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1. Zune shifts into high gear with 6 HD games

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   Tegra processor gets a workout Microsoft has released six free games for the Zune HD. The titles - which are all free - include PGR: Ferrari Edition, Audiosurf Tilt, Lucky Lanes Bowling, Vans Sk8: Pool ...

2. Nvidia reports 3Q revenue jump

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 06 November 2009

   ... revenue and was up 11 percent quarter-over-quarter.    Consumer and entertainment business - represented 7 percent of total revenue as the first Tegra-based products, Microsoft Zune HD and Samsung's M1, ...

3. Apple takes on Microsoft's Zune with FM Radio iPhone app

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Wednesday, 14 October 2009

   ... networking in its latest iPhone and iPods." The introduction of a native iPhone FM radio app could help lure Microsoft fanbois away from the Zune HD. The upgraded device - powered by Nvidia's Tegra processor ...

4. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Wednesday, 23 September 2009

   ... be the last truly great Intel CEO. It is amazing how companies seem to lose their way once a founder that has been so instrumental in driving the company to success departs.  Microsoft just ...

5. Microsoft's Zune tunes in to HD Radio

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Monday, 14 September 2009

   Microsoft has introduced its long-awaited HD Zune. The upgraded device - powered by Nvidia's Tegra processor - is capable of rendering high-quality video and playing HD radio. San Francisco, Calif. ...

6. Apple lines up against Palm, Microsoft. And Apple

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 09 September 2009

   ... was tactically.   On the other hand, the MP3 market is increasingly looking saturated with Apple’s problem less products like Microsoft’s Zune or Palm’s Pixie but more the fact that nearly everyone ...

7. Microsoft ditches 'classic' Zune models

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 02 September 2009

   Microsoft has finally decided to retire its "classic" Zune models, including the 8, 16, 80 and 120. According to Paul Thurrott, the upcoming Zune HD will be the "only" MP3 device type sold by the Redmond-based ...

8. Microsoft Zune HD announced. Formally

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Wednesday, 12 August 2009

     The Zune HD will go on sale on September 15 and Microsoft said you can pre-order it now. The Zune HD will go on sale on September 15 and Microsoft said you can pre-order it now. The touch screen ...

9. Microsoft retools Indie Games for Xbox Live

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 24 July 2009

   Microsoft has retooled its XNA Creators Club program. The project - renamed Xbox Live Indie Games - offers new price points based on a three tier system: 80, 240 and 400 MS Points. San Francisco (CA) ...

10. Microsoft: Mobile Xbox device inevitable

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    A senior Microsoft executive has confirmed that the release of a mobile Xbox device was inevitable. However, the executive conceded that Microsoft remained unsure how to enter the mobile market. San ...

11. Apple, Microsoft, others sued over touchpad products

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 17 July 2009

    A case started in a US district court alleging that Microsoft, Apple and a host of other defendants have breached a patent relating to touchpad technology.A case started in a US district court alleging ...

12. Microsoft, Yahoo, Real Networks sued over music copyright

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    A copyright administration company started a legal case against Real Networks, Yahoo, and Microsoft, alleging that they breached copyright on several pieces of music and the authors of music they look ...

13. Dinging Bing: 5 reasons why Microsoft’s new search engine will fail

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 02 June 2009

    Opinion – Now that we all had a chance to play with Microsoft’s new Bing engine, are we ready to ditch Google? Are we binging instead of googling? I’d like you to chime in and let us know what you ...

14. Microsoft’s Zune HD: Not enough? Too late?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Wednesday, 27 May 2009

    Opinion – Microsoft can’t be serious. It took the company two years to come up with a product that now looks can be serious rival to Apple’s iPod Touch. And even if it appears to be a solid product ...

15. Microsoft to battle iPod Touch with Zune HD

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 26 May 2009

    Microsoft has confirmed that it will release the Zune HD media player, a new member in the Zune family aimed squarely at Apple’s iPod Touch. Redmond (WA) – Microsoft confirmed that it will release the ...

16. Can Palm or Zune beat Apple?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Thursday, 21 May 2009

    ... In addition, Microsoft has launched an in-your-face competitive ad using a financial argument to drive on Apple's inability to do a subscription music service.   This ad would have likely ...

17. Microsoft’s silly shot at the iPod: Desperate?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 12 May 2009

    ... Apple, but would someone explain to me Microsoft’s thoughts and strategy. Someone must have a lot of fun sabotaging Microsoft’s anti-Apple ads. There is no other explanation for this latest ad, another ...

