How will you survive the outage? Two outages, in fact. Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace and Xbox Live together. For up to 24 hours. Maybe as long as 48 hours for all things Zune. Sounds like a lot of downtime, right? It sure does. According to Xbox Live’s Major Nelson , it is server maintenance “in preparation for the new Xbox experience which will be available later this fall.” So the reason ...

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Microsoft has scheduled simultaneous service outages for its Xbox Live and Zune platforms this Monday, September 29th, starting at 12:01 PST. These "regularly scheduled maintenance" outages will take...

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The man in charge of Microsoft's Windows Mobile team yesterday repeated what the company has said before on this question: it's not going to happen.

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Just in time for late back-to-school or early holiday shopping, Apple, Microsoft and others have unveiled a new crop of digital-media players...

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Filed under: Portable Audio , Portable Video Simmer down folks -- everything is going to be a-okay. Yes, 'tis true -- Microsoft has indeed scheduled for Xbox Live service maintenance and Zune service tweakage to take place at the exact same time this coming Monday, but it's probably not worth losing your mind over. In fact, Major Nelson goes out of his way to affirm that "when [Xbox ...

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In a late Friday e-mail, Microsoft warns customers that the Zune service will be down starting at 12:01 Monday for up to 48 hours. A representative declines to explain why so long.

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Filed under: Cellphones We've heard it time and time again , but the inner Zune Guy within us refuses to believe Microsoft is really shunning the chance to pump out a handset of its very own. Unfortunately, Lady Luck hasn't done us any favors since the last time this question was posed , as Scott Rockfeld, group product manager for Windows Mobile, recently confirmed that Microsoft ...

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The Zune has a long way to go to become a threat to the iPod. But it is getting closer.

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OverDrive, a global digital distributor of download audiobooks, eBooks, and more to libraries, schools, and retailers, announced today digital audiobook support for Microsoft's Zune® digital media player with the OverDrive Media Console v3.1 release.

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The Zune has a long way to go to become a threat to the iPod. But it is getting closer, writes Rachel Metz.

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