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Rate Microsoft in the Pink…Redux

Original at Mobility Site external link    Thu, Jul 2

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By Zealot Rumors are flying yet again about an upcoming Microsoft project codenamed Pink. MS has now hired an ad agency for the project (McCann Erikson) who just happens to be the same ones that do the Zune campaigns. Seemingly on the strength of that connection alone the old Zune Phone rumors have sta...

Rate Microsoft Chooses Zune's Ad Agency to Promote Zune Phone "Pink"

Original at Gizmodo external link    Thu, Jul 2

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By John Herrman The Office shift follows a pitch for a new Microsoft mobile offering won by McCann's T.A.G. unit, said sources. JWT, McCann and fellow roster shop Crispin, Porter + Bogusky competed for that assignment, for which the client used the code-name Pink. It's a nice confirmation of previous rumors...

Rate Microsoft's "Pink" smartphone to be Microsoft-branded?

Original at Engadget external link    Wed, Jul 1

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By Nilay Patel Ready for even more rumors about Windows Mobile 7 and Microsoft's mysterious "Pink" smartphone project? Good, cause we've got a few -- and the first is potentially huge. CNET's Mary Jo Foley says her best understanding of "Pink" is now that it's a Microsoft-branded phone running a custom...

Rate Waiting for September

Original at Mobility Site external link    Tue, Jun 30

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By Zealot The new Zune, the Zune HD, has been reliably rumored all over the place to be set for release on September 8th. The device, featuring a OLED multi-touchscreen, HD Radio and a Tegra chip for superior video quality, has a good chance to be a major hit with students looking for an all-in-one medi...

Past Two Weeks

 

Rate More Zune HD Leaks

Original at Mobility Site external link    Sat, Jun 27

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By Zealot TK: 16GB and 32GB, Microsoft is considering adding a 64GB Zune later on in the model year Zune 2?Flash Zune details emergeMicrosoft Zune Picture - Zune In The Wild!Huge Zune Give-AwayI love my Zune © Zealot at Mobility Site, 2009. | Permalink

Rate Zune HD video hands-on quickie

Original at Engadget external link    Wed, Jun 24

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By Paul Miller Sure, we've been chummy with the Zune HD in the past, but we just took it for a quick spin on video so you can check out those smooth transitions for yourself. Unfortunately, the unit we were playing with had zero content loaded on it, but you can check out the slick unlock mechanism, swooping s...

Rate Podcast: Ping 17: Microsoft sues over ClickFraud, Soapbox scales down, Project Natal & Bing on Fallon

Original at Channel9 posts by user: The Channel 9 Team external link    Mon, Jun 22

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By Laura Foy The shorter guy with the dark hair whose been accused of being a Zune fanboy returned this week- and while he was out exploring the world he picked up a few juicy Microsoft storeis to bring back and share with us. Voila: Microsoft gets in the Reality Biz Jimmy Fallon is a Microsoft FANBOY!!

Past Month

 

Rate New Zune Rocks a Tegra – HD confirmed to stand for Hot Damn!

Original at Mobility Site external link    Sun, Jun 21

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By Zealot Engadget gets the gears turning on Flash Based Zune rumorsLeaked Images of the Zune 120 and Zune 16 FlashMicrosoft to preload content on to ZuneFlash Zune details emergeMicrosoft confirms new Zune © Zealot at Mobility Site, 2009. | Permalink

Rate Engadget HD Podcast 142 - 06.20.2009: Macrovision's Richard Bullwinkle

Original at Engadgethd (Feedburner) external link    Sat, Jun 20

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By Trent Wolbe Get the podcast [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (MP3). RSS - MP3] Add the Engadget HD Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. RSS - AAC] Enhanced feed, subscribe to this with iTunes.

Rate Zune HD Tegra Rumor Confirmed(! UPDATED)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Zune Thoughts.com external link    Tue, Jun 16

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By Adam Krebs There is a lot of news circulating today about some rumors of the new Zune HD using the NVIDIA Tegra processor. Several websites have been following the rumor, that started at donanimhaber.com, but apparently no one can confirm whether or not Microsoft's latest portable media player does...

