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Microsoft Unveils 'Urge' Music Service

Posted by Zonk on from the fewer-clones-will-die-in-this-one-i-think dept.

CHaN_316 writes "CNNMoney has an article entitled, 'Gates unveils his Urge.' From the piece: 'Bill Gates aims to take over your living room and late Wednesday he unveiled a new music service and new software to do it. Using an appearance with Justin Timberlake, the Microsoft chairman debuted a new music service, Urge, to directly compete with the iTunes music store and interface. Urge launches with over 2 million tracks for purchase or as part of an all-you-can eat subscription, an option the iTunes music store doesn't have. The offering will include exclusive material from MTV.' Begin the living room wars we must." Confirmation of an earlier story on this topic.

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  1. You can't stop me! by RingDev · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm doing my happy dance damit!

    -Rick

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  2. No Timberlake - Gates Wardrobe Malfunction? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't want to be seeing replays of that for a year.

  3. Re:dupe? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Worth noting: not a complete dupe- the new article is more or less a followup, though the summary wouldn't give you much of a hint.

    Either way, the new article is still sparse and rife with marketing terminology.

  4. Apple department? by lowid+(24)+_________ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Kind of unusual to see this microsoft story in the apple section. Yeah, yeah, apple's got a music store, but I don't expect to see linux stories go in the apple section just cause apple makes an os too.

    p.

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  5. Re:Urge? by DeDmeTe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wish I had points to mod you up.. I wonder if I'm the only one who got that.

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