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Real, Best Buy do the Sansa with Sandisk
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-10-05 18:12:16
Consumer electronics retail chain Best Buy has entered the crowded portable music player fray, teaming up with Sansa player manufacturer Sandisk and RealNetworks for its Rhapsody 4.0 player software and subscription service.


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Is Zune really targeting iPod?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-10-02 12:17:43
Microsoft has had to sacrifice a lot to bring Zune to market. Some analysts say that it has even gone to the point of sacrificing profits once again to win marketshare. The question is does Microsoft really believe it can win marketshare off Apple in the music player space?


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Latest MP3 players come equipped with songs
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch

Category: Reuters

2006-10-02 07:00:50

SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - Customers picking up the latest MP3 players this fall are getting much more than just a device. Increasingly, they're getting free music as well.


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Vista to bring it all to a head for Microsoft in November
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-10-02 00:00:32
As November and Vista's scheduled release to the business market approaches, I get the distinct feeling that for Microsoft everything is coming to a head.


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Microsoft sets price for Zune, songs
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch

Category: Reuters

2006-09-29 08:24:12
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday its new Zune music player will be sold at a price matching Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod and, as a result, lose money this holiday season.
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Zune, marketplace pricing and launch date revealed
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-09-28 19:00:30
Microsoft has released the final details of its iPod and iTunes rivals, the Zune player and online music store, the Zune Marketplace.


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Microsoft sets price for Zune, songs
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch

Category: Reuters

2006-09-28 09:12:35

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday its new Zune music player will be sold at a price matching Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod and, as a result, lose money this holiday season.


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Zune and PlaysForSure much ado about nothing
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-09-18 05:17:24
Readers, analysts and Microsoft itself have been making a big noise about how Zune will not play music through services that use its PlaysForSure digital rights management system but only through its own exclusive new Zune DRM. I say baloney.


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Zune plus Xbox 360 may give Microsoft the edge
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-09-16 09:21:33
Howls of protest from some Xbox 360 owners about my article "Apple iTV a stab in the heart for Microsoft"  tell me that much of what the upcoming iTV promises is already here in the Xbox 360 if you simply connect the optional US$99 802.11a-g wireless networking adapter.


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Microsoft banks on Zune Wi-Fi
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-09-15 07:32:17

You walk into your local Starbucks with your friends and you order some iced mochas. After collecting your cool drinks you all sit down together and start to listen to some cool music on your Zunes - together. That's the vision of Microsoft.


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Microsoft Zune allows try before you buy shared music
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-09-14 13:24:35
Microsoft Corp today unveiled details of the first products to be released under its Zune brand for the holidays. Aside from the news that the device will be available in black, white and brown, there was a bit of additional information about sharing music, accessories and the payment model.


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Zune to sing its tune at noon
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-09-14 09:40:09
Microsoft is about unleash its iPod killer Zune on the world today as the clock strikes midday on the US East Coast and the world is waiting for Apple's biggest threat to fill in the gaps of what they don't know.


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New iPods on a road to nowhere?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-09-13 07:54:32

While the Apple event yesterday held much promise and on some levels delivered with the unveiling of iTV, the long awaited rollout of the new iPod Nano range unfortunately took a little gloss off the show. Far from being a show stopper, the new range was a bit of a disappointment. 


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Samsung online music service signals looming DRM war
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-09-04 21:18:22
The news that Samsung is to become a new entrant into the online music store market, using MusicNet as media provider, has created a new dynamic, with three hardware  manufacturers soon to be using the music ecosystem model pioneered by Apple with the iTunes-iPod connection.


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MySpace plans to sell you music
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2006-09-03 09:29:12
The most popular social networking site in the US, MySpace, has put up its hand to join the growing throng of internet players aiming to take on the might of Apple and its iTunes store in the online music space.


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Microsoft and Toshiba to play a catchy Zune
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-08-25 20:25:22
A 30GB hard drive, a 3-inch screen, Wi-Fi capability, and FM radio are confirmed features of the upcoming Zune music player which has now been revealed will be manufactured for Microsoft by Japanese electronics giant Toshiba.


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Microsoft and EMI deal to put videos on Zune
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-08-18 19:23:26
Microsoft has signed an agreement with global music giant EMI to put music videos on the software company's soon to be launched portable music player Zune. According to a report from Reuters, EMI may well offer similar video deals elsewhere.


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Windows Media DRM versus Apple FairPlay battle looming?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-08-02 00:17:15
A reader pointed me to a blog on a competitor's site which discussed the restrictions imposed by Verizon Wireless' use of Microsoft's Windows Media digital rights management (WM-DRM) technology in its new LG Chocolate phone.


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