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Windows Media Player release skips a beat
October 25, 2006
Microsoft missed its planned Tuesday release of the jukebox software, which has been "delayed slightly" to an unspecified date.
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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jukebox
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media player
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software company
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 ready to sing
October 30, 2006
A week after the company had initially hoped to debut the new jukebox player, it posts a free download of the program.
TAGS:
Microsoft Windows Media Player
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jukebox
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Zune
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media player
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Windows XP
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operating system
Critical patch coming for Windows Media Player
February 10, 2006
Monthly patch program will include seven bulletins for flaws in Windows and other Microsoft products.
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Corp.
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media player
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Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Windows
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security
Attack code out for latest Microsoft flaw
February 17, 2006
Two exploits appear only days after Microsoft issued a patch for a "critical" Windows Media Player flaw.
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media player
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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security
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft issues patch for WMF vulnerability
February 15, 2006
The "critical" fix is part of seven security bulletins in the software maker's monthly update.
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WMF vulnerability
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Microsoft Windows Metafile
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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software company
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security
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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Service Pack 2
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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Windows Media
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portable device
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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music player
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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media player
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Apple iTunes
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song
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Apple iPod
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music
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Windows XP
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EU slaps record fine on Microsoft
March 25, 2004
Regulators hit the software giant with a fine of $613 million for violating European Union antitrust law and also order the unbundling of Media Player software from Windows.
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Thomas Penfield Jackson
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European Union
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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Microsoft Corp.
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agreement
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media player
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Windows Media
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Web browser
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operating system
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Microsoft Windows
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server
Music stops for Mac Windows Media Player
January 13, 2006
Microsoft halts development of its Windows Media Player for the Mac and says it has no plans to provide future updates.
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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media player
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Apple Macintosh
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development
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Apple Mac OS
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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Corp.
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MSN
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Microsoft Office
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Apple Mac OS X
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Web browser
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft fixes can cause Windows Media Player trouble
March 9, 2006
A trio of updates for Windows Media Player, including a recent security patch, can cause the software to malfunction.
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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media player
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patch
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Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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server
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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digital music player
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MTV
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digital music
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Windows Media
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beta
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media player
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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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Microsoft Windows
EC to decide Microsoft's fate by mid-July
June 6, 2006
Regulators have a deadline of July 19 to rule on imposing stiff daily fines on the software powerhouse.
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Windows Media Player 11 an iTunes contender?
May 15, 2006
review Latest update to Microsoft's jukebox finally gives media lovers a user-friendly alternative to Apple's software. Image: Microsoft Media Player 11
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jukebox
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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digital media
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Apple Computer
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Apple iTunes
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Windows XP
Europe plays hardball with Microsoft
March 25, 2004
special coverage Members of Congress are quick to protest the EU's $613 million fine against Microsoft. Also: An intellectual-property precedent could help the software giant in its appeal. Read u...
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European Union
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Europe
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PC company
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Microsoft Corp.
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letter
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U.S.
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Security flaw touches Windows Media Player, IE
October 18, 2005
"Critical" flaw affects Microsoft's media player and browser, including on Windows XP with SP2, a security firm reports.
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eEye Digital Security
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security flaw
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flaw
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advisory
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Microsoft Windows 2003
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media player
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spokeswoman
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security
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Corp.
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Service Pack 2
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Microsoft Windows
Regulators tell Microsoft there's plenty in a name
January 29, 2005
Name of Windows version that unbundles Media Player would undermine antitrust penalty, EU says.
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antitrust
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Europe
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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order
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft doesn't want Santa to ignore Vista
October 12, 2006
Although they'll need to wait for the new Windows, holiday shoppers will find Vista-friendly hardware, software.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
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software company
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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PC
Europe: Time running out for Microsoft
May 11, 2005
The European Commission talks tough as it waits for Microsoft to comply with last year's antitrust ruling.
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antitrust
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commission
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European Union
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Microsoft Corp.
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Europe
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft: No flaw in Media Player
January 14, 2005
Trojan horses are piggybacking on an antipiracy feature in Media Player, a security firm claims. But Microsoft denies it's a flaw.
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Overpeer
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Panda Software
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Ben Edelman
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Corp.
EU upholds penalties against Microsoft
December 22, 2004
Judge orders company to unbundle Windows Media Player and to share server technology. Appeals aren't over yet, though.
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Brad Smith
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litigation
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European Union
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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Microsoft Corp.
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president
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server
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Microsoft Windows
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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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digital-rights management
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representative
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Apple Computer
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hacker
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Windows Media Player
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Microsoft Corp.
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Apple iTunes
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