Apple slams Microsoft Music service

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Apple Expands iTunes Music Service To
Europe

Apple Expands iTunes Music Service To
Europe 06/14/2004 09:23 PM
Rivals in the fast-moving market of online music are bracing for Apple's expected European launch Tuesday of its iTunes Music Store. By Associated Press (via MyAppleMenu)

Apple-Style Music Service to Battle
Napster

Apple-Style Music Service to Battle
Napster 03/13/2003 10:15 AM
Tue 1AM EST -- The LA Times reports (Free registration required) that Apple will soon be venturing into the realm of online music sharing, though their version will implement micro-revenue streams and complete Mac OS X integration. Rumors of the service first appeared on MacRumors.com: "Sources report that Apple will be introducing an MP3 music-downloading service to users. The service partner to provide the music has not yet been identified, but songs are expected to cost $0.99...

Apple plans to debut an on-line music
service for ...

Apple plans to debut an on-line music
service for ... 03/13/2003 10:22 AM

Apple plans to debut an on-line music service for iPod users:

The new service, developed by Apple Computer, offers Macintosh users many of the same capabilities that are already available from services previously endorsed by the labels. But the Apple offering won over music executives because it makes buying and downloading music as simple and nontechnical as buying a book from Amazon.com, one source said.

``This is exactly what the music industry has been waiting for,'' said one person familiar with the negotiations between the Cupertino computer maker and the labels. ``It's hip. It's quick. It's easy. If people on the Internet are actually interested in buying music, not just stealing it, this is the answer.''

Cool.
Link (Via BoingBoing)

1:09 PM | Chris Cummer

Apple brings its iTunes music service to
Europe (AFP)

Apple brings its iTunes music service to
Europe (AFP) 06/15/2004 09:59 AM
AFP - US computer maker Apple launched its iTunes online music store in Europe, already a huge success in the United States, in an attempt to rein in the burgeoning field of pirated music.

Apple To Start Online Music Service In
Japan -- Report

Apple To Start Online Music Service In
Japan -- Report 04/13/2005 11:39 AM

Apple plans to start online music distribution services in Japan by the end of the year, the Mainichi Shimbun reports, citing Apple Japan's representative director Yoshiaki Sakito. By MarketWatch

Apple to launch online music download
service iTunes next week (AFP)

Apple to launch online music download
service iTunes next week (AFP) 06/08/2004 07:42 AM
AFP - US computer company Apple is to launch a European version of its online music download service iTunes next week in a move likely to spur sales of its popular iPod MP3 player and hit struggling competitors, technology and other publications reported.

Microsoft launches MSN Music service

Microsoft launches MSN Music service 09/02/2004 10:15 AM
Microsoft Corp. is offering a "preview release" of MSN Music, its answer to Apple's popular iTunes Music Store. The music download service is available in the United States exclusively for users of the Windows operating system, and is built in to Microsoft's new Windows Media Player 10 software as well. Microsoft's introduction gives the public a look at what Apple may be up against as the company enjoys a dominant position in the digital music download market.

Microsoft music service in 2004

Microsoft music service in 2004 11/17/2003 12:45 PM
Microsoft will launch a music download service some time in 2004 to compete with Napster and market leader iTunes Music Store. Sources close to Microsoft have confirmed that the company has been in talks with the major record labels in order to secure licensing, and a Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed that the MSN website will feature a music service in 2004. Antitrust concerns are already being raised, as it has been indicated that Microsoft may be able to undercut the per-song price...

Microsoft may face the music with MSN
service

Microsoft may face the music with MSN
service 12/06/2003 04:30 PM
Microsoft Corp. will run into fierce competition when it launches its online music service through MSN next year, but some industry experts think the company may have timed its entrance into the market just right.

Microsoft is mum on the details surrounding the forthcoming service and officials at MSN, the Redmond software company's Internet portal, declined to comment. Microsoft appears to be a latecomer. Apple Computer Inc. launched its iTunes service in late April, and more than 17 million songs have been downloaded by owners of the iPod, a portable digital music player.

Microsoft to Launch MSN Music Service in
2004

Microsoft to Launch MSN Music Service in
2004 11/18/2003 09:14 AM

Microsoft launches online music service

Microsoft launches online music service 09/02/2004 06:18 AM
Thestate.com - Thu Sep 2, 10:07 am GMT

Microsoft to launch music download
service

Microsoft to launch music download
service 11/18/2003 10:28 AM
Microsoft Corp. next year plans to launch a music download service, going up against Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes and many other services peddling music online. Microsoft has been considering a music download service and said in July that plans were in the very early stages, if they could be called plans at all. Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates at the time said he did not see a music service as a money-making service.

Microsoft plans MSN online music service

Microsoft plans MSN online music service 11/17/2003 02:04 AM
Microsoft plans to introduce a music download service next year that will compete with iTunes, Napster and others, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported...

Microsoft Challenges Rivals With New
Online Music Service

Microsoft Challenges Rivals With New
Online Music Service 09/01/2004 10:32 PM
Microsoft started selling music tracks on its MSN online service, taking on Apple Computer and a host of others in the fast-growing market for digital music.

Microsoft Admits Plans For Music
Download Service

Microsoft Admits Plans For Music
Download Service 11/17/2003 11:10 PM
Well, this should be a surprise to absolutely no one, but Microsoft has now officially confirmed their plans to offer a me-too music download service as part of their MSN properties. I'm almost surprised it's getting any news coverage at all - but when you mention Microsoft you get press. The thing that's interesting to me is that very few people are asking questions about how these hundred or so music download services are going to fit together. If I buy a CD from Tower Records, it's the same CD that I buy from a little independent music shop down the street or that I order online from Amazon. That's not the case with all these download stores. Each one has different formats and different restrictions - making the whole space one big mess. Why should I bother wading in when I have no idea if the music I buy will actually be useful to me in a year?

