Microsoft Set To Update Windows Media Player

Microsoft is readying a new version of Windows Media Player for XP. The new player, which will be built into the new Vista operating system, is designed to offer better synching with portable devices, but not the iPod, make it easier to browse through a tremendous library of music, and be tightly integrated with Urge, a new subscription and download music service co-developed by Microsoft and MTV Networks. A specific release date has...

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MusicIP Receives Patent For Fingerprinting Technology

MusicIP, the first global search engine for music, has been awarded U.S. Patent 7,013,301 for its Audio Fingerprinting System and Method that provides reliable, fast, and robust identification of digital musical tracks. The technology in the patent identifies digital music tracks at the master-recording level, by the actual sounds in the track. Released as MusicIP’s affordable Open Fingerprint service, the method identifies the...

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