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Microsoft Opens MSN Music Store

Posted by michael on from the this-way-to-the-egress dept.

pbranes writes "Microsoft has opened their online music store today with 1 million songs and it will be officially opened tomorrow when Windows Media Player 10 is released. Music costs $0.99 and $9.90 for albums ($0.09 less than iTunes). Also, music is at a higher quality - 160kbps VBR. You can browse the site with Mozilla, however, ActiveX is required for full functionality so IE is required to use the store. Also, Microsoft takes a hit at Apple for not licensing iPod functionality to third parties (kind of ironic when ActiveX is required to use the site).... If you are an iPod owner already and unhappy about this policy, you are welcome to send feedback to Apple requesting that they change their interoperability policy."

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  1. One Pondering Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will the music from MS become integrated with my OS once downloaded it can never be separated?

  2. Did you notice the type of available music? by human+bean · · Score: 5, Funny

    Makes Columbia House look good. On the other hand, what the public wants, the public gets...

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  3. Re:acitveX for moz by nova20 · · Score: 5, Funny

    there are activex plugins for Mozilla folks..

    Gee, why don't I just go and install Banzai Buddy (or some such crap) and save myself the trouble?

    -nova20

  4. Re:Linkage.... by weekendgeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, they're Bush and Dick. Not really much thought needed to make any joke about that.

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  5. Re:Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't be silly, every country outside of the US is a myth. Everyone knows that.