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Microsoft plans branding assault

...ubiquity of its multimedia technology, sources familiar with the plans say. The "Plays for sure" campaign will include a logo on devices that support Microsoft... Read more

26 August, 2004 by John Borland

Top Ten Things Wrong With Zune

...we know. Won't work with Microsoft's oh-so-ironically labelled Plays For Sure, won't work with Vista, won't work with the... Read more

23 November, 2006

Ten reasons open-source smart phones will not win out

...are adhered to because they are open. The iPod basically killed DRM - Plays for Sure devices met their death at its hand - Apple have consistently... Read more

23 July, 2009

Microsoft's "Perfect Storm"

...those damn Apple kids." So where are they now? How are your Plays for Sure partners doing, Microsoft? You can just never trust 'em. Last... Read more

12 May, 2009

Taking the rap for DRM

...old, left their old customers freezin' in the cold Microsoft says it plays for sure, but the only thing for sure is yo' gonna pay... Read more

19 September, 2006 by Leader

Simplicity the key for tech branding

Philips Electronics took 'sense and simplicity' as its watchwords, and is doing well Read more

2 February, 2006 by Michael Kanellos

Apple, Microsoft, Napster slammed over DRM

...the EFF, and have couched the restrictions in marketing spin. Microsoft's Plays for Sure initiative - where the Redmond giant promises compatibility between services and... Read more

2 September, 2005 by Jo Best

Microsoft: Retailers want RFID, biometrics, wireless

...announced a catalogue of partners offering devices and applications, akin to the 'plays for sure' concept the Redmond behemoth introduced last year in its digital... Read more

25 May, 2005 by Jo Best

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