MICROSOFT TO LAUNCH SONG STORE
Microsoft Corp., hoping to take a bite out of Apple Computer Inc.'s highly popular online music service, is gearing up to launch its own Web site for selling songs over the Internet.
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Once again Microsoft is digging its claws into a market it wouldnt have considered in the past but is only considering now because of it public appeal. I believe they will be hard pressed to compete with Apple because of the lack of a decent hardware, or even software player. I know HP is coming out with a hardware player and maybe there is some merger in the works where HP and Microsoft will try to tackle the Apple giant that iPod and iTunes have grown into. I am not an Apple fan, but I detest Microsoft even more, so I hope this falls flat on its face.
COMPETITION FOR IPOD
Lauren, 11, saunters nonchalantly past a Discovery Channel store and a Gymboree clothing store at the mall. Then suddenly, the girl's eyes light up and she pulls her mother into an Apple Computer Inc. retail shop.
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