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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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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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This in the mailbag over the weekend... a question that I didn't know the answer, and one that benefits my soon-to-be nine-year-old son.... "I have a Zune and when I turn it off by using the play/pause button down, the battery life seems to die after
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Another couple of questions... this time with a look at a few other companies in the market... "What are your thoughts on the Apple vs. Microsoft debate that are persistently flooding the airwaves and invading our precious commercial time? Why has Microsoft
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Peter Svensson is a technology writer for the Associated Press, and the Seattle Times picked up his article his article comparing the new Apple TV peripheral with the Xbox 360 : "Apple Inc. has graced the public with another smooth, white, exquisitely
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I received an email today asking where they could find more information on some of their Zune questions. So I sent them a link to the support site for Zune , now up and running. The site has how-to pages... Start Play Personalize Zune to Zune Marketplace
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J Allard -- one of the few people with a name shorter than mine -- is featured along with several others Microsoftie execs in BusinessWeek . Doug Hebenthal says in the article: "In every case in which I work with J, there is a mountain to climb, there
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Last night, at the end of NBC Nightly News broadcast, anchor Brian Williams announced the launch of the new Nightly News Podcast, which he said is available for iPod and Microsoft’s new Zune… this from the Nightly News web page … Nightly News Podcasts
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What do consumers think about the Zune? How does the public perceive Microsoft's Zune? CNET News.com's Erica Ogg talks to consumers at Best Buy in San Francisco about Microsoft's newest digital audio player. (2 minutes) And this coverage on Can Zune make
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The opening of the Zune. I went through the "out of box experience" ("OOBE" as it's called) tonight on a new retail Zune. It was like opening an origami box, 'though this one was made in China and used four pieces of adhesive tape as I counted. I was
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Seems that someone at BestBuy didn't read the memo... http://www.flx-tech.net/2006/11/zune_on_early_sale_at_bestbuy_1.html "By coincidence i got my hands early on an Microsoft Zune, bought as a regular customer at BestBuy... "They dont seem to care that
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Video: Microsoft's Zune zooms into CNET Networks - "Due to launch on November 14, the Zune is Microsoft's addition to the growing portable MP3 player market. Today, we got the chance to try one out before they hit store shelves."
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