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| Sep 9, 2010 | Is there room for a Zune in a post-Windows Phone 7 world? | reader comments 64 with 46 posters participating
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Remember when Microsoft unveiled the successor to Windows Mobile and said that every Windows Phone 7 will be a Zune? The co... |
| Jan 28, 2010 | Zune 4.2 update points to Zune phone, European support | reader comments 16 with 12 posters participating
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Two days ago, Microsoft took down all the Zune services for a "maintenance update" that seems to have in it a lit... |
| Jun 8, 2009 | Zune.net down tonight in wake of new features and content | reader comments 7 with 5 posters participating
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Zune.net will be going down tonight at 10pm PDT. The team explained that Microsoft will be adding new features and new conten... |
| Mar 4, 2009 | Zune.net now streams audio podcasts | reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating
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On Monday, the Zune team warned its users that there would be scheduled maintenance happening for Zune.net and the Zune Marke... |
| Jan 27, 2009 | Farewell Cesar Menendez, and the Zune in 2009 | reader comments 2 with 2 posters participating
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According to a farewell post on Zune Insider, Cesar Menendez is one of the many unfortunate souls affected by the company's r... |
| Dec 31, 2008 | The Zune Screen Of Death (Updated) | We are aware that customers with the Zune 30GB are experiencing issues with their Zune device. We are actively working now to isolate the issue and develop a solution to address it. We will keep customers informed on next steps via the supp... |
| Dec 31, 2008 | Mass Failure Of 30GB Zunes Shows That At Least A Few People Actually Own Zunes | It’s no secret that Microsoft’s “iPod killer” Zune device has been a pretty big disappointment in terms of sales — but who knew that the most attention the Zune would get in ages would be for having all of the 30 GB models fail at once. Obv... |
| Nov 18, 2008 | Zune 3.1 firmware and software released, price cuts are here | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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The third generation Zunes arrived in September, along with the 3.0 firmware and software releases available to previous Zune c... |
| Nov 18, 2008 | Zune 3.1 update now available | The latest Zune update isn’t anything ground breaking but it does bring some updates to the Zune Social feature and a hand full of free games. Plus, the Zune PC software is a bit more stable after after the update. Simple jump into the PC s... |
| Sep 27, 2008 | Xbox Live and Zune going down for maintenance on Monday | Anybody who completely relies on Microsoft for all of their entertainment needs is going to be bored straight out of their minds when Monday, September 29th rolls around. At 12:01 AM PST, both the Xbox Live and the entire Zune service will ... |
| Jul 19, 2008 | Friday evening Microsoft links, Daemon Tools edition | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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Links for the third Friday of July:
The WinVistaClub has released its own Royale Blue Theme for Windows Vista, created by Rames... |
| Jul 14, 2008 | Diggnation helps Zune marketing team out with an intro video | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose from Diggnation, a weekly video podcast whose purpose is to discuss Digg events and news, have put... |
| May 26, 2008 | Clarifying what the Zune ads pilot program is all about | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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Microsoft recently announced that it was planning to launch a Zune Social advertising pilot program this summer. The program wi... |
| May 19, 2008 | American Gladiators vanquished by optional broadcast flag | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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If you're like most Americans, then you probably don't spend Monday nights aquiver with anticipation at the thought of a new ep... |
| May 8, 2008 | Microsoft is not planning to filter content on your Zune, so chill out | Cesar over at Zune Insider is clearing things up regarding the piracy countermeasures and he’s saying MS has no plans to filter content on the Zune. Don’t you to toy with my affections, Cesar.
We have no plans or commitments to implement an... |
| May 8, 2008 | Microsoft denies antipiracy features coming to the Zune | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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After the good news of the Zune Marketplace getting videos from NBC, and confirmation of the Zune coming to Canada next month, ... |
| May 8, 2008 | Microsoft refutes a Times article on Zune's 'copyright cop' | A New York Times article purporting that Microsoft is working with NBC Universal to create a "copyright cop" -- or anti-piracy filter -- for the Zune that will prevent playback of unauthorized videos, was refuted by Microsoft toda... |
| May 7, 2008 | Microsoft Agrees To Put A Copyright Cop On The Zune | Want to know exactly what not to do in order to build up marketshare against a formidable competitor? It’s doing what Microsoft appears to be doing with the Zune: making it less useful for buyers. Remember, last month NBC Universal claimed ... |
| Apr 26, 2008 | Red Zune 80 trickling into retail stores | Something called the Microsoft Zune 80 (wasn’t that an ABA team, the New Orleans Zune?) was released in the color red a few months ago, but you had to purchase it from the Zune Originals online store, which added tacky artwork to the backsi... |
| Apr 18, 2008 | Reebok + Allen Iverson + Zune = Answer XI Zune, Special Edition | If you like the Zune, sneakers, and Allen Iverson, then we’ve got something for you! Reebok is releasing a special edition Allen Iverson pair of sneakers called the Answer XI Zune.
