Editors' Picks: Is Apple becoming the Microsoft of music?

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Editors' Picks: Does Microsoft pose a
patent risk to Linux?

Editors' Picks: Does Microsoft pose a
patent risk to Linux? 08/04/2004 06:47 PM
Forget the SCO Group. Consider the possibility of Microsoft using its arsenal of patents to curb Linux.

Editors' Picks: What will the next iMac
look like?

Editors' Picks: What will the next iMac
look like? 07/27/2004 02:15 AM
Apple is developing a new iMac to replace the current version, which has been described as looking like a desk lamp. What's Apple going to do next?

Editors' picks: IBM stories around the
Web

Editors' picks: IBM stories around the
Web 06/14/2004 06:35 AM
IBM's remarkable return to leadership in the information technology world doesn't mean that the game is over--the company still faces unprecedented challenges. After scanning the Web for content related to Big Blue's transformation, we present some of the more interesting news reports, interviews and columns.

Editors' Picks: Would you invest in
Google?

Editors' Picks: Would you invest in
Google? 08/12/2004 01:11 PM
Once the darling of the Internet, search giant Google faces new competition and investor skepticism as it nears an IPO.

Editors' picks: Broadband stories around
the Web

Editors' picks: Broadband stories around
the Web 07/26/2004 07:04 AM
Fast Internet connections are essential to the future of an economy, but the U.S. has fallen behind other countries. These are some of the more interesting stories on the issue.

Editors' picks: Offshoring stories
around the Web

Editors' picks: Offshoring stories
around the Web 05/07/2004 07:34 AM
CNET May 7 2004 11:47AM GMT

Editors' Picks: What do you think of the
iMac's newest design?

Editors' Picks: What do you think of the
iMac's newest design? 08/31/2004 03:36 PM
From the introduction of the first Macintosh computer through to the release of the iPod, Apple Computer has earned a reputation for cutting-edge industrial design. Does the newest iMac live up to that reputation?

Editors' picks: South Korea stories
around the Web

Editors' picks: South Korea stories
around the Web 06/23/2004 07:35 AM
CNET Jun 23 2004 11:34AM GMT

Editors' Picks: Have on-demand movies
finally become a reality?

Editors' Picks: Have on-demand movies
finally become a reality? 09/10/2004 08:24 PM
Instant access to vast online movie library: We've heard promises. But with rapid broadband adoption, plus services aplenty claiming to offer just this, have on-demand movies finally become a reality?

Editors' Picks: The bl0gosphere: Are
bl0gs worth the hype?

Editors' Picks: The bl0gosphere: Are
bl0gs worth the hype? 08/10/2004 02:02 PM
Are blogs a waste of time or do they represent a refreshing perspective on the news?

Editors' Notes: Apple Goes to Vegas

Editors' Notes: Apple Goes to Vegas 04/17/2005 09:40 PM
Jonathan Seff reports on the slew of software Apple announced at the NAB show in Las Vegas

Apple slams Microsoft Music service

Apple slams Microsoft Music service 09/02/2004 03:44 PM
The Wall Street Journal reports [paid sub...

Microsoft Enters the Music Biz. Should
Apple Be Worried?

Microsoft Enters the Music Biz. Should
Apple Be Worried? 09/21/2004 06:35 AM
Fortune Sep 21 2004 10:53AM GMT

Australian ISP And Microsoft Beat Apple
On Music

Australian ISP And Microsoft Beat Apple
On Music 01/16/2004 11:03 AM

Microsoft takes on Apple in digital
music market

Microsoft takes on Apple in digital
music market 09/02/2004 12:03 PM

Real urges Apple to join hands to battle
Microsoft on the music front

Real urges Apple to join hands to battle
Microsoft on the music front 04/19/2004 11:12 AM

New and Noteworthy: Wharton Business
School article on Apple vs. Microsoft in
digital music purchase realm

New and Noteworthy: Wharton Business
School article on Apple vs. Microsoft in
digital music purchase realm 09/10/2004 01:08 PM
MacFixIt Sep 10 2004 5:32PM GMT

Warner Picks Urban Music Leader to Run
North America Unit

Warner Picks Urban Music Leader to Run
North America Unit 01/25/2004 09:50 PM
The Warner Music Group has hired the urban music pioneer Lyor Cohen to lead its North American operations, the company confirmed Sunday.

