News: Microsoft backs off on music player contracts. Microsoft Corp. quickly backed off on a demand to portable music player manufacturers that if they chose to include Windows Media Player in software packages, only that program could be included, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported Thursday in its update on the company’s compliance with its antitrust settlement. [Macworld]

The DOJ fights against the evil empire. What worked for PCs will not work for music players.  12:26:07 AM