Zune Guy — arguably the greatest fanboy of our time — has decided to finally commit his acrimonious separation from his namesake to ink. So what does he do? He integrates the Zune logo...

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Jean-Louis Gassée explains how Microsoft's future business model will borrow from both Apple and Google.

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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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Microsoft will release the XNA Game Studio 3.0 development tool for the US, Canada, UK, France, Italy, and Spain on October 30th, almost three weeks ahead of its New Xbox Experience (NXE) update, due November 19. Along with introducing a redesigned dashboard and Mii-like 3D avatars, NXE is expected to include the Xbox Live Community Games channel, a service that allows users to submit and ...

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Here's the special edition Gears of War 2 Zune coming out next month, in the flesh. It's total sex if you're into dripping blood and skulls and boxy media players. (You sick bastard.) Oh, and good...

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With consumers hunkering down, how is Microsoft hoping to get them to spend on technology toys and software this holiday season? The theme at the company's Holiday 2008 "In the (K)now" showcase in New York City this week is less is more.

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Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Scientists say 1 in 10 MP3 player users could go deaf --European Union scientists have declared that 1 in 10 MP3 users could lose their hearing because they're playing their music too loud. Create your own HTML e-mail newsletter --Download a newsletter template and send it to a subset of your Outlook or Thunderbird contacts--without the messages ...

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— Oct. 03, 2008 — Microsoft plans to port its Zune music playing software to Windows Mobile devices, according to CEO Steve Ballmer. Zune software and services may become part of the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 operating system, though the company provided no further information. ...

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Featured links from the CNET Blog Network iPod dying? It's already dead. --In an interview this week, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said that the iPod would go the way of the Walkman and transistor radio. But in terms of innovation, the mantle passed to the iPhone more than a year ago. At last Google invents something truly brilliant --Gmail Goggles stop you from drunkenly sending an ...

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Discover new music with Mufin, a service that analyzes music tracks to find similarities in tempo, rhythm, and density.

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