Five months after its introduction, industry experts give Microsoft's media player barely passing grades in terms of marketplace success. Here are five things Microsoft could do to change that.

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chia_monkey writes "An article at the Tech Law Forum asks the question 'Does DRM Enable Online Music Innovation?'. The piece looks 'at the range of legitimate online music distributors to see just how much the presence or lack of DRM affected business models.' It's a rather interesting read as the author breaks down seven online music stores (iTunes, Napster, Yahoo! Music, Zune, eMusic, Amie ...

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A new marketing campaign aims to shore up slightly softening sales.

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Cramer says Michael Dell's return is not the same as Steve Jobs'.

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Every time I turn around, there is a new cell phone on the scene. It's a moving target and by the time your contract runs out, it's certainly time to upgrade your phone or even try a new carrier to keep up with the latest and greatest in mobile phones.

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jcatcw writes "Zune had potential, but 5 months in it barely gets passing grades. According to the article, there are five things Microsoft must change: 1) The built-in Wi-Fi, aka 'the social,' was a bad idea. 2) Tell newbies what is can do. 3) Create a low-end, flash-based player. 4) Push subscriptions. 5) Make it sexy. A Microsoft representative said, about the wireless concept: 'We felt we ...

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Zune's U.S. market share fell to 8.7% in February ... Users of Yahoo's e-mail to get unlimited storage

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The software fix aims to solve an issue in which some users heard skipping when playing back purchased songs.

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Zune 1.3 update addresses a a few niggling issues...

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Microsoft on Wednesday will release version 1.3 of the Zune firmware, which resolves a number of minor issues customers have been experiencing with the Redmond company's first portable music player and iPod rival. The patch was originally scheduled for March 20.

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