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Metal News for May 17, 2001

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Announcing MP3Pro

There are a couple of new articles about MP3Pro, a new and improved MP3 format due out later this year, and whether or not it has already been beaten by the smaller, better sounding (than MP3) Windows Media format. There are articles on ZDNet and another on C|Net for your reading pleasure.

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