items tagged with Zune
Zune: it's not just the player stupid
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-11-13 01:28:01
I originally wanted to title this article "Zune is iPod envy incarnate" but, after reading another article which explored the iPod envy angle, I decided to take a different tack. From what I understand, Zune is actually a very nice player, as is iRiver, Sansa and of course iPod. However, the player itself has very little to do with why Zune will probably be a flop, at least initially.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-11-13 01:28:01
I originally wanted to title this article "Zune is iPod envy incarnate" but, after reading another article which explored the iPod envy angle, I decided to take a different tack. From what I understand, Zune is actually a very nice player, as is iRiver, Sansa and of course iPod. However, the player itself has very little to do with why Zune will probably be a flop, at least initially.
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Fly me to the Zune and let me sing among the iPods
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2006-11-11 06:23:34
Microsoft’s Zune digital music player is coming on Tuesday the 14th. Will Apple spoil the party and launch a widescreen wireless iPod on Monday?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2006-11-11 06:23:34
Microsoft’s Zune digital music player is coming on Tuesday the 14th. Will Apple spoil the party and launch a widescreen wireless iPod on Monday?
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Zune a brown elephant?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-11-09 21:50:37
I must confess to having a good chuckle at a blog article criticising Microsoft's Zune strategy on the Forbes site by David M Ewalt. The article does indeed raise some important defects in Microsoft's strategy. The good news for Microsoft is that most of them can be fixed. The bad news is that one key problem cannot.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-11-09 21:50:37
I must confess to having a good chuckle at a blog article criticising Microsoft's Zune strategy on the Forbes site by David M Ewalt. The article does indeed raise some important defects in Microsoft's strategy. The good news for Microsoft is that most of them can be fixed. The bad news is that one key problem cannot.
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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
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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.
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Microsoft courts Universal with Zune revenue sharing deal
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-11-09 03:19:25
In what is being viewed as the first step in a campaign to cosy up to record companies, Microsoft has signed an agreement with the giant Universal Music Group, which will see Universal get a cut in all sales of its new Zune player in return for rights to content. It is likely to be the first of many attempts by Microsoft get between Apple and its record company suppliers.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-11-09 03:19:25
In what is being viewed as the first step in a campaign to cosy up to record companies, Microsoft has signed an agreement with the giant Universal Music Group, which will see Universal get a cut in all sales of its new Zune player in return for rights to content. It is likely to be the first of many attempts by Microsoft get between Apple and its record company suppliers.
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Zune not in the Christmas race with iPod: Gartner
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2006-11-06 05:00:57
Microsoft's go to market strategy for its Zune music player has been subjected to some harsh criticism in a note targeting content providers and mobile carriers. Gartner has criticised Microsoft's strategy of song sharing between Zune players and points to weaknesses in content provision because of an absence of deals between Microsoft and music or video studios.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2006-11-06 05:00:57
Microsoft's go to market strategy for its Zune music player has been subjected to some harsh criticism in a note targeting content providers and mobile carriers. Gartner has criticised Microsoft's strategy of song sharing between Zune players and points to weaknesses in content provision because of an absence of deals between Microsoft and music or video studios.
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iPod owners any easy target for Zune
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2006-11-02 01:07:41
According to ABI research iPod owners demonstrate little of the fierce brand loyalty of Apple computer owners and are very likely to make their next MP3 player a Zune.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2006-11-02 01:07:41
According to ABI research iPod owners demonstrate little of the fierce brand loyalty of Apple computer owners and are very likely to make their next MP3 player a Zune.
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Windows Media Player 11 gives users Vista URGE
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2006-10-31 07:11:06
Microsoft has unleashed Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP but promises its look, feel and capabilities are a preview of what's to come in Windows Vista. The new Microsoft desktop player is designed to be used with URGE, MTV Networks online digital music service and is compatible with portable players using Microsoft's PlaysForSure DRM.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2006-10-31 07:11:06
Microsoft has unleashed Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP but promises its look, feel and capabilities are a preview of what's to come in Windows Vista. The new Microsoft desktop player is designed to be used with URGE, MTV Networks online digital music service and is compatible with portable players using Microsoft's PlaysForSure DRM.
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Text messaging catches on in music business
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-10-30 06:57:58
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-10-30 06:57:58
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Billboard) - Students at Chula Vista (Calif.) High School near San Diego were treated to a particularly nice surprise on a recent Tuesday.