May of 2009

 

Rate Podcast: This Week on C9: Bing, Changes to .NET FX 4.0, & play Apple IIe games on your Xbox

Original at Channel9 posts by user: The Channel 9 Team external link    Fri, May 29

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By Dan Fernandez Follow up - Microsoft services like Hotmail and Messenger won't be renamed to "Bing Messenger" Dan's pick of the week: Sean Faussett - Virtu, an Apple IIe emulator built using XNA, Silverlight, and WPF. You can even play Apple IIe games on your Xbox 360!

Rate Opinion: Say Hello to the Zune HD

Original at Zune Thoughts.com external link    Tue, May 26

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By Jason Dunn The Zune HD is designed from the ground up to take on the iPod Touch head to head. The hardware design is completely different from previous Zunes - one look at the sleek thinness tells you that. Microsoft wanted to get some information out about the Zune HD, but they're not spilling all the det...

Rate Podcast: Ping 12: Mac vs Microsoft, Ipod vs Zune: The Ad Campaign War

Original at Channel9 posts by user: The Channel 9 Team external link    Mon, May 18

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By Laura Foy With all the buzz surrounding the dueling advertising campaigns between Macs & Microsoft it was clearly time to address the issue. And since the CoffeeHouse is talking about it... Office: The Movie What Apple can learn from Microsoft War on the Ipod! Mac fights back

Rate Opinion: Top 10 disappointing technologies

Original at Mobility Site external link    Mon, May 18

By ctitanic PC Authority has posted an interesting article about disappointing technologies and there are two Microsoft’s Products that are included in the list of top ten. Could you guess which ones? I’m sure you do: Vista and Zune. Here is what they said about Zune:

Rate Is a new computing category coming soon?

Original at Houston Chronicle external link    Fri, May 15

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By Dwight While the Microsoft device sounds more like touchscreen Zune in a traditional media-player size, it wouldn't take much for Microsoft to morph it into a larger device designed for the living room. Certainly, if Apple releases such a product and it's a hit, Microsoft is likely to follow sui...

Rate Microsoft "Pink" specs leak out: Tegra, Snapdragon, OMAP 3, oh my?

Original at Engadget external link    Tue, May 12

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By Nilay Patel Here's the thing, though: we've also always been told that "Pink" is the codename for Zune software and services on Windows Mobile, so something tells us that Chassis 1 phones running Windows Mobile 7 will feature a strong dose of Zune flavoring -- a plan Steve Ballmer's repeatedly confi...

Year 2009

 

Rate How to get the Zune Theme for Windows VistaVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Apr 12

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By rss@youtube.com (CompHelp20) None Author: CompHelp20 Keywords: How how To to Get get The the Zune zune Theme theme For for Windows windows Vista vista CompHelp20 comphelp20 best tutorial ever not really lol Added: April 12, 2009

Rate Patch: Second Microsoft’s Laptop Hunters VideoVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Mobility Site external link    Sat, Apr 4

By ctitanic New video “I’m a PC”Microsoft’s Surface Parodied at Gear DiaryMicrosoft’s Zune zooms into CNET NetworksCheck Out Microsoft’s New Security ServiceHave you installed Microsoft’s SMTP Patch? © ctitanic at Mobility Site, 2009. | Permalink

Rate Opinion: The Daily Roundup: here's what you might've missed

Original at Engadget external link    Mon, Mar 23

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By Ross Miller Ballmer: Zune's future might be as software on non-Zune devices Fear not, Zune lovers, your favorite media player isn't going anywhere -- yet. While we were cordially asked to withhold a "full review" due to the beta firmware loaded on, we are passing along less formal informational piec...

