Archive for December, 2008

Zune’s New Year’s hangover comes a day too soon (Microsoft News Tracker)

Wednesday 31 December 2008 @ 11:23 pm

Microsoft’s original 30 GB Zune MP3 players apparently started New Year’s partying a day too soon and are now frozen in hungover immobility…

Update: Microsoft has a fix and luckily it doesn’t involve any more than letting the battery discharge and reconnecting only after noon GMT on January 1, 2009. It turns out that it was a leap year problem.

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Leap year bug zaps Zune music players (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday 31 December 2008 @ 8:08 pm

It wasn't a very Happy New Year for owners of Microsoft's Zune.

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Zune Chokes on Leap-year Bug (PC World)

Wednesday 31 December 2008 @ 6:56 pm

Microsoft says that Zune 30GB players were frozen today because of a bug in the device's internal clock driver.

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Zune Chokes on Leap-year Bug (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday 31 December 2008 @ 6:40 pm

Microsoft's Zune 30GB music player just wasn't ready for a leap year.

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Microsoft’s Zune players freeze on New Year’s Eve (AP via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday 31 December 2008 @ 6:15 pm

Happy New Year from Microsoft Corp.: Your Zune is dead.

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Microsoft Zune affected by ‘bug’ (BBC News)

Wednesday 31 December 2008 @ 5:13 pm

A mystery software problem has affected 30GB first generation versions of the Microsoft Zune digital media player.

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Z2K for Zune music players? (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday 31 December 2008 @ 4:34 pm

Microsoft warned owners of 30-gigabyte Zune music players on Wednesday that they may experience "issues" with the model as Zune owners around the world reported that their devices were freezing up.

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Microsoft Says Leap Year Bug Caused Zune Failures (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday 31 December 2008 @ 4:32 pm

Picture this: You're gearing up to create a killer playlist on your 30GB Zune for your annual New Year's bash. All of a sudden, your Zune locks up, reboots itself, and freezes. What the heck is going on?

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Users of Zune MP3 players report glitch (CNN Money)

Wednesday 31 December 2008 @ 4:05 pm

Baffled consumers are griping about a mysterious glitch that appeared to cause thousands of Zune MP3 music players to simultaneously stop working late Tuesday and early Wednesday.

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Last Bytes: Mogul Feud, Zune Mystery (Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday 31 December 2008 @ 2:31 pm

John Malone quietly dumps IAC shares: Is his feud with Barry Diller heating up again? [The Wall Street Journal ] For reasons still unclear, 30 gigabyte Zune MP3 players all over the world fail en masse. [TechCrunch ] The newsstand that spawned ...

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