Sprint Picks Apple for Content

Sprint Picks Apple for Content 08/27/2004 07:11 PM
Internet.com Aug 27 2004 11:23PM GMT

Apple picks 15 June for iTunes launch?

Apple picks 15 June for iTunes launch? 06/07/2004 05:40 AM
Announcing something, at least...

digital music on home computers. Edits
to conform, picks up 21st graf, 'We
think ...' Also moving on financial

digital music on home computers. Edits
to conform, picks up 21st graf, 'We
think ...' Also moving on financial 01/10/2004 02:41 AM
AP via The Ledger Jan 10 2004 1:11AM ET

Apple picks chips for next gen mobile
multimedia device

Apple picks chips for next gen mobile
multimedia device 04/06/2005 12:34 PM
Apple Computer has contracted to use the powerful video, image, and music chips designed by Alphamosaic of Cambridge, UK, in a future multimedia mobile device. A report in the Silicon Valley Watcher says the British company was acquired by Broadcom last year. According to the report, the branding for the Apple multimedia product is not yet known. The public specifications describing the Alphamosaic chips indicate Apple could use it to build a family of mobile hand-held digital devices equipped with wireless communications more advanced than its current iPod family. Broadcom's 54g technology is already used by Apple for its wireless products.

APPLE HAS THE MUSIC: Computer company
buying up music all over the place

APPLE HAS THE MUSIC: Computer company
buying up music all over the place 05/14/2004 04:51 PM
EURweb May 14 2004 8:11PM GMT

DEMO Achieves a Historical Milestone by
Presenting the First Digital Music
Certification Award to Apple iTunes
Music Store

DEMO Achieves a Historical Milestone by
Presenting the First Digital Music
Certification Award to Apple iTunes
Music Store 08/04/2004 02:36 AM
DEMO grants the first Titanium + Certification Award to the Apple iTunes Music Store on July 29, 2004. [PRWEB Aug 4, 2004]

Microsoft Picks IBM for XBox 2

Microsoft Picks IBM for XBox 2 11/03/2003 12:21 PM
Microsoft and IBM announced today that IBM technology will power "future XBox products and services". Details are scarce, but according to the press ...

Microsoft Picks Up Hackers' Gauntlet

Microsoft Picks Up Hackers' Gauntlet 04/20/2004 07:29 PM

Scoop! Brit Chip Designers Score Coup As
Apple Picks Chips For Next Gen Mobile
Multimedia Device... The m-Pod?

Scoop! Brit Chip Designers Score Coup As
Apple Picks Chips For Next Gen Mobile
Multimedia Device... The m-Pod? 04/07/2005 02:47 AM

Apple has contracted to use the powerful video, image, and music chips designed by Alphamosaic, in Cambridge, UK, in a future multimedia mobile device. By Tom Foremski, SiliconValleyWatcher

Microsoft picks IBM as Xbox 2 processor
partner

Microsoft picks IBM as Xbox 2 processor
partner 11/03/2003 12:19 PM
PowerPC or x86?

German city picks Linux over Microsoft

German city picks Linux over Microsoft 06/16/2004 10:46 PM
USA Today Jun 17 2004 3:02AM GMT

Washington Post picks up Slate from
Microsoft

Washington Post picks up Slate from
Microsoft 12/22/2004 01:23 AM
The Washington Post Co. announced Tuesday that it has agreed to purchase online magazine Slate from Microsoft.

In a deal that had been rumored since at least mid-November, the Post will take Slate off Microsoft's hands for an unspecified amount of money. The online magazine, which produces original editorial content on popular topics such as politics, has been controlled by the software giant since Slate first began publishing in 1996. According to Nielsen Net/Ratings, the magazine had 6 million unique users in November.

