Yahoo plans to launch an early version of a new flagship music service this week, in hopes of capturing some of the online music momentum now held by Apple Computer, sources familiar with the plans say.
With Apple Computer's dominance over the digital music business growing, Microsoft is planning to bolster its own online song store with a new subscription service later this year, sources familiar with the plans say.
New Napster Chief Executive Konrad Hilbers is floating a new price for the file swapper's planned subscription service, saying that downloading will soon cost "about US$5."
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Sony Electronics missed an opportunity when it nodded off with the emergence of digital audio players, but it hopes to right its wrongs to better compete with rivals such as Apple Computer.
Microsoft's chairman looks ahead to how the music player might morph and tells why changes in Office 2007 are "such a big deal."
In a rare joint interview, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer discuss ad-supported software, the battles against Sony and Google, and what's so great about the upcoming Vista.
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.
Microsoft and Intel see Web services popping up everywhere, but their vision is strangely reminiscent of archrival Sun Microsystems' with an earlier technology called Jini.
Apple Computer has released the final version of its iSync synchronisation software, in what could be seen as an attempt to trump new software coming next week from Microsoft.
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iTunes 7 includes some great updates, like gapless playback, games downloads and a better interface, but Australian users so far miss out on the movie downloads available to American users.
Version 8.0 of this six-year-old jukebox isn't exactly revolutionary, but it features some notable improvements.
Analysis: For all the glitz surrounding the unveiling Monday of Apple Computer's new music service, a quick look suggests that it's a solid, but hardly revolutionary, addition to the market.
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