18. Microsoft gets former Sun chip guru, but why?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 10 April 2009

    A Microsoft spokeswoman has confirmed that former Sun Microsystems chip guru, Marc Tremblay, is leaving sun for the Redmond software giant, as was reported in the New York Times on Tuesday. His title ...

19. Microsoft to copy Apple's stylish retail stores

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 13 February 2009

    Microsoft decided that it's had enough of Apple's retail success and is apparently flexing its muscles to enter the retail segment with brick-and-mortar stores if its own. The decision was officially ...

20. Netflix on Xbox 360 races to quick success

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 05 February 2009

    I have to admit, I had my doubts about Microsoft’s strategy to turn the Xbox 360 into a universal entertainment console. And when I heard that Netflix streaming would be limited to paying Xbox Live ...

21. Zune-MEAN's business: Cinemash gives digital cinema a new twist

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 04 February 2009

    Microsoft today announced it has partnered with the bi-monthly MEAN Magazine to produce an innovative concept which will exclusively be available to Zune subscribers, and then later for MSN and Xbox LIVE. ...

22. Zune in Crisis: Holiday sales down 54%

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 26 January 2009

    Zune, Microsoft's iPod rival, is not having its finest hour these days. Holiday sales nosedived by a whopping 54%, eating into profits from the entire Entertainment and Devices Division. Pre-holiday ...

23. UPDATED: Blu-ray sales quadrupled in 2008

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 14 January 2009

    ... billion on DVDs and $750 million on Blu-ray discs (3.5% relative).UPDATED: January 14, 2009 - 9:38am CSTIn related news, Microsoft reaffirmed late last week in a Q&A session that Blu-ray is not a requested ...

24. Microsoft fixes Zune bug

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Friday, 02 January 2009

          After its New Years Eve power outage, it seems that Microsoft has fixed the bug that caused the owners of its 30GB Zune portable music player to unexpectedly lose functionality. ...

25. Obama’s Mac: Will it accelerate the Mac move into the mainstream?

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 10 December 2008

    ... and government, the company has fallen substantially behind on security. Apple seems to take a view much like Microsoft did in the last decade - that security isn’t its problem and its products lack things ...

26. Microsoft’s Zune phone rumor back again, this time with Tegra

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 24 November 2008

      There are some tech rumors that just won’t go away, one of them being Microsoft’s iPhone killer smartphone. A new report now suggests that Microsoft may be working with Nvidia on a cellphone that ...

27. Microsoft steps up Windows development efforts

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 23 October 2008

      Microsoft today reported another record quarter result, exceeding $15 billion of revenue and $4.37 billion of profit. The company’s client business and especially Windows remains one of the strongest ...

28. Sony intros HD radio with iTunes tagging

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 19 September 2008

      Sony went Apple-crazy today with three new products with iPod/iPhone docks. And remember that we complained just last week that Microsoft’s Zune has an edge over Apple’s iPod with a tagging feature ...

29. Microsoft serves Zune 3.0 with free Wi-Fi at McDonald’s

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 16 September 2008

      Microsoft today posted the new Zune 3.0 software, providing new features for all Zune models, including the original first-generation Zune. The software wireless music downloads and purchases ...

30. Wall Street likes Apple’s iPods cheap

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 10 September 2008

    ... Microsoft's Zune (2.6%). Other smaller or no-name vendors accounted for the remaining 15.4%. Apple's own July data shows more than 184 million cumulative iPod sales since 2001. The iPod sales accounted ...

31. Apple rocks. And puts us to sleep.

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 09 September 2008

    ... And that may be Apple’s biggest problem. There are expectations that go far beyond you would expect from an Intel, a Microsoft or even Google. And it is simply impossible for Apple to have a killer product ...

32. Toshiba rolls out iPod/Zune hard drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 09 September 2008

    ... But Toshiba’s HDD storage division is feeling the heat from flash memory as both Microsoft and Apple are not buying all hard drive models anymore – and SSDs are expected to surpass the highest capacity ...

33. Microsoft updates Zune players ahead of Apple event

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 09 September 2008

      Microsoft unveiled its new Zune media players just hours before the Apple’s annual iPod event. The refreshed media player family offers more storage capacity and the updated software adds new ...

