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Digital-Music
Gripes
Here's one digital-music enthusiast's take on recent advances,
in digital music, a wish list for what still needs to be done
and thoughts about what it all means for the CD.
DECEMBER 20, 2004
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Yahoo
to Buy Musicmatch
Yahoo Inc. agreed to acquire digital music service
Musicmatch Inc. for $160 million in cash, pushing the Web portal
into the middle of the increasingly competitive market for music
downloads. SEPTEMBER
14, 2004
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Microsoft
Challenges Apple's iTunes Store
Today,
Microsoft rolls out its MSN Music store, directly challenging
its nemesis, Apple Computer, which so far has ruled that business.
While the Microsoft entry has a few nice touches, it is typical
of many brand-new Microsoft products -- fairly basic and bland,
but marred by some rookie mistakes and accompanied by promises
to get much better over time. SEPTEMBER
2, 2004
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RealNetworks
Offers Online Services
RealNetworks
Inc., a pioneer in software that streams audio and video over
the Internet, survived the dot-com collapse and an assault
from Microsoft Corp. Now, it is trying to remake itself into
a cable-like provider of paid Internet content -- everything
from online Scrabble to audio broadcasts of Nascar races.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2004
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H-P
Unveils New iPod
Hewlett-Packard Co. unveiled a slew of consumer-electronic
products Friday, including a new H-P-branded version of the
iPod, the wildly popular digital music player created by Apple
Computer Inc. AUGUST 27, 2004
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Price
War in Online Music
Online-song
shoppers now have two new words to sing about: price war.
As part of a mounting campaign against market leader Apple
Computer Inc., rival RealNetworks Inc. is slashing the cost
of downloading music. AUGUST
17, 2004
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