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<b>Subject:</b> Re: Microsoft buy Iriver?<br>
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<dfn>From</dfn>: ian douglas &lt;<a href="mailto:id_at_w98.us?Subject=Re:%20Microsoft%20buy%20Iriver?">id_at_w98.us</a>&gt;
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Arnaud wrote:
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<em class="quotelev1">&gt; beside the fact that no serious site such as handgadget or whatever
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<em class="quotelev1">&gt; have published this info.
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<em class="quotelev1">&gt; So.... I really doubt about it 
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<p>They're not BUYING iRiver, they're simply partnering with iRiver and 
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Creative to make the players more Windows-friendly from what I can see:
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<p><a href="http://www.playerblog.com/archives/000051.shtml">http://www.playerblog.com/archives/000051.shtml</a>
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(says they're partnering up)
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<p><a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1040_3-5175002.html?type=pt&amp;part=inv&amp;tag=feed&amp;subj=news">http://news.com.com/2100-1040_3-5175002.html?type=pt&amp;part=inv&amp;tag=feed&amp;subj=news</a>
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(says the gadgets will run the new MS Portable Media Center software)
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<p>Note that this article was written in March of 2004 - almost 2 full 
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years ago.
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<p>The playblog article above has a link to engadget showing a Creative 
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media player with Windows software:
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<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2004/03/18/first-portable-media-center-to-come-out-in-europe/">http://www.engadget.com/2004/03/18/first-portable-media-center-to-come-out-in-europe/</a>
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<p>So no, they're not buying iRiver, but the rumor is 2 years old.
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<p><p><p>Also worth seeing: Microsoft, Yahoo, Napster, Creative, Dell, Gateway, 
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iRiver, Samsun, Toshiba, Digital Networks, Palm, Audiovox, Sandisk and 
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Thomson about a patent infringement on DRM:
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<a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28990">http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28990</a>
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<span id="received"><dfn>Received on</dfn> Fri Feb  3 19:54:32 2006</span>
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