Archive for February, 2007

Music and Video Players Add Wi-Fi Access (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Saturday 24 February 2007 @ 4:00 am

Devices from AOL, iRiver, and Sandisk will let you acquire tunes without a PC.

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Posted in Zune, Microsoft PlaysForSure partners, Zune Features, Sandisk Sansa

Web TV’s top-rated acts (CNN Money)

Friday 23 February 2007 @ 9:18 am

Wayne's World, it's not. The Web TV series Diggnation draws hundreds of thousands of viewers. It has Fortune 500 corporate sponsors, and its two young stars are among the brightest in the tech firmament. Still, the production values are more in line with Wayne and Garth than they are with, say, The Daily Show ...

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Posted in Zune

Music on the move (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Friday 23 February 2007 @ 5:31 am

Look in an average teenager's backpack and you'll find one: a small, rectangular box with headphones connected.

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Posted in Zune

A hop, skip and jump away from fame and fortune (Long Island Business News)

Friday 23 February 2007 @ 2:14 am

Rapper MIMS (also known as Shawn Mims) may not be a household name yet, but his new single, “This is Why I’m Hot,” is recognizable to anyone into hip-hop.

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Posted in Zune

Technology: Format Wars Return (Emory Wheel)

Friday 23 February 2007 @ 2:12 am

The usual marketplace mantra is that competition is good for the consumer. But in the tech world, this isn't always the case.

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Posted in Zune, Apple iPod

Former EA prez joins Microsoft as strategic adviser (Addict 3D)

Thursday 22 February 2007 @ 11:16 pm

Former president of Electronic Arts Worldwide Don Mattrick has joined Microsoft as a strategic adviser for the Entertainment and Devices group. Details of Mattrick's new duties are vague, but Peter Moore has compared his arrival to a baseball superstar signing with the Yankees.

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Posted in Zune

Steve Jobs’ iTunes dance (Salon.com)

Thursday 22 February 2007 @ 9:17 pm

Now the Apple CEO says he would gladly sell songs without digital restrictions, if the record companies let him. That's hardly a brave defiance, and besides, I don't believe him.

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Posted in Zune, Apple iPod

Google Lays Down the Smack on Microsoft (Slyck)

Thursday 22 February 2007 @ 9:32 am

Office software suite challenged.

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Posted in Zune

Review: Alienware HUB 2.1 Speakers (Overclockers Club)

Thursday 22 February 2007 @ 7:42 am

3dGameMan - The Alienware HUB did not reproduce much quality sound at any of the settings. I tried my best with all styles of music, even breaking into the different Music Filters inside the Zune. Nothing really gave me a great tone.

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Posted in Zune

Ford Teams Up With Microsoft to Deliver Sync; In-Car Digital System Exclusive to Ford (The Auto Channel)

Wednesday 21 February 2007 @ 11:53 pm

* Ford Sync(TM), powered by Microsoft Auto software, is Ford's new fully integrated, voice-activated in-car communications and entertainment system for mobile phones and digital music players.

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Posted in Zune, Zune Accessories