Microsoft sings 'O Canada' amid immigration challenges
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Company plans to open a software development center later this year in Vancouver, partly because of immigration issue.
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Apple announced yesterday the launch of its iTunes music store in Canada, making it the 14 country where iTunes is available. Apple said that the iTunes music store in Canada has more than 700,000 songs and
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Microsoft insists its music store differs from iTunes, but the two services sure have a lot in common. The company will sell songs for $1 like Apple, and plans to match the volume of songs Apple makes available to users.
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TORONTO (Billboard) - In a strong year for Canadian talent, acts ranging from alt-rock band Arcade Fire to polka king Walter Ostanek have tallied up no fewer than 20 Grammy Award nominations among them.
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Microsoft on Wednesday released a beta version of its highly anticipated online music download service, in hopes of unseating Apple Computer&#39;s dominance in the hot market.
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Microsoft Corp. is offering a &quot;preview release&quot; of MSN Music, its answer to Apple&#39;s popular iTunes Music Store. The music download service is available in the United States exclusively for users of the Windows
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MacCentral - Shortly before Apple's special music event on Tuesday featuring Bono and The Edge from U2, the iTunes Music Store was updated with links to allow residents of nine new European countries to buy music online. In addition to the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, iTunes now supports Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. At long last, Apple also announced plans to bring the iTunes Music Store to Canada in November.
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n Sept. 2, Microsoft unveiled its iTunes Music Store. That sentence may sound a little strange, but that is, in fact, what happened.
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A European Union version of Apple&#146;s iTunes Music Store gives music fans in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain the same innovative features and breakthrough price of &#8364;0.99 per song that have made iTunes the number one online music service in the world. Apple will launch the iTunes Music Store in Canada in November. [Oct 26]
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Canadian officials are reporting that their government's immigration Web site has been swamped with traffic since George W. Bush gave his acceptance speech on Wednesday. [Missing Links]
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- In an attempt to unseat Apple Computer from its spot on top of the online music market, Microsoft officially launched its MSN Music service Tuesday.
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Microsoft Corp.  is developing  a music and video device to compete with Apple&#039;s iPod and  creating its own music service to rival Apple&#039;s iTunes, sources  familiar with the plans said on Friday.
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Microsoft said it will open a software development center in Canada this fall, partly to help it recruit and then retain foreign workers who are affected by U.S. immigration laws.
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Microsoft&#39;s attempt at a digital music distribution service &quot;falls just short&quot; of Apple&#39;s iTunes, says The Washington Post.
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Following Apple's recent launch of the iTunes Music Store for the European Union, Microsoft has announced its MSN Music download service is available in eight new countries. Individual songs range from 99 euro cents to 1.29 euros, slightly more pricey than those from iTunes. Microsoft partnered with CDON.com to bring MSN Music to Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland; Spain, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland stores were launched through an arrangement with OD2. MSN Music is now offered in a total of 17 countries.
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Microsoft Corp's. MSFT.O newly  launched MSN Music download service has a long way to go to  catch up with iTunes and other online services, competitors  said on Thursday.
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com December 2, 2004, 7:58 AM PT. Apple Computer launched on Thursday a version of its iTunes online music service in Canada. The company said its Canadian site will offer the same features