items tagged with Zune

Microsoft plays catch-up with new Zunes
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2007-10-02 23:56:26
New model Zunes match iPod gigabyte for gigabyte, and dollar for dollar.

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Microsoft sees Zune sales topping 1 million by June
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-12-07 05:19:17

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile , Research) forecast on Wednesday that sales of its Zune music player will exceed one million units by the end of June 2007 despite a tepid start for the device.

Microsoft set to launch new model Zune in Europe by end 2007
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-01-21 03:18:26
Microsoft’s Jason Reindorp has told Reuters that Zune could be coming to Europe before the end of 2007. Looks like it’ll be a new Zune, and not the current, now-outdated model.

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Microsoft sets price for Zune, songs
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-09-28 09:12:35

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday its new Zune music player will be sold at a price matching Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod and, as a result, lose money this holiday season.

Microsoft sets price for Zune, songs
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-09-29 08:24:12
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday its new Zune music player will be sold at a price matching Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod and, as a result, lose money this holiday season.
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Microsoft to follow Apple's lead on DRM-free music
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-04-07 04:56:55
Following last week's announcement from EMI and Apple that the iTunes Store would begin selling DRM-free music, Microsoft seems set to follow suit with unprotected EMI tracks for Zune.

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Microsoft to pay Universal for every Zune sold
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-11-09 06:32:46

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to pay Universal Music Group a fee for each new Zune digital music player it sells when the iPod rival launches next week, the companies said on Thursday.

Microsoft won't see Zune zoom up the charts
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-07-22 03:04:16
Coming from a base of zero against a 80% market share holder such as iPod was always going to be a monumental task. Microsoft's strategy of pitting like against like will make it an impossible one.

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Microsoft Zune iPod slayer now official
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2006-07-21 20:19:49
The rumour has finally been confirmed as fact. Microsoft plans to take on Apple's iPod with its own player being produced under a project named Zune.

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Microsoft Zune phone to challenge Apple iPhone?
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2007-02-01 21:32:10
Microsoft plans to follow Apple into the MP3-player-turned-cell-phone market with a Zune-branded phone, rumour has it.

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Microsoft Zune rack and ruin
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-07-24 12:05:32
Dont miss: Microsoft won't see Zune zoom up the charts

You have to hand it to Microsoft. The company knows how to create a buzz about a product. From all the noise about Zune, you would think the “iPod killer” actually has a chance. Sadly for Microsoft, it won’t happen.

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Microsoft Zune to work with Microsoft Vista at last
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2006-12-08 10:05:29
To the surprise of many, Microsoft’s hoped-for iPod killer didn’t work with Vista upon launch. But as expected, compatibility is coming – on Jan 30.

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Microsoft's Zune to join swing to DRM-free music
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-04-07 01:03:43
Microsoft seems set to follow the lead of Apple's iTunes Store and begin selling DRM-free music for the Zune.

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Microsoft, give the European Zune market what it wants
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-01-20 21:36:29
The arrogance of Apple in the music player space knows no bounds. For Microsoft, this has created an unprecedented opportunity to carve out some real market share with Zune, especially if it hits Europe in Q4 this year. Unfortunately, however, the giant software company has been too ham fisted to recognize what it has in its hands.

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Microsoft, LG, patents and Linux get cross
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-06-07 10:28:11
A cross-license patent agreement between software behemoth Microsoft and Korean electronics powerhouse LG may result in some interesting products. Will we see an LG HDTV with built-in Xbox 360?

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MP3.com returns to music sharing with new features
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-11-13 05:57:15

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - MP3.com, the once massive music download site that settled copyright infringement suits with major record labels, said on Monday it is allowing the sharing of music and videos but this time with the authorization of independent artists.

Music companies say Jobs out of tune with no-DRM request
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-02-15 05:57:00
Technology and marketing wizard Steve Jobs has told the world that he thinks DRM should go, but Edgar Bronfman, CEO of Warner Music says Jobs’ idea is “completely without logic or merit”, which sounds pretty looney tunes to us!

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Music industry DRM restrictions to disappear?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Services
2007-01-07 07:56:10

Not if Apple as anything to do with it. But the DRM that has prevented users from using music purchased from iTunes on a Windows mp3 player, and vice versa, is starting to feel a real backlash from consumers. It’s about time!

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