Microsoft today released a preview version of its newest Windows Media Player in its latest push to unseat RealNetworks as the dominant provider of online multimedia technology.

The new Windows Media Player 7 brings Microsoft a step closer to catching RealNetworks´ Jukebox product, which organizes, stores and plays digital media on personal computers. Although the software maker has an investment in MusicMatch, which competes with RealNetworks in this category, it has never offered its own jukebox feature.

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