In the Windows world, Windows Media Player is the default player from Microsoft, but iTunes, RealPlayer and other software are also widely used. The media player in early Windows (3.x) versions ...

Apple, fresh on the heels of the recent Leopard release, might be dropping an update to their iTunes media player software. iTunes 7.5 is rumored to be released sometime within the next week.

Throughout the 20th century, the dominant method of music distribution changed many times over, from live-only performances ...

On the software side, applications that reside in the user's computer, such as iTunes, Windows Media Player and RealPlayer, are used to organize a music collection, play audio files and rip music ...

The Cupertino firm has been pushing its separate media apps on Windows PCs for years, pushing users to move away from iTunes.