Windows Media Player 11 and Urge

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday May 21, 2006 @03:15PM from the toggling-the-new-toys dept.

j0e_average writes "The Washington Post is running a review of Microsoft's next version of Media Player, and its integration with MTV's new music service Urge. According to reviewer, Rob Pegoraro, 'Not only does this new, Windows XP-only software promote Urge to the exclusion of other retailers, you can't shop at this store-- or even just play your Urge downloads -- in any earlier version of Windows Media Player.' The Microsoft/Urge subscription model contains a new twist as well: 'Urge also lets you rent songs: $9.95 a month (or $99 a year) lets you download all the tracks you want to a computer, while $14.95 ($149 a year) lets you transfer those downloads to most newer Windows Media-compatible players. These rented songs can't be burned to CD and go silent if you stop paying the fees.'"

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Re:How is this a new twist? by 70Bang · 2006-05-21 15:45 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Grammar tip: "Effect" is a verb. "Affect" is a noun.

Really?

Effect as a noun:

"It produced an effect similar to the aurora borealis."

Affect as a verb:

"Hunger will affect my performance negatively unless I eat.."

You'd have a better cause going after people who use the "Grocer's Apostrophe" or compose|comprise.