Microsoft details new digital music
download service

Microsoft details new digital music
download service 09/01/2004 06:49 PM
Investors Business Daily Sep 1 2004 10:35PM GMT

Microsoft to offer online music service
in 2004

Microsoft to offer online music service
in 2004 11/17/2003 10:05 PM
USA Today Nov 17 2003 9:29PM ET

"They had dial-up music delivery in
1909Wilmington, Delaware, is enjoying a
novel service through the telephone
exchange. Phonograph music is supplied
over the wires to those subscribers who
sign up for the service. Attached to the
wall near the telephone ..."

"They had dial-up music delivery in
1909Wilmington, Delaware, is enjoying a
novel service through the telephone
exchange. Phonograph music is supplied
over the wires to those subscribers who
sign up for the service. Attached to the
wall near the telephone ..." 11/10/2003 11:14 PM

Microsoft launches beta of digital music
download service

Microsoft launches beta of digital music
download service 09/01/2004 06:57 PM
Xeni Jardin: MSN Music launched today. From a CBS Marketwatch report:

Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled details of a new service for downloading digital music, placing it squarely in competition with Apple's rival iTunes music service. Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft will launch a preview version of its new MSN Music service tomorrow that will allow users to legally download songs mostly for 99 cents each. The service will also make entire albums available, the majority of which will cost $9.99, the company said. Microsoft's push into the arena for downloadable music trails Apple's hugely successful iPod digital music player and its own iTunes music service. Apple also charges 99 cents for each song downloaded through iTunes.

Link to news report, and Link to MSN Music home page. (Thanks, Jean-Luc)

Update: Jason Schultz points out the system requirements list, which contains some interesting items:

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
Internet Explorer 5.01 (or later), which supports 128-bit encryption
Windows Media Player 7.1 (or later), we recommend the latest version
A 233 megahertz (MHz) processor (such as an Intel Pentium II or Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processor) or faster
64 megabytes (MB) of RAM or more
Speakers and sound capability
Payment with a valid credit card with a U.S. billing address
To enjoy high-quality audio as a Radio Plus subscriber, you will need Windows Media Player 9 Series (or later)

Link

Australian ISP And Microsoft Beat Apple
On Music

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

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

Editors' Picks: Is Apple becoming the
Microsoft of music? 07/30/2004 09:00 PM
The iPod is designed to play music purchased from Apple Computer's iTunes service and files in the MP3 format, but not songs from all competitors.

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

Microsoft takes on Apple in digital
music market

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

AU music industry slams prosecutor,
magistrate, copyright law

AU music industry slams prosecutor,
magistrate, copyright law 11/19/2003 01:34 AM
ZDNet Australia Nov 19 2003 0:22AM ET

Windows XP: Service Pack 2 slams on the
brakes

Windows XP: Service Pack 2 slams on the
brakes 09/18/2004 04:45 PM

DuPont to sell unit to Koch; Lowe's
profit up; Microsoft to offer online
music service in 2004

DuPont to sell unit to Koch; Lowe's
profit up; Microsoft to offer online
music service in 2004 11/17/2003 08:57 PM
Forbes Nov 17 2003 8:25PM ET

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

CNN slams Apple outsourcing

CNN slams Apple outsourcing 02/18/2004 08:03 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

Apple Slams RealNetworks' IPod Software

Apple Slams RealNetworks' IPod Software 07/29/2004 07:06 PM
Apple responded to RealNetworks' creation of iPod-compatible software by calling it the technological equivalent of breaking and entering.

Apple Slams Rumor Site with Lawsuit

Apple Slams Rumor Site with Lawsuit 01/05/2005 06:35 PM
On the eve of Macworld, Apple accuses Web site Think Secret of posting trade secrets surrounding the company's product plans.

History repeated as Apple slams CPU
supplier

History repeated as Apple slams CPU
supplier 07/15/2004 12:22 PM
G4... G5... Groundhog Day?

Apple Slams RealNetworks' IPod Software
(AP)

Apple Slams RealNetworks' IPod Software
(AP) 07/29/2004 05:22 PM
AP - Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday responded to RealNetworks' creation of iPod-compatible software by calling it the technological equivalent of breaking and entering.

Konfabulator author slams Apple 'theft'

Konfabulator author slams Apple 'theft' 06/28/2004 08:04 PM
Lightening strikes twice for konfounded Mac developer

Apple slams the door on PlayFair and
FairTunes

Apple slams the door on PlayFair and
FairTunes 04/28/2004 11:32 AM
Apple has upgrade iTunes along with a new iPod release. Seems they where not very happy with the PlayFair and...

GlooNet™ Platform to Power NormSoft
Streaming Music Service Enables Remote
Access to Personal Music Collections

GlooNet™ Platform to Power NormSoft
Streaming Music Service Enables Remote
Access to Personal Music Collections 03/14/2005 05:24 PM
GlooNet enables consumers to acess their entire music collection stored on a home PC from a cell phone, pda or web browswer from remote locations. NormSoft has licensed GlooNet and will be launching its "tunesonthefly" service. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005]

MyDoom.C Slams Into Microsoft.com

MyDoom.C Slams Into Microsoft.com 02/10/2004 02:54 AM

Microsoft slams another spammer

Microsoft slams another spammer 07/16/2004 06:41 AM
Computer Buyer Jul 16 2004 10:54AM GMT

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
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