The freaky sneaks come with a special 8GB Zune with custom ... |
| Dec 18, 2007 | Zune firmware update hitting today | If you’re one of the many buyers of the hot Zune30 or Zune80, you’ll want to check out the firmware upgrade which should be hitting at some point today. No major new features, but you’ll get a correction to an annoying battery draining prob... |
| Nov 29, 2007 | Zune hackers hack the desktop software to bits | Zune hackers have done what was once thought impossible: They’ve developed a way to change the background of the Zune desktop software. A team of over 200 hackers spent the better part of the summer on the project, with lead coder TarXin2 s... |
| Sep 6, 2007 | Microsoft cuts $50 off price of Zune | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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Can it really be coincidence that Microsoft shaves $50 off the cost of a Zune the day before Apple gives another lesson in medi... |
| Sep 5, 2007 | Zune Goes Cheap Tomorrow | Wouldn’t you know it? Mysteriously coinciding with Apple’s announcement tomorrow, MS has decided to drop the price of the Zune to $199. It seems as though customer satisfaction is quite high at 94 percent and MS feels it necessary to indulg... |
| Sep 5, 2007 | Microsoft Drops Zune Price, Talks Zune Phone | Microsoft has decided to drop the price of the Zune in an effort to spur sales, while indicating it hadn't completely ruled out a Zune phone.
Effective Wednesday, the price of Microsoft's competitor to the iPod is now $199 USD. The company ... |
| Jul 23, 2007 | Zune Meets One Million Goal | Microsoft said last week that it had met its previously stated goal of selling one million Zunes by the end of the company's fiscal year, which occurred on June 30. "We actually went above and beyond our goal: we sold 1.2 million units... |
| Jun 4, 2007 | Microsoft: No Plans for Zune Outside US | Correcting a translation error that sparked a number of reports stating Microsoft planned to release its Zune portable music player in Europe, but not until 2008, the company now says it has no set timeframe. The confusion came in a respons... |
| Jun 4, 2007 | Lost In Translation: Europe Could Still Get Zune's This Year | This should be a lesson to you all. Find someone that actually reads and speaks the language before you go spouting off that Microsoft will not ship Zune’s to Europe in 2007. It’s not to say that it will actually happen, but do you see how ... |
| May 31, 2007 | Zune Firmware 1.4: Out Today | Listen up, Zune users. Word has come down to my ears that a new firmware update for your handy PMP will be available for download at 10:00 PST today. It’s not a major upgrade, but it does improve the Zune’s shuffling action, which some user... |
| May 30, 2007 | Microsoft on target to sell 1 million Zunes by June 30 | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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After less than a year on store shelves, Microsoft is on target to sell 1 million Zunes by the end of June, according Robbie Ba... |
| May 8, 2007 | Foreboding New Zune Ad | http://images.soapbox.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swf
Video: Zune TV Spot
Zune Insider has announced the release of a new Zune ad, that seems a little too appropriate. As you can see, it depicts a legion of Zunes in an environment that looks c... |
| May 4, 2007 | Give Your Momma A Zune Contest Is Over | It looks like IK, with his tale of motherly lurve is the winner of our little pink Zune for momma contest. Special thanks to Cesar at ZuneInsider for hooking us up. He’s good people.
{democracy:12} |
| Apr 25, 2007 | Your Mom Wants a Pink Zune | Mother’s day is coming (May 13, FYI), and we’re going to help one of you nerds make her happy. No, we’re not going to help you move out of her basement or introduce you to a real, live girl so she can finally have grandchildren and believe ... |
| Apr 12, 2007 | Palm Starts Blogging, Future Looking Bright | For the last couple weeks Palm has really been aggressive at getting its message across. Well, not sure if “aggressive” is the word, maybe “proactive” is more appropriate, as we’ve seen leaks of a new CDMA 3G smartphone, an annoucement rega... |
| Mar 28, 2007 | Zune Software Update 1.3: Today | Attention Zune users:
If you’re one of the lucky people who own one of these players, then this may be some long awaited good news. You should expect a software update today that will fix (maybe) the following issues:
We’re fixing the skipp... |
| Mar 21, 2007 | Zune users angry over lack of firmware update | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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Right now, Zune users are not a happy bunch. While Microsoft had announced that a firmware update, version 1.3, was reportedly ... |
| Mar 1, 2007 | Zune Firmware Update 1.3 Approaches | Cesar over at Zune Insider announced last night that new Zune firmware will be released later this month. Update 1.3 will fix a number of issues, but not really add any functionality.
