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BestBuy to launch music service with Real, Sandisk

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Best Buy Co. Inc. on Thursday said it will introduce a new music service with digital music player maker SanDisk Corp. and music software company RealNetworks Inc. to create the latest competing service to Apple’s iPod and iTunes combination. if (window.yzq_a == null) document.write(“”); if (window.yzq_a) { yzq_a(‘p’, ‘P=_54xHULaS.YIvRFYRDFbJAQeRAQYGEUlWooADuyg&T=180s2i71j%2fX%3d1160075924%2fE%3d15194913%2fR%3dnews%2fK%3d5%2fV%3d1.1%2fW%3d8%2fY%3dYAHOO%2fF%3d4187137532%2fH%3dY2FjaGVoaW50PSJuZXdzIiBjb250ZW50PSJpdDtBcHBsZSBDb21wdXRlcjtNaWNyb3NvZnQ7RXJpY3Nzb247dmljZSBwcmVzaWRlbnQ7IiByZWZ1cmw9IiIgdG9waWNzPSIi%2fS%3d1%2fJ%3d91A949D1′); yzq_a(‘a’, [...]

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U.S. pushes Russia in WTO talks to close mp3 Web site (www.allofmp3.com)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia should shut down a pirate music Web site that is robbing U.S. recording companies of sales if it wants to become a member of the World Trade Organization, the top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.

“I have a hard time imagining Russia becoming a member of the WTO and [...]

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Microsoft announced Zune Pricing at $249

SEATTLE, Sept. 28 (AP) —The Zune music player from Microsoft looks like an iPod, acts like an iPod and will cost about the same as an iPod. The company said Thursday that it would charge $249.99 for the device, signaling that it is not planning a price war to gain market share.

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Microsoft to launch video service to rival YouTube

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp. will start testing on Tuesday an Internet video-sharing service called Soapbox, the software company’s answer to Web sensation YouTube.

Soapbox (http://soapbox.msn.com) is one facet of Microsoft’s strategy to create attractive Internet content to lure away billions of Web advertising dollars from market leaders Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO [...]

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Zune vs. iPod: Will Microsoft Get a Piece of the Apple Pie?

The world is abuzz with Microsoft’s announcement that they’re no longer content to support devices from Iriver and Creative Labs and other partners as they have in the past, and they will now be coming out with their own branded handheld multimedia device for this year’s holiday season — the Zune.

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