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Play me in Gears of War 2 and win a free Zune!

From my Win a Gears of War 2 Zune 120 Special Edition page: In celebration of the release of Gears of War 2 for the Xbox 360, Microsoft has provided me with a free Zune 120 Gears of War Special Edition-- a $279 value --to give away! And this give-away is going to be a little different: I'll be playing...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-06-2008
Steve Wozniak on the iPod

The Telegraph’s recent interview with Steve Wozniak has gotten a lot of play online today for some reason. I don’t see what the big deal is. He predicts the imminent death of the company's most popular product, the iPod. "The iPod has sort of lived a long life at number one," he says. "Things...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-08-2008
About the Zune update, today's Apple news

So I'm in Redmond this week, as you may know. Yesterday, Microsoft was forced to prematurely announce the details of its upcoming Zune 3 platform when Fry's Electronics leaked details about the new devices and software features. (And here's that hi-res shot I was looking for.) To be clear...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-09-2008
Details emerge about the Zune 3 platform

Microsoft is expected to announce its next major update to the Zune platform soon, but it looks like Fry's Electronics has leaked some interesting details: Buy from FM Listen to your favorite FM radio stations and click to tag the songs you like for later purchase when you sync your device with your...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-08-2008
Zune gen 3 bringing just minor upgrades?

If the rumors are right, it looks like the soon-to-be-announced Zune generation 3 devices are just minor bumps to the existing gen 2 models. That is, we're going to get a 16 GB version of today's Zune 4/8 , and 120 GB version of today's Zune 80 . Zunited provides a few shots : BTW: Microsoft's...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-30-2008
FCC approves Microsoft’s unreleased 120GB Zune

Long Zheng reports on a new Zune model on the horizon: Ever since Samsung had announced their new 120GB 1.8-inch hard drive in April 2007, Zune fansites has been buzzing with anticipation of a new Zune fitted with the higher capacity drives. Now the wait is nearly over as the FCC publishes a test report...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-18-2008
Napster Launches World’s Largest MP3 Store Featuring 6 Million Tracks

Napster becomes the second online music service (after Amazon MP3) to offer DRM-free tracks from all of the major recording companies: Napster, the pioneer of digital music, today announced the launch of the world’s largest and most comprehensive MP3 store at www.napster.com/store . Napster’s...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-20-2008
Microsoft is NOT working on a copyright check for Zune

Contrary to a blog posting on The New York Times Web site, Microsoft is not seeking to implement technology that will erase or block copied copyrighted content in the Zune. CNET's Ina Fried reports : The New York Times blog cites Microsoft spokesman Adam Sohn as saying that the software maker is...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-08-2008
Zune 2.5

Microsoft issued a major update to its Zune software today: We've updated the Zune software with features our community's been asking for, including gapless playback, smart playlists, new sorting options, multiple-device syncing, and advanced song info editing, including drag-and-drop functionality...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-06-2008
Dear MSN Music customer ...

As one of the few people who actually purchased music from Microsoft's long-dead MSN Music service, I received the following email this week (the pertinent bits are bolded for emphasis): MSN Music is constantly striving to provide you, our user, with the most compelling music experience that we can...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-24-2008

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