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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Fujitsu Reveals Turn Table Concept PC At Ceatec

Fujitsu showcased the Turn Table Concept PC at the Ceatec technology fair in Tokyo recently that has set the Japanese DJ community ablaze. The Turn Table PC fhas a touch-sensitive LCD panel on the cover (on the back of the PC’s screen) that allows a DJ to control digital files with the same mechanics of vinyl mixing. The Turn Table Concept PC can control a connected MP3 player using a display on the front, without flipping the...

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