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rumormonger
Zune-phone rumor refuses to die
The Inquirer is convinced that Microsoft will launch a Microsoft-branded Zune phone in February. Not some other brand's phone running Windows, but an actually iPhone-wannabe Microsoft Zune phone. The Inq cites a geek detail to make it real: The phone will use Nvidia's Tegra mobile CPU chip, not unlike this Nvidia prototype CNET handled. In theory, that means it can do most of what a desktop PC can do. In practice, that means it'll probably be hated on as just much as Vista.

12:43 PM on Tue Nov 25 2008
By Paul Boutin
660 views, 5 comments

Most discussed Pragmatic: No they will not. What will happen though is they will feature prominently the Windows Mobile 6.5 with Zune play more »
Microsoft makes logical business move Microsoft's Department of Losing Money — the Xbox and Zune division — has reportedly frozen hiring. [Silicon Alley Insider]

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Lawrence
If the Valley was like Hollywood, Hansup Yoon's story would have been the feel-good coming-of-age movie during Oscar season. Seriously, the kid makes a web forum and is able to make more money off Zune than Microsoft? Where's Sorkin on this? Lawrence, today's featured commenter, explains to those drinking the hatorade: More »

4:40 PM on Thu Aug 28 2008
By Alaska Miller
466 views, 4 comments

Most discussed dingdongditch: ok.. but how does Huey Lewis fit in? Does he want "a new drug"? + Watch video more »
jackpot
Teenager pays for college with Zune chat site
Turning a profit with your startup can't be all that hard. Just ask 15-year-old Hansup Yoon. He created a community discussion site called ZuneBoards in 2006 using free MyBBoard software, got 60,000 users, earned $1,000 a month from Google ads for a couple years, and then sold it for $62,000 this summer. "It is so easy to make money on the Internet," Yoon told the Boston Herald. "I only spent 30 minutes online a day on ZuneBoards."

8:20 AM on Thu Aug 28 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
2,236 views, 12 comments

Most discussed Lawrence: good story. pure and simple at heart. forums, adsense, and the rest is history - all done by a 15yr old for more »
We would submit that all tattoos are stupid, not just one of a Zune The man who had the Zune logo and "Welcome to the social" slogan" tattooed on his arm and back is getting the ink removed. [Real Dan Lyons]

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A moment too Zune Robbie Bach, overseer of Microsoft's entertainment division, has been trotted out by PR to counter Apple's iPhone buzz. He trots out familiar numbers about Windows Mobile phones outselling the iPhone. (A challenge: try naming one.) And then he undermines his credibility by admitting to having four Zunes. [SFGate]

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digital music
Zune no longer taking up valuable GameStop shelf space
Microsoft's iPod imitator, the Zune, will no longer be sold at videogame and electronics retailer GameStop according to GameStop CFO David Carlson. They probably need that space for Grand Theft Auto IV, which has sold more copies in a few weeks than Microsoft's portable media player has sold since launch. [Digital Daily]

2:00 PM on Fri May 23 2008
By Jackson West
456 views, 4 comments

Latest by Bornean: Can we agree that both [stop, spot, (shop)] are as boring and eager to get our damn money? more »
copyfight
Microsoft says Zune won't filter your home videos, promise
After news that NBC had asked Microsoft to develop content filtering technology to keep infringing files off the Zune spread like wildfire, Cesar Menendez, a Microsoft employee working on the Zune, said there was no agreement between the television network and the technology company to implement any such plan.
We think some folks in the industry were expressing hopes for how the entire industry, not just Microsoft, would come to look at content distribution, and some speculation has ensued.
In other words, a bit of wishful thinking on NBC's part. More »

10:00 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Jackson West
451 views, 3 comments

Latest by WagCurious: Well at least you printed your retraction on the front page. more »
copyfight
Microsoft's antipiracy protection may doom video Zune
Part of the deal between NBC and Microsoft to sell television shows to Zune owners is that Microsoft will attempt to build in antipiracy technology that keeps anything you might have downloaded through less than legitimate means off the device. In other words, you can say goodbye to trading MP3 files or videos with your friends on the Zune — instead, you'll have to use officially authorized sources to charge it up with content. How will the Zune know if the video you're trying to download to the device was downloaded illegally or, say, created by you? Until digital watermarking technology improves significantly, it won't, and even then, who knows. So for you lonely Zune owners, prepare to get even lonelier, because the second the company implements this "feature," it can kiss goodbye to what little market share it now enjoys. (Photo by AP/Ted S. Warren)

2:40 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Jackson West
461 views, 6 comments

Latest by nojo: @WagCurious: The original site quotes a guy that does not work for Microsoft. No, J.B. Perrette is merely "president of digital more »
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Lonely Zune owner reaches out on Craigslist
While in the strictly platonic section of Craigslist, this anonymous Angeleno writes in a tone more suited to casual encounters, what with the desire to "rocket sweet tracks up each other's Zune slots" and the need for "a hearty and steadfast product." I'm willing to bet my Shuffle against your Zune the author is NBC's Jeff Zucker, and that he wasn't being ironic.

5:40 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Jackson West
3,006 views, 3 comments

Latest by meowmeow: Reads like an "edgy" ad to me. more »