arstechnica.com - 1/30/2009
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It has always been easy to beat up on Microsoft's Zune, but when the company announced last week that sales of the media player plummeted 54 percent year-over-year during the holiday shopping season, the entire internet piled on. The Zune-bashing reached epic proportions, as pundit ...
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... Catalyst 8.12 vs. Catalyst 9.1 test (write-up in German) C|Net reports Apple pulls MacBook graphics update Microsoft talks about Windows 7 with [OC]ModShop X-bit labs review Windows 7 beta : Like Vista only better SuperSite for Windows has Windows 7 feature focus: Windows Experience Index Advisory: Google Chrome 1.0.154.43 clickjacking vulnerability Microsoft: More Zunes coming in 2009 Ars Technica reviews the Zune Marketplace ITreviewed on Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended Gaming Sony Q3 PlayStation 3 ...
If iTunes is Available in Canada, Zune Marketplace Should Be Too
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... So, I read a review of the Zune Marketplace with great interest, and installed the application later that evening. What intrigued me about the Marketplace is that the GUI is leaps and bounds above iTunes. Aesthetically, it's fantastic (almost surprising for a Microsoft product), and after using it, the iTunes interface looks even more boring and unimaginative. Sadly though, the GUI doesn't mean much if the shopping experience is poor, so I immediately searched for a track and added it to my cart. ...
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Contrary to all portents, it isn’t still time for Zune’s farewell. Although it appeared that the $100 million drop in sales would prove to be Zune’s coda, Microsoft is still willing to persist with its beleaguered music player division. Adam Sohn, ...
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