Rate Ballmer says change coming to Xbox, Zune

Original at CrunchGear external link    Fri, Mar 20

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By Peter Ha On the Zune front, Ballmer says MS is sticking with the hardware and services, but won’t be dumping a whole of cash into it. Sounds like they’re going to expand the services end while making incremental improvements to the hardware. And Ballmer alludes to the “software/ecosystem” creepin...

Rate Hardware Review: Zune 120GB MP3/Video Player

Original at bombmatt (WordPress) external link    Wed, Mar 18

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By BOMB Matt Supported audio formats include AAC (Apple iTunes), MP3, WMA (Microsoft’s format), and WMA Lossless. I have to ask, can ANYONE bother to support OGG? Probably not, it’s primarily a Linux thing, and this IS a Microsoft platform, in a Windows world. Buy Zune 120 GB Video MP3 Player

Rate Zune.net Update Coming Tomorrow

Original at Zune Thoughts.com external link    Mon, Mar 2

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By Jason Dunn There's an update coming to Zune, but it's not what some of us were hoping for. I'm at the Microsoft MVP Summit right now and was in a meeting with Jessica Zahn where she shared the information about this update. And unlike most of what's being discussed here, this topic wasn't under NDA so I can...

Rate How to Replace the Microsoft Zune 80GB LCD ScreenVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Feb 26    2 related articles

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By rss@youtube.com (RepairsUniverse) http://www.RepairsUniverse.com - This video shows how to remove and replace the LCD screen on a 80GB Microsoft Zune. This can be necessary if you have a cracked, damaged or faulty LCD display. This part and others can be found on our website.

Rate How to open and replace Zune 80GB Hard Drive / DiskVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Feb 25    2 related articles

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By rss@youtube.com (RepairsUniverse) http://www.RepairsUniverse.com - This video shows how to open the 80GB Microsoft Zune and how to remove the hard drive. This may need to be done if the hard drive is faulty or damaged. This part and others can be found on our website. Keywords: Zune 80GB hard drive disk open take apart dismantle r...

Rate How To: BackSeat Driving Episode 1 - Zune Integration With SharePointVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Jan 4

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By rss@youtube.com (MichaelGannotti) In this episode Woody Windischman joins me in the backseat discussing and showing how to integrate Zune web services with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Author: MichaelGannotti Keywords: SharePoint Zune Gannotti Added: January 4, 2009

Rate Opinion: Zune Phone release date set for early 2009

Original at Microsoft Zune Players external link    Thu, Nov 27

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Related posts Zune Review - Zune Marketplace (0)Scooped on the Zune Touch features in 3.1 firmware (0)Zune WiFi HotSpot search by Ina Fried at CNET (0)Zune to be the portable game player as well? (0)Zune Tips : How to download youtube videos to my Zune (0) Zune phone concept courtesy ZuneSc...

Rate Podcast: This Week on C9: Xbox & Zune get updates, C9 gets custom CSS, and autonomous trucks!

Original at Channel9 posts by user: The Channel 9 Team external link    Sat, Nov 22

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By Dan Microsoft store launches (1:00 - 1:40) Omar Shahine discusses Windows Live updates, and New York Times declares Microsoft the winner of Social Inbox 2.0 (6:23 - 7:40) OnMicrosoft video site launches, includes interviews with the Microsoft product teams (13:10 - 14:00)

Rate Patch: Microsoft chopping Zune prices

Original at DMO Blog Zone external link    Wed, Nov 19

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By ko maruyama Also Microsoft Released the Zune 3.1 Update! Read what's new about that HERE

Rate REVIEW – iRiver SPINN 8G

Original at Mobility Site external link    Tue, Nov 18

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By Zealot The unusually striking design and mid-sized capacity (8G or 16G) puts the SPINN directly in line to compete with the new iPod Touches and Nanos and smaller Zune 2s. In that space, iRiver will have it’s work cut out for it, facing not only Apple and MS but the multi-headed Sansa line from SanDi...

