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Did the Y2K failure come to Zune 30 devices 9 years later?

Did the Y2K failure come to Zune 30 devices 9 years later?Two stuck Zune 30's hereMy wife and I both have frozen Zunes. Mine had been charging yesterday / overnight and found it to be on the logo this morning. My wife's hasn't been used for a couple...

Tags: Y2K, Zune team, Microsoft Zune, Zune 30, Y2K failure, Zune 30 device

Discussion threads 2008-12-31

Is Nokia working with the Zune team to support the Zune library?

Is Nokia working with the Zune team to support the Zune library?WM7I think the integration will be part of WM7.RE: Is Nokia working with the Zune team to support the Zune library?" I think Windows Mobile devices with the ability to play music from Zune Pass subscriptions would be a...

Tags: Team management, VOIP, Cellular phones, team, Microsoft Zune, Zune library, Zune team, Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

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Adding a Wizard to your Magic Mouse

you're nuts.Multi touch on a laptop trackpad is IMO the single best thing about apple hardware. It is not illogical that this tech should show up in a mouse as well. Clearly, you haven't tried it. It works quite well and there is no "contortion" needed.Dumbest... mouse... everJust because something...

Tags: Mice, mouse, Magic Mouse

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Was Windows 7 totally your idea?

W7: Whose ideas?It is pretty clear that Apple and Microsoft "borrow" from each other. I don't think that's a problem, all competitors "borrow" each others' ideas and the consumer wins.What is clear, though, is that Microsoft did listen to alot of people but it wasn't those people that use...

Tags: Desktops, Crispin, Microsoft Corp., PC, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

When will Microsoft's Live Mesh matter?

I consider live Mesh to be one of the killer apps...... on my Windows Mobile phone. That explains a lot there. If Microsoft can't get Windows Mobile straight, what hope is there for ancillary services?it is oddIt's bizarre that they haven't used it in other ways. I love it...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Mesh matter, Microsoft Live Mesh

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Teens are generation Apple as iPod, iPhone dominance reigns

Look at fall 2007Two years ago, 13% said they planned to buy a Zune. And, almost none of them did.Apple owns this market in the USA and will until the category of MP3 player is no longer relevant.I wonder how many teens plan to buy a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone?Big...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, Apple Inc., MP3, MP3 player, iPod iPhone dominance reign, dominance reign, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Teens are Generation Apple as iPod, iPhone dominance reigns

Apple's dominance among teenagers is unchecked and the iPhone love is growing dramatically, according to a survey by Piper Jaffray. Simply put, Apple consumer electronics prowess is unchallenged. Piper Jaffray's bi-annual survey of 600 teenagers reveals: 22 percent of students...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., Apple Inc., Pricing Strategy, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Windows Mobile 6.5 disappoints; no Start customizations and stylus still required

Apple is safe.Point release or not, Microsoft is under the gun to come up with something better than this retread if they want to stay in the mobile device business. Make no mistake, the handset makers are not just disappointed, they are steaming about Microsoft's inability to keep up, because...

Tags: Keyboards, Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless and Mobility, phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, touch screen, Windows Mobile 6.5, ringer, mobile, Finger-friendly, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

News to know: XP Mode; Cisco; Comcast; 'Ardi'

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing [video=346621] Larry Dignan: Cisco doubles down...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows XP, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Channel Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-10-02

SAP, Novell team up on SUSE support

bluray converterThis Super Blu ray Ripper can help you easily transfer Blu-ray files to portable devices, like iPod, Apple TV, PS3, Xbox, Mobile phone, other MP4 Players such as Zune, Sony Walkman, iRiver, Creative Zen, etc.

Tags: SuSE, SAP AG, Novell Inc., team

Discussion threads 2009-09-26

Zune Originals order status & tracking system needs major work

Must be a new issueI bought a Zune 80 via Zune Originals. I got it two days after I ordered and it had to come from Hong Kong to Michigan. I've never received anything so fast in my life.Similar results ....Placed an order last week for a custom...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Zune Originals

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Zune HD games, sponsored by the Kia Soul

ho humI must say im unimpressed. I was hoping they would have been more on. thats the problem with the OS setup also, no good preinstalled apps. They need to step it up if they want any consideration and I havent looked at pricing but I hope they dont think...

Tags: Games, game, Kia Motors Corp., Microsoft Zune, Zune HD

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Zune HD: No YouTube in the browser for you

patheticI don't care much about youtube (I much prefer TED conference with top minds/scientists to that popular crap :P) but being a social media users (msn, FB and the like) I know for a fact that many people spend lots of time on this site and it is now imperative...

Tags: Team management, Turnabout, Web browser, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Palm; Twitter as botnet command channel

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Exchange 2010 buzz grows louder Ryan Naraine: Brazilian ID thieves using Twitter as botnet command channel...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Palm Inc., Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Tablets, Notebooks, Digital Cameras, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-08-14

Microsoft's Project Natal for business: In your dreams

Natural user interfaces will be big. Anyone that sees Microsoft's Project Natal demo comes away impressed. Once Microsoft execs try to extend that to the business world you can't help but snicker. That clunky transition from the Xbox to the business world was in plain view at...

Tags: Environment, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Business World, Mundie, Game Players, Microsoft Project, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-31

The history and future of Chrome OS

Chrome OS is Google's first attempt at a desktop operating system. Due to be released in the second half of next year, the Chrome OS has many people baffled as to what it is exactly. What possessed Google to directly take on Microsoft in this way? Is Google getting too...

Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Chrome OS, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-11

Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go?

Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go?The Zune of cloud computingI just can't get behind any service offered by Microsoft, regardless of the discount they attached to it. I'd be thinking about the Zune and Hotmail. And, if by some miracle they actually did field a well conceived...

Tags: E-mail providers, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Scripting languages, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Azure pricing, Microsoft Zune, MSN Hotmail, pricing strategy

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

What if the new name for Microsoft Live Search is ... Yahoo?

What if the new name for Microsoft Live Search is ... Yahoo?Google Search is just simply better, PERIOD.ntMicrosoft loses at auto-correctionEnter "rumplestilskdnin" at Live Search. It finds nothing and more importantly, doesn't say "Did you mean...".Enter the same term at Google and while it finds nothing, it makes a...

Tags: SEARCH, Web browsers, MS-search, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Live Search, search engine

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

New Zune entertainment services on tap for June?

New Zune entertainment services on tap for June?That's a pretty lame timetable if you ask meSeems that MS is living in a vacuum where they think they can release a "me too" product with features that their competitors have a long time ago. The Zune v1.0 and WinMo 6.5 are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing research, Microsoft Zune, New Zune, Microsoft Corp., New Zune entertainment service, WinMo, entertainment service, entertainment

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Microsoft's Pink: Let's leave the 'iPhone rival' label off

Microsoft's Pink: Let's leave the 'iPhone rival' label offWinMo 7 is vaporware! ...2010.. c'mon.. vaporware!apple is likely to have an OS update with basically everything people have complained about it lacking and more and WinMo 7 aka the ghost is a year away... you've got to be kidding me.. MS.....

Tags: Linux, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, Cellular phones, WinMo 7, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, iPhone rival, phone, Pink, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-28