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31 Dec

Leap-year glitch freezes Zune MP3…



… A leap-year related glitch caused thousands of Zune MP3 players to simultaneously stop working late … stop working late Tuesday and early Wednesday, Microsoft said on the product’s Web site. Microsoft … player in 2006 to compete with the iPod. The problem should resolve itself after 7 …

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31 Dec

For some Microsoft Zunes, ’08 was a day too long



… But not before making many of the Zune faithful wonder why they hadn’t bought an iPod instead. Puzzled over why their gadgets stopped … that didn’t materialize to the extent feared. Microsoft later attributed the problem to the Zune’s …

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31 Dec

Leap-year glitch freezes Zunes



… A leap-year related glitch caused thousands of Zune MP3 players to simultaneously stop working late … stop working late Tuesday and early Wednesday, Microsoft said on the product’s Web site. Microsoft … player in 2006 to compete with the iPod. The problem should resolve itself after 7 …

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31 Dec

AP Business NewsBrief at 9:11 p.m. EST



… the $700 billion bank rescue package. Microsoft’s Zune players freeze on New Year’s EveSAN FRANCISCO … FRANCISCO (AP) _ Happy New Year from Microsoft Corp.: Your Zune is dead. Thousands of … the software company’s answer to Apple Inc.’s iPod _ unexpectedly conked out Wednesday and showed …

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31 Dec

Zune glitch potentially awkward for Microsoft



… an estimated 1 million owners of the Zune media player, New Year’s Eve was the … 2008 leap year caused some versions of Microsoft Corp.’s devices across the globe to seize … faithful question why they hadn’t bought an iPod instead. Puzzled over why their gadgets stopped …

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31 Dec

Zune MP3 players glitchy



… glitch that appeared to cause thousands of Zune MP3 music players to simultaneously stop working … via the support page on www.zune.net (zune.net/support).” Microsoft released its first Zune 30GB music player, … music player, a competitor to Apple’s popular iPod, in 2006. No widespread glitches have been …

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