Microsoft Flexes Music Muscle
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The software giant's new pay-per-download service offers an easy-to-use interface and above-average sound quality. But some critics wonder if the MSN Music service will foster a widening rift in digital music security standards. By Xeni Jardin.
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Microsoft Corp. officials for the  first time have confirmed that the software giant is readying a  portable music player and integrated service, shedding new  light on a topic that has fueled rampant speculation in news  reports and blog postings for weeks.
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NEW YORK - Microsoft&#39;s new offensive in the digital music industry will seek to significantly alter the competitive landscape in a new market that until now has largely been dominated by Apple Computer and its powerful combination of the iPod portable
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Microsoft is expected to enter the online song store market this week, which should put the software giant head-to-head with Apple Computer in the music business at last.
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A relatively easy hardware mod gives Microsoft's music player an enormous upgrade. In Gear Factor.
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Microsoft is making a major push into the entertainment world with the launch this week of its Portable Media Center platform. The software, which will be available first on a device from Creative, allows
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Company hopes to woo makers of music players and other devices with easy integration and trimmer drive.
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Microsoft is looking to take a bite out of Apple&#39;s lion&#39;s share of the digital-music marketplace with three new products that promise to do whatever Apple&#39;s iTunes and iPod can do, and more.
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Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is waking up to the music. In the latest attempt to capture the fast-growing market of online music the big M is fighting to break the hold Apple&#39;s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPod has on the market.
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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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After trying for years to get the  entertainment industry to use its software to create and  distribute music and video, Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O is finally  making headway by being more flexible and accommodating with  its hardware and media partners, analysts said on Friday.
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Cue the music: Microsoft has officially thrown its headphones into the ring in the contest to bring legal music downloads to the masses. -washingtonpost.com
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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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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said on Tuesday   it sees plenty of room for growth in the digital music player   market as the company tries to dislodge Apple Computer Inc.'s   AAPL.O dominant iPod with a device of its own.
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Microsoft is launching a new program that will give new music artists an opportunity to get discovered by 30 million Zune, MSN, and Xbox users through a program it calls "Ignition."
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CHICAGO _ Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that its Zune digital music player will allow users to share music with each other.
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Apple&#39;s splashy digital music player has emboldened Microsoft and other technology titans to move quickly to the next frontier in portable entertainment: the video iPod, so to speak.