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Killer 120GB Microsoft Zune Introduced with Gears of War 2 (MobileMag)

Wednesday 1 October 2008 @ 12:08 pm

Thanks to a price drop and a price match, I am now the proud owner of a Xbox 360 . I'm slowly immersing myself in the first Gears of War, but I know that the highly anticipated sequel is just around the corner.

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Microsoft Zune Gears of War 2 Edition Ready for Pre-order (PDA Buyer’s Guide)

Wednesday 1 October 2008 @ 11:35 am

Microsoft today announced that Zune will introduce the Zune "Gears of War 2" Special Edition 120GB device with pre-orders going live today in the U.S. at Amazon.com and Walmart.com. Here is more info:The special edition devices will also be ...

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Zune Raises the Crimson Omen; Declare Your Loyalty to Delta Squad With a 120GB Zune ‘Gears of War 2′ Special Edition (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday 1 October 2008 @ 6:00 am

Microsoft Corp. today announced that Zune, the company's end-to-end music and entertainment service, will introduce the Zune "Gears of War® 2" Special Edition 120GB device with pre-orders going live today in the U.S. at Amazon.com and Walmart.com.

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Shut Down iTunes and Then What? Refer Former iTunes Customers to Zune Marketplace? (AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday 1 October 2008 @ 3:00 am

Let me see if I understand this correctly. On Thursday, the Copyright Royalty Board will rule on a proposal by the National Music Publishers' Association to raise the royalties paid to its members on songs purchased from digital music stores like iTunes.

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Gears of War 2 Zune Coming on Nov 7, Preorders Start in the Morning [Zune] (Gizmodo)

Wednesday 1 October 2008 @ 12:44 am

Killing two marketing birds with one stone, Microsoft's bundling some of its Zunes with various Gears of War 2 (launching soon!) paraphernalia. Each 120GB Zune will sport a laser-etched “Crimson...

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Tear Down: Microsoft re-tunes the Zune (Embedded Systems Programming Magazine)

Wednesday 1 October 2008 @ 12:11 am

The highly integrated device adds an FM radio and WiFi connectivity.

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Gears of War 2 canvasses special-edition Zune (Engadget)

Tuesday 30 September 2008 @ 11:10 pm

Filed under: Gaming , Portable Audio , Portable Video Microsoft couldn't let the gory , highly-anticipated launch of Gears of War 2 (chainsaw duels! Rhhhahaararggg!) pass without bloodying a Zune or three in the process, Halo 3-style . Specifically, Microsoft has laser-etched that pesky little "Crimson Omen" onto a glossy black Zune 120 , pre-loaded the device with 244 pieces of ...

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Synaptics Adds New Multitouch Gestures To Trackpads [Multitouch] (Gizmodo)

Tuesday 30 September 2008 @ 5:14 pm

newVideoPlayer("/synaptics_gestures.flv", 506, 306,""); Synaptics, best known for developing the Zune Pad and Android G1 screen, have unveiled two new multitouch gestures for their PC touchpads:...

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RUMOUR: Microsoft to merge Zune and Xbox Live (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Tuesday 30 September 2008 @ 5:53 am

As a Zune owner, I got an email late last week telling me that the Zune store was going to be down for 48 hours, starting today. Not a problem for me, given that I don't use it, but a bit of a pain for American Zuners, I would have thought. It would be like the iTunes Store going down for two days.

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Zune Marketplace Introduces Exclusive Fania Records Digital Store (All About Jazz)

Monday 29 September 2008 @ 6:13 pm

Today Zune, Microsoft Corp.'s end-to-end music and entertainment service, announced jointly with Fania Records the availability of a custom collection of Fania albums consisting of never-before-digitally-released productions.

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