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As I noted in my post yesterday , this year's Microsoft Giving Campaign activities kicked off this month. In addition to the items I mentioned in my previous post, I also posted a couple of special items. (If you don't know about our campaign, see this
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On the news today is this blog post from the Seattle PI about how the folks at Gizmodo got a demo of the new Zune HD, "Microsoft's answer to Apple's iPod Touch, set to be released this fall". Zune HD Video Hands On from Gizmodo on Vimeo . Very
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First it was questions about whether or not we'd have to worry about the coming Leap Second , then today after our power came back on, customer questions about the Zune 30. As we have a couple of Zune 30s in our home going strong, I was surprised to see
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As noted My life as a customer: this time, I'm repairing a Microsoft Zune . To be specific, an 8GB model that my son relies upon for his daily dose of everything from Disney pop to grunge to classic rock (he's all atwitter about the rock opera Tommy
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When we discuss customer and partner satisfaction at the office, I often tell people to remember one thing: never forget what it is like to be a customer. Well, this week (as I posted previously when I'm returned an Xbox 360 for repair, on a Friday the
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An old friend of mine, the irrepressible Tim Bucher , is in the news this week, as he's preparing to go toe to toe, so to speak, with Apple's supported ecosystem... "Now Bucher is again squaring off against his former company. He's spearheading an ambitious
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Engadget reports that local public school students were provided some free Zunes in Liberty, Missouri ... "handing out a hundred and change media players -- Zunes, to be specific -- to local high school and middle school students for listening to lesson-supporting
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As I break for lunch, this MSN Music note (pardon the pun) on Microsoft will continue to support MSN Music DRM : this from letters to MSN Music customers... On April 22, Microsoft notified you that as of August 31st, 2008, we would be changing the level
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Of interest: VentureBeat interviewed Robbie Bach, President, Entertainment & Devices Division here at MS , the group responsible for Microsoft games, hardware (like mice, keyboards and Surface), Zune, Mac software, Xbox 360 and more. This is the first
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Out of the mouths of babes, or in this case our soon-to-be seven year old son. Over dinner I asked... CJ, what's a Zune? [he uses a 30GB model for music and videos] CJ: "Zune is a type of iPod, but it's bigger." How is the Zune different from the iPod?
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Bloggers and the press are out in force at CES in Las Vegas, tonite covering Bill Gates' keynote at CES 2008 . You can find several entries listed here . Check out video coverage at Microsoft's CES site and on Microsoft PressPass . [More on the keynote
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Thinking about a great last-minute gift that doesn't require going to the mall or waiting for the FedEx driver to find your house? Give a subscription to a DVD-by-mail service. Better, give a Netflix subscription. This from a for-the -moment Blockbuster
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A quick update before I head off to deliver a presentation... David Pogue delivers his review of the new Zune in his review Microsoft gets better at carrying a Zune (International Herald Tribune ). He said that "the Zune has come a long way, with built-in
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Now this is very cool... this on Cool Hunting: Zune Originals: Interview with Chris Stephenson ... " Zune 's next move takes their support of emerging artists and literally puts it on their sleeve. Zune Originals is a collection of 27 original works by
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Of interest today as I'm home sick (cough-sneeze)... King 5 news reports (from the AP) on the new, redesigned Zunes... a family still with FM radio and wireless sharing, but with a larger hard disc and (finally) with flash-memory... "Microsoft Corp. took
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