Rate How To: Guide to Freeing up Disk Space under Windows Vista

Original at ComputerZen.com - Scott Hanselman's Weblog external link    Sun, Oct 19

By Scott Hanselman It puts that in %AppData%\Local\Microsoft\Zune\Transcoded Files Cache. I'm not sure how to move that folder, and I've looked all over the Zune app. I know I can set the Max Size, but I want it off my drive. So, I make a SymLink. ...

Rate Microsoft Beats Apple's iTunes Genius with MixView

Original at Gizmodo external link    Tue, Sep 16

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By Jesus Diaz They must be making popsicles in hell now, because Microsoft has come up with a much better way to expand your musical horizons than Apple iTunes 8's Genius in their new Zune software: MixView. Not only is MixView much prettier and more fun than Genius—we already knew that—it's also more us...

Rate Patch: Zune v2.3 Firmware released

Original at Zune external link    Sat, Sep 6

By Steve(noreply@blogger.com) Open the Zune software while the Zune device is still connected to the computer. The Zune software searches the Internet for the latest version of the firmware. If a newer version of the Zune firmware is available than the version that you have installed, a notice to update your device appea...

Rate Opinion: Windows Mobile Out of Place at Microsoft's Party?

Original at Pocket PC Thoughts external link    Tue, May 20

By Jon Westfall It's been a week of technological upgrades for me in the Entertainment realm. Prior to Saturday, the last console system I'd owned was 8-bit Nintendo, my smartphone was my only music player that was updated (as I'd outgrown my 30 GB Zune and my 60 GB iPod's screen was just too small anymore),...

Rate Podcast: This Week on C9: May 9th, New tools, new records and ratings, flying pigs, and a .NET app to Pwn Rock Band

Original at Channel9 posts by user: The Channel 9 Team external link    Fri, May 9

By Dan Microsoft withdraws proposal from Yahoo (0:50 - 1:24) XNA Game Studio CTP now available so you can build Zune game (2:40 - 4:00) Windows XP SP3 now available (4:00 -  4:39) Windows Live rated #1 for tools, SDKs, and Web services (4:39 - 5:59)

Rate Opinion: Seriously, Where's the Zune Support for Mac? [Zune]

Original at Gizmodo external link    Wed, May 7

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By Adrian Covert Devices And Platforms Should Never Be Exclusive: The iPod never really took off until it began supporting Windows with it's 2G iteration. Of course, Apple had more to gain from opening up to a much, much larger Windows user base, but it never hurts to make a product more widely available to t...

Rate Podcast: Mashable Conversations: Week in Review

Original at Mashable! external link    Sun, Mar 2

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By Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins It’s leap year, and it’s a weekend. I say that’s cause for celebration … with a Mashable Conversations Week in Review! Who’s with me? Get the Mashable Conversations podcast here. Add directly to iTunes here (or give us a rating). Add directly to your Zune here. This week was particularly good,...

Rate Podcast: GDC08: James Silva, XNA, XBOX Arcade, Zune Gaming, Renegade Dishwasher Samurai Angst and Revenge

Original at Channel9 posts by user: The Channel 9 Team external link    Tue, Feb 26

By Charles James created the winning entry in a recent XNA contest. His game is based on his experience as a dishwasher in a restaurant where he wasn't afforded proper respect. The result of this legitimate angst is a game written on the XNA platform (managed XNA, specifically, fully written in C#) D...

Rate 2nd Generation Zune Tanking

Original at Podcasting News external link    Thu, Feb 7

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By James Lewin We’d like to see Apple’s iPods get some strong competition, to help drive prices down and move portable media players forward. Microsoft’s Zune isn’t it. via : 2nd Generation Zune Tanking When Microsoft introduced the 2nd generation Zune portable media players last fall, it was clear tha...

Rate Patch: Microsoft rolls out Zune 2.3 software update with fixes aplenty

Original at Engadget external link    Tue, Jan 22

By Donald Melanson Not to be confused with the Zune 2.3 firmware update, Microsoft is today pushing out the Zune 2.3 software update, which brings with it a whole slew of fixes but no real new features. If the rundown of those fixes given by the ...

