Microsoft Makes Desperate Licensing Deal With Universal With Big Implications

Drastic Move By Microsoft May Change Portable Player Paradigm In a move reeking of desperation, Microsoft revealed that it has agreed to pay a percentage of the sales of its new Zune portable media player to the Universal Music Group. Universal Music, a unit of Vivendi, will receive a royalty on the Zune player in exchange for licensing its recordings for Microsoft’s new digital music service, the companies said. Universal disclosed...

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ifrogz Announces Tadpole Video iPod Case

ifrogz has announced the Tadpole, its new line of video iPod cases made specifically for children ages one and up. Solidly constructed from the same high-grade, dust-repellant silicone as ifrogz’s popular fully customizable iPod cases, the Tadpole gives busy parents a way to entertain their children wherever they go with content uploaded to their video iPods. The cases are engineered with two large handles that not only help...

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