Hanging on the telephone proves rather costly for eBayObserver – The most comic spectacle of the week was undoubtedly Microsoft’s attempt to resuscitate its Zune music player, once billed as the company’s ‘iPod killer’. The extent of its lethality may be judged by the fact that it has sold 1.2 million units in a...
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Q&A | Plenty of challenges for Bach’s divisionSeattle Times – As Microsoft took the lid off its plans for the Zune music player, Entertainment and Devices Division President Robbie Bach talked with Seattle Times reporter Benjamin J. Romano about connected entertainment, profitability in his division, the music Related items Zune music – Microsoft...
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Touch-sensitive MS Zunes take on iPod touchPC Advisor – See also: Microsoft Zune review The move to offer content that is not protected by DRM is in line with similar strategies by Apple, which offers both DRM-protected and unprotected music, and Amazon.com which last week launched the beta of its Amazon Related...
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Teen to Apple: Never say neverChicago Tribune – YouTube is filled with videos of people who appear to have created their own iPhone by using Apple’s software on other mobile gadgets, including a T-Mobile Wing smart phone, a Sprint PPC-6800 and Microsoft Corp.’s Zune music player. Technology Related items Zune music – Zune’s...
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Zune price dropped to $200 ahead of Apple eventMacNN – One day before Apple is expected to introduce new iPods at a special event in San Francisco (“The Beat Goes On”), Microsoft has announced that it is dropping the price of the 30GB Zune music player to $200. A posting to Microsoft’s Zune Insider...
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News Blog: Posts tagged MTVCNET News – One reason may have been that shortly after Urge launched, Microsoft directed much of its attention toward the Zune music player and a digital download store that would not only compete with iTunes but also Urge. According to the Journal’s story Related items Zune music –...
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Microsoft Beats Rival To Discount With $50 Off Zune Music PlayerTampa Tribune – This feature requires the Macromedia Flash Plugin. Please visit http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer to download this plugin. SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp. slashed $50 from the price of its Zune digital media player Wednesday, just before Apple Related items Zune music – Zune’s Web...
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News Blog: Posts tagged verizonCNET News – Urge had been launched as a music store in conjunction with MTV Networks’ music brands, but its highly publicized deal with Microsoft had fallen by the wayside as the software company launched its Zune music player and accompanying music store. Related items Zune music – Zune’s...
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Summary Box: Salvaging damaged drivesSeattle Post Intelligencer – Last updated September 11, 2007 9:04 p.m. PT Summary Box: Salvaging damaged drives By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DIGITAL RELIEF its own bus service Microsoft expands Seattle footprint Microsoft to expand in Seattle Microsoft cuts price...
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News Blog: Posts tagged wirelessCNET News – Urge had been launched as a music store in conjunction with MTV Networks’ music brands, but its highly publicized deal with Microsoft had fallen by the wayside as the software company launched its Zune music player and accompanying music store. Related items Zune music – Zune’s...
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Microsoft and Cisco: Product PromisesBusinessWeek – While Microsoft has failed to reap financial rewards from the XBox, online services such as Web search, or its Zune music player, Cisco is making hay in markets spanning from cheap wireless home routers to complex corporate phone systems. Its Related items Zune music – Zune’s Web...
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