Archive for May, 2007



Microsoft sells one million Zunes (Addict 3D)

Monday 28 May 2007 @ 1:14 pm
It may not seem like all that much given Apple's recent announcement that it's sold 100 million iPods , but Microsoft seems to be content with the one million Zunes it has sold so far (or will have sold by the end of June), which meets the sales target set at the Zune's launch.

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1M Zunes sold; competing with Apple is “fun” (MacNN)

Monday 28 May 2007 @ 11:37 am
Microsoft is already ahead of its shipment targets for the Zune, Microsoft Entertainment head Robbie Bach has revealed today in an interview. The executive noted that Microsoft has sold "a little over a million" of the 30GB players by late May, putting it ahead of the million-unit target set for June. Zunes also have a "pretty typical" attach rat...

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Microsoft claims Zune target hit (Addict 3D)

Monday 28 May 2007 @ 11:29 am
MICROSOFT CLAIMS that it has made its targets and flogged more than a million of its Zune music players.

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A Million Zunes Sold (Slashdot)

Monday 28 May 2007 @ 9:30 am
According to Robbie Bach, Microsoft's president of the Entertainment and Devices Division, Zune has already met the goal of 1.000.000 players sold, set at launch for the end of June. He also confirms that new Zune things will come in this fall, talks (not) about the Zune Phone, the new Watermelon Red Zune, the Zune Marketplace and of course Xbox 360. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Microsoft’s Robbie Bach: Making The Division Work (Spong)

Monday 28 May 2007 @ 6:42 am
"...PC, an Xbox, a Zune, a phone, whatever works."

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Getting in the game at Microsoft / Robbie Bach’s job is to make software giant’s entertainment division profitable (San Francisco Chronicle)

Monday 28 May 2007 @ 6:37 am
For all the challenges Microsoft Corp. faces as it moves into the future, the Redmond, Wash., software giant remains a formidable money machine. Its last quarter saw record profit, largely thanks to new versions of its Windows operating system and Office...

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Zune team takes a little poke at rival (Seattle Times)

Monday 28 May 2007 @ 3:12 am
In what was apparently meant to be a private jab at its biggest rival, the Microsoft Zune team set up an "iPod Amnesty Bin" at its headquarters...

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Sansa is solid in features, ease (Daily Herald)

Monday 28 May 2007 @ 2:52 am
NEW YORK — So far, nothing but a new iPod has been able to tear me away from my old iPod. But after spending some time cozying up to SanDisk Corp.’s new Sansa Connect WiFi MP3 player, I’m willing to admit there are other players I’d use in a pinch.

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Gates and Jobs to Share the Stage (Computer Business Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Monday 28 May 2007 @ 1:44 am
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and Apple chief Steve Jobs will make a rare joint appearance on Monday to wax lyrical about their visions of future technologies, at the D: All Things Digital conference to be held in Carlsbad, California.

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I’m Steve Jobs, and I’m Bill Gates (Sydney Morning Herald)

Sunday 27 May 2007 @ 9:55 am
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and Apple CEO Steve Jobs will make a rare joint appearance later this week.

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