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Monday, Oct 5
EECB Changes Price Tag To Fix Zune From $160 To $0
Brian believes a firmware update made his 80gb Zune give up the ghost, so he called customer service asking for a repair. The CSR's idea was for Brian to send the Zune and $160 so Microsoft — new 80gb Zunes are going for $217 on Amazon — but Brian had a different idea: call in an EECB airstrike.
Tuesday, Jan 13
UPDATE: Limited Edition Zune Fixed, and Then Some))
Brooke's long, tedious, and unnecessary Zune repair is finally over, and it appears Microsoft has done her right. The day after our post on her situation went live, she got a call from Blarim, a personal rep at Microsoft Seattle, and the ball went a-rolling. But she ended up getting a lot more...
Monday, Jan 5
14 Weeks And Counting, But Limited Edition Zune Still Not Fixed
The 30-gig Zunes may have temporarily revolted last week, but Brooke's limited edition 80-gig Zune has been MIA for over three months now, apparently lost in that magical ever-transitioning Zune world from the commercials. (It just keeps falling through floors and walls and swimming p...
Friday, Apr 4
You Call To Cancel Your Zune Account, Microsoft Deactivates XBOX Live
Here is where the trouble begins. I get off the phone and login on my XBox 360 in and effort to purchase points to pay for the soon to be released COD4 map pack. After inputting my credit card info I get a message that states it is unable to validate my CC info. I called into 18004MYXBOX at 12:53PM on 4...
Wednesday, Dec 12
"Why Does Best Buy Hate Its Customers?"
My problem started yesterday morning when my wife and I decided we would either purchase 3 Microsoft Zunes or 3 iPods from Best Buy for part of our children's Christmas gifts. I checked prices by going to bestbuy.com and searching Zune. [ed.note— item no longer on sale.]
Saturday, Apr 7
Microsoft Joins Apple In Offering DRM-Free Music
Following Apple's lead, Microsoft has announced that the Zune Marketplace will offer DRM-free downloads from EMI's catalogue. Microsoft also claims to be discussing similar arrangements with other music labels. "The EMI announcement on Monday was not exclusive to Apple," said Katy A...
Microsoft Joins Apple In Offering DRM-Free Music
The EMI announcement on Monday was not exclusive to Apple," said Katy Asher, a Microsoft spokeswoman on the Zune team, in an e-mail to the IDG News Service today. She said Microsoft has been talking with EMI and other record labels "for some time now" about offering unprotected music on its...
Friday, Dec 15
Bill Gates: Don't Buy DRM Music
Gates said that no one is satisfied with the current state of DRM, which "causes too much pain for legitimate buyers" while trying to distinguish between legal and illegal uses. He says no one has done it right, yet. There are "huge problems" with DRM, he says, and "we need more flexible model...
Bill Gates: Don't Buy DRM Music
Uh, this is weird. Bill Gates gave an interview where he told people not to buy DRM music. Like the DRM music Microsoft sells in it's Zune Marketplace. Um. Ok, Bill. We won't: Or you could use eMusic. —MEGHANN MARCO Bill Gates on the Future of DRM [Tech Crunch via BoingBoing]
Sunday, Nov 26
Zune "is a Complete, Humiliating Failure."
Zune is incompatible with Windows Media Player, the familiar hub of the Windows desktop media experience. The Zune app doesn't even have as many features as WMP. And why (for the love of God) doesn't it support podcasts? That's pure insanity."
Wednesday, Jul 26
Teaser for Zune, Microsoft's iPod
Teaser for Microsoft's iPod-like device, the Zune (and maybe a few other devices, too). One thing in its favor, it features no gyrating shadows.