At any rate, this is what you can expect from the new fi... |
| Dec 21, 2006 | Microsoft fixes Zune, Vista compatibility issues | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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The Zune is finally ready for Windows Vista. In a 22 MB update (v1.2) released Tuesday, Microsoft fixed compatibility issues th... |
| Dec 19, 2006 | Zune Software Update Coming Today | Harvey at Zunerama sends word that the Zune software will be updated later today. It will enable support for Windows Vista and fix many issues that users, like Biggs and Goldman, have had installing their Zunes.
The update will be 22MB. It ... |
| Dec 14, 2006 | Two videos relating to iPods: Yes, it blends! | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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There are two comical videos circulating around the Internet today that are both iPod-related. The first of which is one of the... |
| Nov 13, 2006 | RocketBoom Refuses to Drink Zune Kool-Aid, But That Didn't Stop Us! or A Brief Note on CG's Independence | was supposed to be a Zune.net promo partner and backed out stating that he feels he can’t disparage the Zune because of that connection. The resulting post, which is fairly nebulous, allows me to sit down for a minute of meta-blogging to cl... |
| Nov 12, 2006 | Zune Contests are Over, Thanks for Playing, Check your Mail | OK Bucakroos, it’s high-Noon on Sunday, which means both of our contests to win Zunes (among other things) are officially over: the Seattle contest and the rest-of-the-country. We’d like to thank everyone who took the time to enter. In our ... |
| Nov 11, 2006 | Seattle Readers! Show Us Love and You Could Win: A Zune! A Belkin Case! And Tickets for Secret Machines + Blonde Redhead! And Breakfast with Secret Machines! | . But it’s only because we wanted you to savor the coolness we’ve got in store for you. So what is this coolness, you ask? Well as you may have gathered, it’s a contest, and a badassssss one at that.
Since we love other bloggers, we’ve gott... |
| Oct 12, 2006 | CrunchGear Gets Up-Close and Personal with Zunes | Cesar Menendez, our brother blogger over at Zune Insider, was nice enough to invite us to a little Pre-Zuning at the Souped Up Cafe, where he was holding a little meet-up for all the Zune fanboys in the Seattle area. In addition, he was nic... |
| Sep 28, 2006 | Zune Insider Details Accessories Inside Zune Box | Besides the next big thing in media players featuring WiFi, your Zune, if you decide to purchase one at the slightly-higher-than-rumored $249.99 on November 14th, will also, naturally, come with a handfull of accessories. It’s all standard ... |
| Sep 20, 2006 | Free Zunes on Ellen DeGeneres | Microsoft will be pimping the Zune on the Ellen DeGeneres show today, starting in just a few moments, according to Zune Insider. If you’re home (bum), tune in to our favorite dancing daytime talkshow personality (after Tony Danza).
She’ll b... |
| Sep 19, 2006 | A week in DRM wonderland | Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a key issue on the emerging web; how will the benefits of free flowing data be balanced by the commercial interests of content creators or the corporations that own their content? The past week has seen co... |
| Aug 2, 2006 | Anybody want to Buy an iPod? | Back in February I wrote an opinion column about Switching to iPod after years of using competing portable music players. In it, I described my decisions for giving up on the PlaysForSure camp and plunking down the money for a 60GB fifth-ge... |
| Aug 1, 2006 | Zune as Part of Microsoft's "Broader Picture" | Lots of new details are emerging about Zune, Microsoft’s new music/video device and related service.
The news about Zune broke last week in a Billboard article where Chris Stephenson, Microsoft’s new GM of marketing for MSN Entertainment Bu... |
| Jul 21, 2006 | Microsoft Zune to Battle iTunes/iPod | Microsoft today confirmed the existence of a new portable music player and integrated service called Zune. Launch is scheduled for launch some time this year.
Zune is clearly aimed at Apple’s iTunes/iPod dominance. In an interview with Bill... |