Microsoft: 1 million Zune sales by June 2007 (ARNnet)
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[Computer Shopping] Microsoft has predicted it will sell 1 million Zune devices in its first six months, a figure that would be more than Zune's chief rival iPod sold in...
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[Tuaw.com] Zune 2.0: How Microsoft could beat the iPod - The Unofficial Apple ...: Besides being snarky and asking why Microsoft bothered in the first place, I've been thinking about the more significant aspects of the Zune, such as what it means (and could mean) to the market and the culture of the industry. There is a lot to be said about the fact that Microsoft is paying a record label tax on every device sold and the terrifying precedent that sets, as well as the IP-trampling and DRM-wrapping Wi-Fi sharing feature.
[Playlistmag.com] Playlist: The iPod Blog: The third disc offers that same content as iPod-compatible MPEG-4 video files that you can copy directly to iTunes and then sync to your 5G iPod. The One Step Beyond collection includes 24 episodes (over 9 hours of material) and the Hitchcock collection includes very early efforts by the legendary director (The Lady Vanishes, The 39 Steps, and Sabotage are the most well-known of the bunch) for over 11 hours of content.
[Blog.wired.com] The Cult of Mac Blog: I think Enderle misunderstands the actual reason Microsoft is so firmly entrenched in big business -- it's not that their tech guys are comfortable poking around in the Windows kernel, it's that they've used Microsoft products forever and want to feel safe in its support system. If Microsoft were ever to make Mac OS X its primary operating system (perhaps under an appealing name like Windows Xista Professional Home Media Central Edition For Workgroups), it would be accepted by business, simply because it is a Microsoft OS.
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Posted at December 11, 2006 02:01 AM