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  • New CD copy-lock technology nears market

    A new kind of copy-protected music CD will likely hit U.S. shelves early next year, as record label SonyBMG experiments with a technology created by British developer First 4 Internet, according to sources familiar with the companies.

  • BigPond Music can't compete with iTunes: Analyst

    The iTunes music store in Australia brings credibility to the domestic digital music download market and while it may initially generate more revenue for competitors such as BigPond Music, the Apple offering will very quickly lead the way, an analyst claims.

  • Apple, Amazon may hold future of DRM-free music

    Sales of unprotected music at retailers could help determine whether record industry adopts open MP3s.

  • Apple to announce iTunes Australia music store next week?

    After more than a year of speculation and false starts, Apple is finally expected to announce the iTunes Australia music store on Tuesday.

  • iPod undermines Microsoft on copy-locked CDs

    When a copy-protected CD hit No. 1 on the U.S. music sales charts last month, it marked a breakthrough for the antipiracy technology in all but one sense: The music still wouldn't play on Apple's iPod.

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  • Apple iTunes 6

    While the interface has become subtly more intuitive and flexible, especially with version 5's interface tweaks and nested playlist ability, this free app has picked up impressive new features without compromising ease of use.

  • Windows Media for OS X

    Microsoft's MacWorld Expo announcement that it will deliver a version of its Media Player software for OS X this coming spring follows two of the company's "new millennium" strategies.

  • A Media Player for Mac

    Microsoft is trying to woo Mac OS X users with its new Microsoft Windows Media Player for OS X. Seeking to gain an advantage over its nemesis, Real Networks, this new Media Player release will be the only software to support streaming Windows Media audio and video on the Mac.

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