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  • RealNetworks breaks Apple's hold on iPod

    RealNetworks is expected to announce Monday in the US that it has unlocked some of Apple Computer's most tightly held technology secrets, giving its music a way onto the popular iPod digital music player.

  • Napster's 'rental' music service takes on iTunes

    Napster will open its long-promised portable music subscription service Thursday, which will make it the first company to put muscle behind a new music "rental" model aimed at undermining Apple Computer's digital music dominance.

  • Apple vs Real: Is the user the loser?

    When Napster shut down in July 2001, remember how loudly the recording industry cheered?

  • Microsoft's iPod killer?

    Microsoft is expected to soon unveil copy-protection software that will for the first time give portable digital music players access to tunes rented via all-you-can-eat subscription services--a development that some industry executives believe will shake up the online music business.

  • Real, Microsoft reach truce

    Microsoft and RealNetworks announced a sweeping deal on Tuesday that puts aside their legal differences and aims to shore up their respective digital-music strategies.

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  • Tech giants lock down wireless content

    A group of technology heavyweights is expected to take the wraps off a secretive effort to secure music and video on wireless devices, according to sources familiar with the plans.

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