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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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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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Microsoft's Zune to rival Apple's iPod
July 21, 2006
update Software giant finally goes public on plans for new music player and associated service. Photos: Six alternatives to the iPod
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Microsoft's Zune aims to be social butterfly
August 25, 2006
iPod challenger to let people share streamed music with others, according to FCC filing by Toshiba.
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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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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 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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Real, Microsoft reach truce
October 11, 2005
Long-running antitrust suit against software giant ends in $460 million deal, with millions more to come in partnership efforts. Photo: Gates, Glazer shake hands
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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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Microsoft's Bach looks for harmony in entertainment
January 11, 2007
Unit chief Robbie Bach's toughest task may be dovetailing the company's entertainment efforts. Photos: Bach at CES
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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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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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New group to standardize digital music data
May 4, 2006
Apple, Microsoft and Sony BMG team with industry leaders to better track digital-music sales and royalties.
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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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Commentary: No rush to the Media Center
October 12, 2004
Version 1 of Windows Media Center Extenders will fail to excite most consumers this holiday season.
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RealNetworks loads up SanDisk media players
September 18, 2006
Starting with Sansa e200 gadgets, Real counts on consumers wanting to take "music library" from one device to another.
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Kleiner Perkins bankrolls Web video-editing upstart
June 12, 2006
Start-up One True Media hopes to capitalize on the amateur video boom, offering simplified video-editing services online.
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Desperately seeking Zune
December 11, 2006
The music player is supposed to be all about sharing and socializing. So where is everyone? Photos: In search of Zune pals Map: Looking for Zune love
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CompUSA Inc.
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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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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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