Microsoft launches music service
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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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REDMOND, Washington  - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O   unveiled on Thursday its new "Zune" portable media player,   hoping its ability to share music wirelessly can win over   consumers despite its late entry five years after Apple's   market-dominating iPod.
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Nokia is joining forces with Microsoft to allow its mobile phone users to more easily download music to their handsets.
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Microsoft has finally launched an online music store in the US, albeit in &#39;preview&#39; form, some 16 months after the debut of iTunes.
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Software giant Microsoft unveils a music-downloading service - MSN Music - to rival Apple's iTunes and other providers.
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Microsoft&#39;s MSN division is expected to finally enter the music business this week with a public beta of its new online music service.
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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) launched a new online store for music downloads on Wednesday, taking direct aim at Apple Computer Inc.
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In case you have not heard, Microsoft just upped the ante in the digital music war when it launched its Windows Media Player 10 and its beta online music store this month.
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The group is teaming up with US giant Microsoft to develop software and hardware enabling music lovers to download their favourite songs direct to their computers.
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Mercury News is reporting that Microsoft is set to quietly launch its MSN online music store as part of Windows Media Player 10. According to analysts given a peek at the store, Microsoft's offering closely matches Apple's iTunes Music Store in design. 130 million Windows users will be prompted to update Media Player, and a button in the upper right corner of the software will lead them to MSN Music. Downloads from the store will be compatible with almost 60 portable music players, according to Microsoft.
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At least one online music service without digital rights management restrictions is launching.
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Software giant Microsoft unveils its MSN Music music download service to rival Apple's iTunes and others.
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Record labels including Universal and SonyBMG have begun selling music through a new download service.
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MSN has unveiled MSN Music Store, their pay per download WMP driven system which is predicted to give Apple iTunes, Napster, and RealNetworks a run for their money in the realm of legal music download search.
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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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Microsoft&#39;s has launched its MSN music download service in eight more European countries as the software giant bids to takes on Apple&#39;s market leading iTunes.
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Microsoft is set to unveil the latest version of its media playback software on Thursday, giving its partners powerful new tools for selling digital entertainment services even as it launches its own music download store.