34. Will Microsoft crash Apple’s iPod party?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 08 September 2008

      Apple may not be the only one dominating tech headlines tomorrow. Apparently, Microsoft is set to refresh its Zune family tomorrow as well and may use the media frenzy to piggy back on Apple. ...

35. Why Android Market will surpass Apple’s App Store and Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 29 August 2008

    ... anymore that a content delivery platform is a key strategic component of any aspiring mobile phone idea. Microsoft is teaming up with Nokia to expand Zune Marketplace to Nokia and Windows Mobile smartphones. ...

36. Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates to star in anti-Apple ads

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 21 August 2008

      If we didn’t know that Bill Gates will dedicate much of his future time to his charity, we would say that he could be enjoying his retirement from Microsoft as a part time actor, showcasing the ...

37. How the U.S. Olympic swimming relay team compares to Dell’s MP3 player

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Tuesday, 12 August 2008

    ... enough to sting Apple?  Granted they are more likely to sting Microsoft (Zune) or SanDisk (Sensa), but what if they were able to go for the gold?  If it weren’t for the fact that Apple itself ...

38. Universal challenges iTunes with free music streaming service

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 08 August 2008

    ... labels and offer a free music subscription with music players like Microsoft’s Zune. A one year free subscription was included in the cost of the device. The plan was met with lukewarm reception among ...

39. Nokia and Microsoft in alliance to make Zune phone?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 06 August 2008

      Speculations about Microsoft’s iPhone beater are about as old as the iPhone itself. Rumors that both Microsoft and Nokia are worried about Apple’s advances aren’t dying down and if we believe ...

40. DirectX 11 promises to unlock the horsepower in multi-core CPUs and enable GP GPUs

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 31 July 2008

      Interview - Last week, Microsoft held its annual XNA Gamefest developers conference.  During the conference, Microsoft announced major changes for its Games for Windows Live service. Also, ...

41. Dell aims at the iPod, again

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 30 July 2008

    ... are several interesting iPod alternatives out there, including Sandisk’s Sansa series and Microsoft’s Zune. However no one has come up with a recipe to crack Apple’s market dominance that has resulted ...

42. Microsoft will not make a Zune mobile phone, says analyst

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 28 July 2008

      Speculations about possible Zune-branded mobile phone from Microsoft have been discussed in the blogosphere since the iPhone was introduced last June. Microsoft on its part has avoided confirming ...

43. iPod doctor drives around New York, makes house calls

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    New York (NY) – Like all electronics, popular MP3 players like Apple’s iPod and Microsoft’s Zune break down from time to time, but in New York people can turn to the self-proclaimed ‘iPod Doctor’ Demetri ...

44. GameStop pulls Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 23 May 2008

    ... mix, the decision to drop the device was apparently made about a month ago. The news comes about a week after Microsoft revealed that about 2 million Zune players have been sold since the player’s launch ...

45. Two million Zunes sold so far

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Monday, 12 May 2008

    Redmond (WA) – Electronista is reporting that Microsoft has sold its two millionth Zune since the product’s launch back in November 2006.  The figures were tallied by the NPD Group and it appears ...

46. NBC posts TV shows to Zune Marketplace

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 06 May 2008

    Several months after pulling its content from Apple's iTunes store, NBC has decided to post TV shows to Apple's direct competitor at Microsoft's Zune Marketplace, a move that can't be seen as anything ...

47. Apple working on 3D conference calls, patent filing reveals

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 11 April 2008

    ... like a real face-to-face communication in a room. Media sharing features pick up a concept originally promoted by Microsoft for its Zune player and create a path for Apple into social networking. Chicago ...

48. From the PMC to the iPhone and beyond: The evolution of the MID and Linux’ big break

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Thursday, 10 April 2008

    ... Media Center was actually a cool little device for its time.  It played videos in beautiful color long before the iPod did and its interface was one of the best that Microsoft has ever done.   ...

49. VIDEO: Microsoft opens up Xbox 360 to indie developers

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 20 February 2008

    During Microsoft's Game Developer's Conference keynote this morning, one idea shined through higher than all else - the push to bring Xbox 360 development to everyone. San Francisco (CA) - During Microsoft's ...

50. Microsoft launches red 80 GB Zune

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Tuesday, 15 January 2008

          Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Microsoft will begin offering 80 GB Zune dipped in red color. The back side of the PMP can be customized with an “exclusive collection ...