operators prepare to offer music and video services, they'll need to settle basic business matters.
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Cingular Wireless
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Sprint Nextel
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Nokia Corp.
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Motorola Inc.
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TV
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 Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Windows XP
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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Sony Corp.
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CD
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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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RealNetworks Inc.
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RealNetworks Rhapsody
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Napster Inc.
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technology company
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America Online Inc.
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Apple Computer
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MSN
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Microsoft Corp.
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