Microsoft tells music biz to 'back lock-down CD standard'
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Microsoft tells music biz to 'back
lock-down CD standard' | The Register
Microsoft tells music biz to 'back
lock-down CD standard' | The Register
09/18/2004 03:03 PMEU tells Sony, Bertelsmann music deal is
approved
EU tells Sony, Bertelsmann music deal is
approved
07/19/2004 06:27 PMMore Microsoft lock-in
More Microsoft lock-in
06/02/2004 11:18 PMWindows
Media Player 10 Technical Beta.
Microsoft
released their technical beta of Windows Media Player 10 for download.
The major features include a new interface, a built in online store
(with choice of stores), an all in one smart jukebox as well as the
most important item: enhanced device support. The enhanced device support
includes Auto-Sync which "enables the seamless, automatic
synchronization of music, video, and even recorded TV and photos to
supported portable devices". It looks like you'll be able to map a
hard drive or storage location like a PPC or Smartphone to Auto-Sync
as well as transfer TV shows from the media center to a portable media
center, we're not sure what is and isn't supported yet but we're going
to check it out now.
[unmediated]
The real questions is - and speaking of Real - can this jukebox mix
and match music from Napster, MusicMatch, Rhapsody, WalMart,
etc? How 'bout iTunes?
Microsoft Attempts to Lock-Down As Much
as Possible
Microsoft Attempts to Lock-Down As Much
as Possible
02/05/2005 10:16 PMMicrosoft Licenses Analog Anti-rip Technology
CD copy-protection specialist Macrovision is to work with Microsoft
to ensure their respective DRM and anti-rip technologies are
interoperable, the two companies said this week. Sounds
straightforward enough, but the deal runs deeper. Microsoft agreed to
license a number of Macrovision's patents, in particular those
relating to analogue copy protection technology and more recent
extensions to that system that cover video-on-demand, pay-per-view
content and support for the US 'broadcast flag', which determines
whether consumers will be able to record digital TV broadcasts.
Microsoft ERP may lock in firms
Microsoft ERP may lock in firms
03/25/2005 06:26 AMPersonal Computer World Mar 25 2005 11:20AM GMT
Microsoft ERP: Balancing Benefits and
Lock-In
Microsoft ERP: Balancing Benefits and
Lock-In
03/24/2005 08:30 PMEnterprise Windows I.T. Mar 25 2005 12:43AM GMT
Microsoft vs. Linux vs. vendor lock-in
Microsoft vs. Linux vs. vendor lock-in
09/04/2004 03:29 PM One of the big reasons enterprise IT users eye Linux hungrily is that
it offers a chance to break the ties that bind them to Microsoft. It's
bad business to rely on anything, whether it's a truck or an operating
system, that can only be repaired by one supplier. Indeed, one of
Microsoft's big sales advantages when PCs were just starting to become
popular was that it freed companies from hardware vendor lock-in by
offering an operating system that would work with PCs and peripherals
made by many companies. Now we need to ask how we can keep from
getting locked in by Linux vendors. There's simply no getting around
the fact that, from the vendor's point of view, customer lock-in is
wonderful no matter what product that vendor sells.
Microsoft tests piracy lock on Download
Center
Microsoft tests piracy lock on Download
Center
09/20/2004 06:54 AMComputer Weekly Sep 20 2004 11:14AM GMT
Microsoft trials piracy lock on Download
Center
Microsoft trials piracy lock on Download
Center
09/17/2004 02:30 PMAs part of its efforts to combat software piracy, Microsoft Corp. is
testing a new feature on its Download Center Web site that can lock
out pirated copies of Windows.
A Downside to the 'Cisco Standard'
A Downside to the 'Cisco Standard'
08/08/2004 08:41 PMBusiness Week Aug 9 2004 0:53AM GMT
Microsoft tells EC to learn from US
Microsoft tells EC to learn from US
07/05/2004 09:37 AMZDNet UK Jul 5 2004 2:03PM GMT
iPod 'Could Be Industry Standard'
iPod 'Could Be Industry Standard'
01/22/2004 02:09 AM"To shareholders of Apple Computer the iPod is more than a miniature
music player. It is, potentially, a platform." (Macworld UK via
MyAppleMenu)
At Trial, Oracle Tells of Microsoft-SAP
Bid
At Trial, Oracle Tells of Microsoft-SAP
Bid
06/08/2004 02:35 AMLos Angeles Times Jun 8 2004 7:06AM GMT
Microsoft Tells Judge About Licensing
Changes
Microsoft Tells Judge About Licensing
Changes
04/22/2004 12:01 PMCritics question if the court-sanctioned antitrust remedy is working.
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service (via MyAppleMenu)
'Chinese-standard' 3G handsets to debut
at April end
'Chinese-standard' 3G handsets to debut
at April end
04/07/2005 05:43 AMPeoples Daily Online Apr 7 2005 9:10AM GMT
Microsoft Tells Court It Won't Be a
Rival to Oracle
Microsoft Tells Court It Won't Be a
Rival to Oracle
06/24/2004 03:09 AMA top executive of Microsoft Corp. testified in federal court on
Wednesday that the company has no plans to compete in the enterprise
software market, bolstering the government's case that the market is
far less competitive than Oracle contends.