Rate Patch: Microsoft Zune Software V2.3 Released

Original at PMP Today external link    Tue, Jan 22

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By BrianB via zune-online] Microsoft released a Zune Software V2.3, which is the software to match the recently released firmware. The new software generally enhances performance but oddly enough your PC will not be able to tell your old update soon. When you try to sync it with yourn PC it says new har...

Year 2007

 

Rate Microsoft releases official Zune diagnostic tool

Original at Gadgetell external link    Thu, Dec 20

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By Robert Nelson Microsoft has released an official diagnostic tool for the Zune. The tool is primarily designed for those having issues with their sync set up and it will be able to check over your troubled Zune and bundle together some data that will be given to tech support. Which should in turn help your pr...

Rate Patch: Microsoft Zune Firmware Update 2.3

Original at Zune Info external link    Tue, Dec 18    2 related articles

By Mike Microsoft has released a new Zune Firmware version 2.3. The Firmware was released to fix the play/pause button battery drain problem. It also improves the Zune device recognition and stability during syncing. Upgrading your Zune Software/Firmware

Rate How To Reset Your Zune

Original at video.tipsdr.com external link    Sat, Dec 8

By support@magnify.net (Magnify.net) SeeYaZune wrote: This is a quick video tutorial on how to reset (reboot) your Microsoft Zune if it starts misbehaving... (Rated 6.85 based on 1 review.)

Rate Microsoft Zune 30gb Now Half Price - Save $100 - Great Deal!

Original at clipclip external link    Sat, Nov 24

Clipped by ipodzunemp3 Microsoft Zune 30GB Now Half Price (Save $100) - Amazing Deal Posted on Friday, November 23, 2007 at 07:56 Microsoft's Zune 30gb was just $99 for most of the day on Thanksgiving. Of course by the time most people got to Amazon.com [IMG ] to check this out at the end of the d...

Rate How To: Zune Firmware Hack For USB Drives

Original at D' Technology Weblog external link    Thu, Nov 15

I was unaware that you couldn’t use the first-gen Zune as an external drive via USB without hacking it and now, apparently, the new firmware has locked down that hack. I wouldn’ ... it all out and now you may resume using your Zune as a USB drive. First, it’s based on the registry hack from before

Rate Zune firmware hacked for USB drive goodness

Original at Bink.nu external link    Wed, Nov 14

By Sumeeth Evans I was unaware that you couldn’t use the first-gen Zune as an external drive via USB without hacking it and now, apparently, the new firmware has locked down that hack. I wouldn’t know, I hardly used... Continue this aticle on Bink.nu.

Rate Patch: Zune update is now available for downloadVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Zune Mp3 Player external link    Tue, Nov 13

By Mike http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEKUVebnxH4 Its 13th today and we have been eagerly waiting for a series of updates including the zune software, marketplace, zune social and more importantly the firmware update 2.2. The update is now available for download here. A member of zunethought...

Rate Patch: Zune 2.0 Firmware Download Release Date

Original at Zune Luv external link    Mon, Oct 22

Many Zune 1 owners want to know when they're going to get the Zun2 2.0 firmware download release. On what day will they be able to make their "old" Zune a "new" Zune? That date hasn't been released yet. As soon as we know, we promise to update our friends here at ZuneLuv. What we do know is that the Zun...

Rate How To Use The Zune as a Hard Drive

Original at Gizmodo external link    Mon, Jan 15

Thanks for the instruction to get my Zune to show as a hard drive on my computer. ... Now can anyone tell me how to transfer video from my Xbox 360 to my Zune? My next attack on the zune will be to hack the wifi system. ...

Year 2006

 

Rate Opinion: iTunes vs. Zune Software: What's Right For Your Music?

Original at Gizmodo external link    Wed, Nov 15

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By Jason Chen When we're making a comparison between the iPod and the Zune, it's also important to note that the software makes a big difference in your music experience. You'll have to use the software suite extensively for both playing back music at your computer and organizing songs onto your portab...

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