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  • More on UrgeMS.exe

    UrgeMS.exe seems to be causing issues for a lot of people. I mentioned previously that you can disable the process via security policy, and someone pointed out a registry setting to disable it a little cleaner. I was hoping they'd fix this in the future, but it looks like all they did was make it worse...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 07-01-2007

  • Is Apple about to launch a subscription service?

    Rumors of an iTunes subscription service have resurfaced . At first I thought that the DRM-free announcement meant a subscription service was less likely , but perhaps the opposite is true. First of all, album purchases will already be the DRM-free "premium" versions. As for individual tracks, the new...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-12-2007

  • More on the Music Industry's Slow Death

    This letter from a former customer further illustrates how the music industry is alienating its customers. While I would like to say I responded with something witty, I must admit to being completely flummoxed. There I sat, a loyal music fan who has shelled out actual money to a business that is supposed...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-22-2007

  • Disabling UrgeMS.exe

    I noticed my machine running slower lately, and UrgeMS.exe (URGE Media Scanner) was thrashing the disk and running up to 50% CPU. Obviously, this is part of MTV's URGE music store, the default store for Windows Media Player 11. It appears that the process is related to the "Auto-Mix" feature, which I...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-05-2007

  • A look at Apple and Microsoft strategies

    I've been thinking about some of the interesting strategic decisions that Microsoft has made lately. I already discussed their curious IP licensing strategy , and their choices with Zune and Windows Media Player have me similarly baffled. In many ways, these moves have been something I expect more from...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-01-2007

  • Podcast support in Windows Media Player 11

    There is one other issue I need to deal with before I can totally switch to Windows Media Player 11 - podcast support. Microsoft made the head-scratching decision not to include native podcast support - one area where iTunes really excelled. Someone wrote a plugin over the summer , but it doesn't work...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 12-28-2006

  • dopisp adds iPod support in WMP 11

    Like most people, I would prefer to use a single media player to manage my library. I like Windows Media Player 11 more than iTunes 7 , and this is especially true since I've subscribed to the Urge subscription service . (I really wish Apple would provide a subscription-based service for the iPod). The...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 12-28-2006
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