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What DVD Jon's iPod crack means for you
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2006-10-27 07:44:57
Analysis As we reported three weeks ago, reverse-engineering specialist "DVD" Jon Johansen has decoded the encryption that locks down iTunes-purchased music - and he's formed a company to license this to all-comers. Now Johansen has reverse-engineered rival DRM formats, permitting encrypted songs purchased from Apple rivals to play on iPods.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2006-10-27 07:44:57
Analysis As we reported three weeks ago, reverse-engineering specialist "DVD" Jon Johansen has decoded the encryption that locks down iTunes-purchased music - and he's formed a company to license this to all-comers. Now Johansen has reverse-engineered rival DRM formats, permitting encrypted songs purchased from Apple rivals to play on iPods.
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Five years of iPod demonstrates Bach's prediction
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-10-22 00:45:13
Earlier this year, Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division, predicted that it may take Microsoft up to five years to get into the music player business with Zune. He must have based that premise on the rise of iPod.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-10-22 00:45:13
Earlier this year, Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division, predicted that it may take Microsoft up to five years to get into the music player business with Zune. He must have based that premise on the rise of iPod.
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iPod virus stoush signals Microsoft fear of Apple
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-10-20 22:19:07
The heated interchange between Apple and Microsoft over a Windows virus that shipped with some iPods since mid-September has provided the marketplace with a clear sign that Apple's star is on the rise and that Microsoft knows it.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-10-20 22:19:07
The heated interchange between Apple and Microsoft over a Windows virus that shipped with some iPods since mid-September has provided the marketplace with a clear sign that Apple's star is on the rise and that Microsoft knows it.
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Video-hungry users could push Net to brink: Nortel
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-10-20 09:53:12
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-10-20 09:53:12
TORONTO (Reuters) - Soaring demand for games, video and music will stretch the Internet to its limits, Canada's Nortel Networks Corp. says, and it expects service providers will make big investments in its technology to avoid a crunch.
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Apple's Jobs doesn't see threats to iPod: report
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-10-16 05:16:14
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-10-16 05:16:14
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) doesn't expect the iPod media player to be hurt by Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Zune, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in a magazine interview.
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Jobs says Zune will lose its lovers
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2006-10-15 20:09:17
On the fifth anniversary of the release of iPod, Apple's founding CEO Steve Jobs has dismissed Microsoft's upcoming competitor Zune flippantly, saying its music sharing technology is too slow. In the Newsweek interview with Steven Levy, Jobs also explained how Apple convinced music companies to open their warehouses to iTunes and not to raise prices.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2006-10-15 20:09:17
On the fifth anniversary of the release of iPod, Apple's founding CEO Steve Jobs has dismissed Microsoft's upcoming competitor Zune flippantly, saying its music sharing technology is too slow. In the Newsweek interview with Steven Levy, Jobs also explained how Apple convinced music companies to open their warehouses to iTunes and not to raise prices.
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Sony says developing video Walkman
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-10-12 06:51:09
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-10-12 06:51:09
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote, NEWS, Research) said on Thursday it is developing a video-capable Walkman, playing catch-up with Apple Computer Inc.'s (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) market-leading iPod.
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Ballmer sees Google, Apple and open source as main competitors
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-10-11 08:01:21
In an exceptionally frank interview with BusinessWeek, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed himself to be on unsteady ground when it came to valuing the new Web 2.0 companies. However, he was crystal clear on where Microsoft can expect to get serious competition.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-10-11 08:01:21
In an exceptionally frank interview with BusinessWeek, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed himself to be on unsteady ground when it came to valuing the new Web 2.0 companies. However, he was crystal clear on where Microsoft can expect to get serious competition.
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Real, Best Buy do the Sansa with Sandisk
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2006-10-05 18:12:16
Consumer electronics retail chain Best Buy has entered the crowded portable music player fray, teaming up with Sansa player manufacturer Sandisk and RealNetworks for its Rhapsody 4.0 player software and subscription service.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2006-10-05 18:12:16
Consumer electronics retail chain Best Buy has entered the crowded portable music player fray, teaming up with Sansa player manufacturer Sandisk and RealNetworks for its Rhapsody 4.0 player software and subscription service.
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