News source: C|Net News.com

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German city picks Linux over Microsoft
(USATODAY.com)

German city picks Linux over Microsoft
(USATODAY.com) 06/17/2004 06:43 AM
USATODAY.com - In a milestone loss for Microsoft (MSFT), the city of Munich has affirmed its decision to make the switch from Windows and Office to competing Linux software on 14,000 desktop PCs.

Seven Seas picks up GITEX
infrastructure, support and services
deal for HP, Microsoft

Seven Seas picks up GITEX
infrastructure, support and services
deal for HP, Microsoft 09/23/2004 02:59 AM
AME Info Sep 23 2004 6:43AM GMT

MSN Music: Microsoft Flexes Music Muscle

MSN Music: Microsoft Flexes Music Muscle 09/03/2004 10:36 AM
Xeni Jardin: In Wired News today, a report I filed on Microsoft's new music download service:

A help page on the beta site provides instructions describing how users can enable MSN Music downloads to play on their iPods.Microsoft's recent criticism of Apple for not licensing iPod functionality to third-party tech companies is not without irony, given past accusations of anticompetitive behavior that resulted in Microsoft agreeing last year to pay out $1.8 billion to settle consumer antitrust suits. Just last Friday, six California municipalities sued Microsoft over claims it overcharged government customers because of its effective monopoly in computer operating systems.

The company's new war against iTunes and the iPod is seen by some industry watchers as not unlike its earlier war for market share against the Netscape browser -- which Internet Explorer won. In light of the fact that Microsoft claims its MSN hub attracts more than 350 million monthly unique users, sheer reach -- rather than product feature details -- may ultimately determine who wins this war.

Open-format activists like Jason Schultz, a staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, ask why the company doesn't simply strip DRM altogether, and lament the fact that Microsoft's service launch makes it all the more likely that two opposing proprietary systems -- Microsoft's and Apple's -- will now dominate a marketplace some feel would be better served by open standards such as MP3.

"Microsoft's music launch is just the latest effort to 'bring music to the masses' by, ironically, setting up a new, separate, incompatible DRM fiefdom," said Schultz. "The thing people love about the internet is that you can send e-mail to anyone in the world with any e-mail client. In the digital music world, however, we're seeing an increasing trend toward technological balkanization.

Link to story, and Link to MSN Music. More of Jason Schultz's comments on the service launch are here.

MSN Music is off-key, Apple says

MSN Music is off-key, Apple says 09/02/2004 02:11 PM
The creator of the iPod and iTunes sounds off on its new rival in music downloads.

Microsoft Sticks By Apple As Rumors of
Apple Productivity Suite Spread

Microsoft Sticks By Apple As Rumors of
Apple Productivity Suite Spread 01/05/2005 04:17 PM
Heading into Macworld, rumors of a new productivity suite from Apple that might compete with Microsoft Office have made been making the rounds. Microsoft, however, is sticking by Apple, according to a statement from the company's Mac Business Unit published by CNet News.

Apple VP: Music is our No. 1 priority

Apple VP: Music is our No. 1 priority 01/22/2004 03:01 AM
Makers of music instruments and accessories are hoping that Apple, with its recently introduced GarageBand, can have the same energizing effect on their market that iTunes has had for recorded music...

HP, Apple To Be Music Partners

HP, Apple To Be Music Partners 01/10/2004 12:30 AM
Rivals' deal surprises industry. By Amy Schatz (Cox News Service via MyAppleMenu)

Apple Pumps Music Through Air

Apple Pumps Music Through Air 06/07/2004 06:48 PM
"I believe that Apple can capitalize on the fact that it can become synonymous with digital entertainment." By Leander Kahney, Wired News (via MyAppleMenu)

Apple comments on MSN Music

Apple comments on MSN Music 09/03/2004 12:21 PM
This week Microsoft launched a preview version of MSN Music, a potential competitor to Apple's iTunes Music Store. The introduction of MSN Music has elicited a response from Apple Computer Inc.
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