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		<title><![CDATA[Image Gallery: Zune HD AV dock and Premium Car Pack]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12553_22-352495.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[While there isn't a huge accessory market like we see for the iPod yet, the Zune HD is a very compelling device and accessories are sure to follow. Microsoft did launch a couple last month and these two premier accessories let you connect to your HD TV and view high...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:51:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Image Gallery: A walk around the Microsoft Zune HD]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft's latest generation Zune is arguably the greatest with multi-touch support, fast processor, slim form factor, and overall UI improvements. The 32GB Zune HD is now available to purchase for just under $300 and if you are looking for a powerful portable media center then this may be one to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:48:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft: Zune HD will be 'U.S.-only']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pipe down, you unmitigated idjit.ntMS CAN'T contol HD outside the U.S.!Without the U.S. DMCA's protection the product is rip for picking apart!M$ plays it safefailing in US only is better than failing world wide.People in other countries don't want it either...I can't blame them...RE: Microsoft: Zune HD will be 'U.S.-only'"potential...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Zune HD portable media player revealed]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has unveiled official photos of its Zune HD portable media player. The player is rumored to support streaming music, offer a 'Zune Marketplace,' cost around $249 for a base 16GB model (in addition to a 32GB model and a rumored 64GB model), boast full support for 720p video though...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:50:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hands on with 6 online music services]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple has a virtual monopoly in the digital music download business, thanks to its iTunes Music Store. But there's plenty of competition. Here's a closer look at six services trying to deliver your favorite MP3s for less than Apple charges. by Ed Bott]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:22:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Yes or no: Is Microsoft going to keep making Zunes?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes or no: Is Microsoft going to keep making Zunes?Um yeathat would suck. I really think the Zune is the ONLY competitor to the iAnything and would be horribly upset. I refuse to purchase, own, use, or operate an iPod - due to Apples business model (which I do not...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:32:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hands-on with the Zune Pass subscription music service]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12354_22-251615.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, Microsoft announced a major change to its all-you-can-eat music download service. The new Zune Pass costs $14.95 a month and gives subscribers the right to download anything in the Zune marketplace. In addition, the monthly fee includes 10 song credits, which can be used for DRM-free MP3. Here's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:22:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Building Windows, not walls]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building Windows, not wallsBuilding Windows, not wallsHooray for ZDNet duplication! Now we only need 5 more articles about this subject which will coincide with ZDNet agenda.[i]will reinvigorate Vista's image and make Microsoft less of an Apple chump.[/i]As of lately the chump has been Apple with their failures.  This ad...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:34:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[So why does iPod Touch have a clock and new Zunes do not?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So why does iPod Touch have a clock and new Zunes do not?That's too easy a solutionI mean, isn't the point of these blogs to remind us and the stumbling giant of Microsoft's entitlements and the world who [i]is[/i] its great PC hope.RE: So why does iPod Touch have a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ozzie: Innovation coming from consumer, not corporate, market]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=608]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Until fairly recently, many Microsoft watchers -- including Softies themselves -- would likely say that the Redmond software maker was far more focused on business users than consumers. But there's a noticeable shift happening in where Microsoft sees innovation taking place.Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie summed things up rather succinctly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:54:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will the real Mike Cox please stand up?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5281]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you've ever joined a talkback discussion on ZDNet blogs, you've probably encountered Mike Cox. On the subject of Microsoft, the ubiquitous and presumably pseudonymous Mr. Cox is rarely at a loss for words.But who is this guy? Does Mike Cox head the IT department at a mid-sized company? Maybe....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:24:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is Microsoft becoming a hardware vendor?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=484]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft for years has been building keyboards, mice and joysticks. More recently, it started building Xbox gaming consoles. Then Zune MP3 players. Now, with the company's official unveiling of Surface, a k a Milan/PlayTable, Microsoft is mamufacturing large-screen, multitouch, gesture-recognizing computing devices.Does all this mean that software vendor Microsoft is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 08:00:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do you want a Surface Computer?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=482]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft went public at 12:01 a.m. on May 30 with the name of its "Milan"/PlayTable technology. The combined hardware/software device is now known as the Surface Computer and is due to debut in November.In one of many press releases on Milan and surface computing on Microsoft's PressPass site this morning,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 06:23:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will Microsoft pit 'Milan' multi-touch against Apple's iPhone?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=478]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It's show time for Microsoft's "Milan" multi-touch and gestural interface technology. And I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft decides to make this week's Wall Street Journal tech conference  the debutante ball.Milan, the technology previously known as "PlayTable," and, later, "Table," has been in incubation for the past few years...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 04:43:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Meet Microsoft, the advertising company]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=419]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft, first and foremost, is a software company. Or is it?  Consider these recent developments:  * On May 3, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire European-based mobile-phone advertising company ScreenTonic.  * Microsoft is promoting its Personal Expressions for Windows Live Messenger theme packs, which incorporate an expanded...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 09:24:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spiking the digital media punch]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/?p=1674]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Digital music has clearly crossed a threshold. Apple just sold its 100 millionth iPod. EMI is taking a chance on DRM-free music in hopes that consumers will embrace legal music downloads (and thus offset a 20% slump in CD sales). I have a Zune, and I find it has revolutionized...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:19:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Free your mobile music experience with iTunes and EMI Music]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=329]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[After Steve Jobs made his DRM-free speech back in February I have to admit that I was skeptical about whether or not he truly intended to offer DRM-free music on iTunes. However, he showed he intends to help bring willing buyers DRM-free music with yesterdays Apple and EMI Music announcement...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:38:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EMI ditches DRM]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/?p=1666]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[...sort of. Last night, posts started littering the web announcing that EMI might make such a move, instigated by an article in the Wall Street Journal. Some respondents in talkbacks on other sites wondered if this was an April Fools joke, though I doubted it, given that EMI has been...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:02:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ballmer's list: Microsoft's CEO shares his top nine Microsoft growth picks]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=263]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has come up with a list of the nine "opportunities" where he believes Microsoft can sustain a half billion or more in new margin growth over the next three years.  On February 15, Ballmer shared that list with Wall Street analysts and shareholders who participated...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:34:40 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Zune and Mac: not a great fit]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11408-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=30151&messageID=560095&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Zune and Mac: not a great fitMenus pulse, fade and glowTypical. Equating eye candy for effective UI. MS does it, the Gnome and KDE people do it, and the tech analysts like the author do it.The purpose of the "eye candy" in OS X is to enhance user feedback, not...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:16:00 -0800</pubDate>
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