Judge Tells Microsoft to Add Java to
Windows
Judge Tells Microsoft to Add Java to
Windows
01/16/2003 10:09 AMFederal judge gives Microsoft 120 days to comply; an appeal is
expected.
Microsoft CEO Ballmer Tells Advertisers
They're Important
Microsoft CEO Ballmer Tells Advertisers
They're Important
03/17/2005 03:49 AMSearch Engine Lowdown Mar 17 2005 8:15AM GMT
Microsoft tells disk makers to redesign
products
Microsoft tells disk makers to redesign
products
05/07/2004 10:50 AMNot content with telling hardware manufacturers what they must do, now
Microsoft Corp. is informing disk makers that they have to make read
and write speeds faster. It even tells them how to do it -- add flash
memory cache.
Microsoft tells Wall Street it's
maturing, not slowing down
Microsoft tells Wall Street it's
maturing, not slowing down
07/30/2004 05:01 AMSeattle Times Jul 30 2004 9:19AM GMT
Infotech: Microsoft tells court it will
simplify licensing
Infotech: Microsoft tells court it will
simplify licensing
01/24/2004 12:39 PMPhilippine Daily Inquirer Jan 24 2004 4:38PM GMT
Maradona 'back in hospital'
Maradona 'back in hospital'
05/05/2004 06:53 AMDiego Maradona has been admitted to hospital again, according to
reports.
Microsoft Notebook: Ex-executive's book
tells of 'fiefdom' issues
Microsoft Notebook: Ex-executive's book
tells of 'fiefdom' issues
08/23/2004 12:45 PMMicrosoft Corp.'s current chief executive, then its sales boss, was
meeting in the mid-1990s with an overseas subsidiary that insisted on
using its own measures -- rather than those set out by the company --
to assess its financial performance.
Ballmer, his face turning red as he listened, finally put an end to
it. "I'll define the key measures," he told them. "It's your job to
grow them."
NME web users 'back file-sharing'
NME web users 'back file-sharing'
04/09/2004 03:55 PMMusic fans refuse to stop using illegal download sites despite
industry warnings, an NME.com survey suggests.
Tube 'back to normal' by morning
Tube 'back to normal' by morning
06/30/2004 09:07 PMLondon Underground expects normal tube service to resume by Thursday
morning.
Afghan scholars 'back disarmament'
Afghan scholars 'back disarmament'
07/10/2004 10:13 PMReligious scholars have called on Afghans to give up their weapons and
end the rule of the gun, local radio reports.
Courtney Love 'back in hospital'
Courtney Love 'back in hospital'
07/14/2004 03:28 AMSinger Courtney Love is admitted to a private hospital after leaving a
public facility, her lawyer says.
Triton Opens Proprietary Intellectual
Property 'Triton Standard' to Public
Domain
Triton Opens Proprietary Intellectual
Property 'Triton Standard' to Public
Domain
07/20/2004 11:30 AMBelga Direct Press Releases Jul 20 2004 3:04PM GMT
Private space ship 'back to form'
Private space ship 'back to form'
07/08/2004 09:02 AMRecord-breaking private space craft, SpaceShipOne, is back on course
to vie for a prestigious space prize.
Qaeda Vows 'Back-Breaking' Strike,
Magazine Says
Qaeda Vows 'Back-Breaking' Strike,
Magazine Says
12/26/2003 11:16 AMReuters via Wired News Dec 26 2003 9:43AM ET
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.
Virus that opens 'back doors' on
computers included in 1 of every 12
e-mails
Virus that opens 'back doors' on
computers included in 1 of every 12
e-mails
01/28/2004 05:24 AMWorldNetDaily Jan 28 2004 9:38AM GMT
Behind the music: Microsoft?
Behind the music: Microsoft?
09/01/2004 10:55 PMPartners line up to support new digital media playback software, but
can portable video and music rental rights defeat Apple?
Can music keep Microsoft growing?
Can music keep Microsoft growing?
04/22/2004 12:04 PMWhen Microsoft reports its third-quarter earnings tomorrow, expect
renewed debate over whether the company still deserves its designation
as a growth stock.
Detractors will point to the fact that its next big new product,
Windows Longhorn, won't arrive until 2006. While I'm hardly a
Microsoft cheerleader, I do think the company has quite a few more
surprises in store.
Other News: Microsoft Music
Other News: Microsoft Music
09/02/2004 10:30 AMMicrosoft isn't looking for a profit from its new music store....
Microsoft To Offer Music, Too
Microsoft To Offer Music, Too
11/19/2003 12:59 PMCBS News Nov 19 2003 11:54AM ET
Microsoft listens to the music
Microsoft listens to the music
09/02/2004 03:57 AMThe Register Sep 2 2004 8:01AM GMT
Microsoft Wants To Put Its Music In Your
Mobile
Microsoft Wants To Put Its Music In Your
Mobile
09/10/2004 08:32 PMThe Feature Sep 11 2004 0:51AM GMT
What Microsoft REALLY Said About its
Music Strategy &
What Microsoft REALLY Said About its
Music Strategy &
05/29/2004 12:14 AMMac Observer May 29 2004 4:54AM GMT
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