Microsoft patent outlines software allowing users to subscribe to play lists and update automatically...

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To reach iPod owners, music companies have been forced to choose between Apple's copy-protection scheme, or no copy protection at all. With the launch of Amazon's download service Tuesday, the choice is clearer than ever.

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Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest Internet retailer, began a digital-music download service to compete with Apple Inc.'s iTunes, selling restriction-free tracks from more than 20,000 record labels.

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Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. launched its much-anticipated digital music store today with nearly 2.3 million songs, none of them protected against copying.

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The online retailer begins its assault on the iTunes empire.

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Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. launched its much-anticipated digital music store Tuesday with nearly 2.3 million songs, none of them protected against copying.

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Toshiba this morning released a wave of new devices and began with the early import of one of its most advanced, flash-based music players. The gigabeat T400 closely follows the release of the Japanese version and promises the same use of H2C decoding to produce superior audio quality compared to most players: the new gigabeat's chipset can restor...

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Amazon.com launches a much anticipated music-download site. The Internet music store will sell songs for 89 cents to 99 cents. It will be possible to play the music on every available player from the iPod to the Zune. Amazon.com may be the first digital music site that can really compete with Apple's iTunes store.

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Previously available only in Asian markets, the slim new Gigabeat player will feature a large display and 4GB of flash memory

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Life without an MP3 player isn't really living at all - just ask your cube mates or the people next to you on the subway, provided they can hear you over their headphones. With dozens of players on the market, here are six of our favorites and the...

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