Despite AOL announcing that Winamp was to be put out of its misery on December 20th, TechCrunch is reporting that Microsoft is in talks to buy it! It may yet live another day.

After celebrating its 15th birthday last year, AOL-owned Winamp announced today that it will be shutting its doors on December 20. Pour one out for everybody's favorite forgotten MP3 player. [Ars]

The new version of Winamp can stream your music library to your Wii. You know, if you still use Winamp or for some reason want to listen to MP3s through your Wii. [Kotaku]