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Sony shutting down Connect Music Store


August 31, 2007 Behind the move is Sony's decision to support Windows Media Audio DRM in its new line of Walkman digital music players, announced today. The Connect service, and previous Sony portable devices, used a proprietary technology called ATRAC which never caught on. The new devices will now work with any other WMA-enabled digital music store, such as Wal-Mart and others.

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