Windows Media Player 11 beta release
Microsoft is launching a test version of a revamped jukebox that is to compete with Apple's iTunes. Microsoft will release the beta of Windows Media Player 11 for free to Windows XP users this week.
The new media player is Microsoft's next step in the competition with Apple, whose music and digital music players are still amongst the most popular in the world today.
Microsoft says despite Apple's big lead, the competition for online music supremacy isn't nearly over. Redmond's strategy is to attract the enormous number of people who have yet to buy a digital music player, says Geoff Harris, product unit manager for Windows Media Player.
"Remember the digital market represents only 5 percent of the total market," Harris said "That means that 95 percent are still buying in traditional means. At the end of the day, this (segment) is still in its infancy."
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