Years ago, I predicted Microsoft would walk away from the X-Box platform (just as it had done with other doomed hardware ventures: sound cards, wireless networking hardware, etc.). I was wrong and, at this point, I hope the company never loses interest in the popular gaming console. Now J. Allard, the guy who brought you the X-Box, is reportedly preparing to help Microsoft launch a wireless iPod rival and connected music service sometime later this year. I'll call it, for want of a better term, the "MiPod".
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