MP3 Player Debuted By Real Networks.(RealJukebox)(Product Announcement)

RealNetworks' RealJukebox MP3 play-and-record software places the firm at the crossroads of digital music that can be downloaded from the Internet. The MP3 audio-file format promises new opportunities for Internet music companies, quite possibly at the expense of old-line music companies. RealJukebox is the first product from a major firm that plays, encodes and manages MP3s. It also places RealNetworks squarely in competition with Microsoft, which recently launched Windows Media Technologies 4.0, the company's own downloadable music player. RealJukebox will be released in beta version in M