More buzz on the Microsoft media player

I have no knowledge of this project and have never heard a thing from inside Microsoft about this video/music player concept, and wouldn’t expect to given my role. Having said that, the buzz is tremendously exciting. Peter Rojas of Engadet writes, “To attract current iPod users Microsoft is going to let you download for free any songs you’ve already bought from the iTunes Music Store. They’ll actually scan iTunes for purchased tracks and then automatically add those to your account. Microsoft will still have to pay the rights-holders for the songs, but they believe it’ll be worth it to acquire converts to their new player.” If this is all true, it should be an exciting holiday season with the Xbox 360 next wave of game titles and accessories along with this new portable media device coming to market.