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Apple, AT&T: Bosom buddies or odd couple?
September 13, 2007
The corporate pair that launched the iPhone shares much in common. They also have plenty of conflicts as they push competing digital music businesses.
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Motorola ROKR
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Verizon Wireless
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Napster Inc.
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Motorola Inc.
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Sprint Nextel
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Apple iTunes
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Apple iPod
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Spotlight on the Media Center
September 30, 2003
With an upgrade to the Windows XP variant, Microsoft aims to quell critiques of the earlier version of the entertainment-oriented software. PC makers including Dell and HP line up for the launch.
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HP
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Sony Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
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PC
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Microsoft Windows
TiVo goes live with Amazon Unbox partnership
March 7, 2007
Subscribers to the digital video recorder service now have direct access to movies and TV shows from Amazon.com's Unbox download service.Images: TiVo-Unbox interface
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Amazon.com Inc.
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Windows XP in your living room
January 7, 2002
At the Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will show off an interface intended to turn PCs into home electronics or entertainment systems. Think XP with a remote control.
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Compaq Computer Corp.
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Microsoft Windows XP
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HP
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Windows of opportunity in Microsoft's media push
October 12, 2004
Software giant aims to become a household fixture with its entertainment-oriented Media Center 2005.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft hits play on entertainment group
July 19, 2004
New business unit will consolidate all of the companys efforts around home entertainment technologies.
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Windows sequel gets set to entertain
January 27, 2004
Microsoft plans to start testing a new version of Windows XP Media Center, an increasingly important operating system for entertainment-oriented PCs.
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Microsoft Corp.
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PC
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Microsoft Windows
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HP
Microsoft names new entertainment marketing chief
June 6, 2006
Jeff Bell to add marketing firepower to Microsoft interactive entertainment, including Games for Windows and Xbox.
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Chrysler
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entertainment
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Microsoft Xbox
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Microsoft Corp.
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vice president
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Microsoft Windows
Dell offers an open-source PC
October 4, 2005
Dimension E510n1 is geared for customers who want to use open-source software such as Linux. Photo: Dell's open-source PC
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This week in Media Center news
October 15, 2004
Although Apple's combo of iTunes and iPod has proved popular, Microsoft is betting that people want to do more with their music and that they want to be able to move video and pictures around as well.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Apple iPod
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Apple Computer
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TV
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Microsoft Windows
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PC
Microsoft's Media2Go gets new name
October 27, 2003
The software giant also announces two new design partners that will help it bring the mobile software to more portable device makers.
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Microsoft Windows Mobile
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Microsoft Corp.
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Nicol to 'bring out the soul' of MSN
February 10, 2006
GM John Nicol says he'll bring the site "a whole new personality built around video and user-generated content."
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Time Warner Inc.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Spyware spurs Dell to offer protective software
October 20, 2004
Twenty percent of support calls to Dell are linked to spyware, an exec tells CNET News.com. That's up from 2 percent in 2003.
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Microsoft's Bach pitches 'user-driven marketing'
May 2, 2007
Robert Bach, head of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division, says new Web apps are "changing the world of marketing."Photos: Talking marketing at Mix '07
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Gears of War
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Burger King Corp.
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Microsoft Zune
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Microsoft Corp.
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Ballmer: Software is becoming a service
July 27, 2006
Microsoft's CEO tells Wall Street analysts that the company may not succeed overnight, but it will over time.
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Steve Ballmer
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financial analyst
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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CEO
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Microsoft Windows
Everyone wants 'free' Windows...
July 26, 2005
Microsoft is the main target as entertainment media and software piracy tops $90 million worldwide, according to a consultancy.
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Media Center not yet a home run
January 6, 2005
Microsoft's entertainment-oriented software has racked up big sales, but it's still fighting for a permanent seat in your living room.
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With new OS, Microsoft seeks couch potatoes' eyes
September 16, 2004
New version of Media Center and accompanying gadget support will make TV shows recorded on a PC available all over the house.
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Sony Corp.
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HP
Device brings remote control to PCs
May 5, 2004
SnapStream Media on Thursday plans to launch Firefly, a remote control that lets people manage the media and entertainment functions on their computers.
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Intel
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PC
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USB
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft, Disney partner on digital media
February 9, 2004
The alliance will see the two companies working closely together to develop digital media content and delivery systems.
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The Walt Disney Co.
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Disney Corp.
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