When CNET’s Greg Sandoval attended the lavish launch of Google Music, he couldn’t help recalling a similarly lovely bash when Microsoft launched Zune–by some odd irony, almost exactly five years ago. And there were plenty of similarities to point to. Both events took place in Hollywood and both featured blue lights. In each case, a tech giant was trying to catch up to iTunes, the undisputed leader in digital music sales. In each case, it was doing so with a music catalog that wasn’t quite as big. Google has signed up three of the four biggest record companies but is missing Warner. Apple’s got all four. READ MORE
