Why it matters: Winamp appears poised to make a comeback as a streaming platform focused on artists. While the brand's latest owner is primarily considering monetization, fans of the classic desktop ...

Facepalm: Classic PC media player Winamp is being relaunched as an open-source project, though the code itself isn't as open as it claims to be. The company behind the brand seems eager to benefit ...

Winamp was one of the most popular music players for Windows PCs in the late 1990s and early 2000s. But things went downhill after AOL acquired the company and wound up largely abandoning it for years ...