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Well looks like those rumors of Zune not coming out to the international market till late 07 are half being put to rest. SmartHouse.com.au are reporting that the Microsoft Zune will be launching in Australian market in the New Year which was said by the Managing Director of Microsoft Australia, Steve Vamos. This, like the [...]

There is a report out about a young Swedish boy who has hacked the DRM and Wifi Protection of the Zune. Just so the record is set straight, this is all false. The report came from UnconfirmedSources.com, which has at the bottom: Unconfirmed Sources political satire and news [...]

If you are like many iPod users who converted to the Zune, you would have lost some songs purchased with iTunes thanks to the iTunes protection, as it will not allow you to move music over to the Zune. Fear not iPod convertees, there is help: 1. Create a new playlist in iTunes. 2. Add [...]

Filed under: Portable Audio
For our latest episode of CE-Oh No He Didn't, we turn to a perennial favorite: Bill Gates. At a recent blogger event (read: junket) up in Redmond, Gates apparently told the audience that DRM has "huge problems" (despite the fact that his company is one of its biggest proponents). Bill's a smart guy and his belief in DRM's suckiness isn't all that shocking, but even we were taken aback when he suggested picking up a freshly wrapped compact disc instead of pointing your interests towards his own company's music store, or in his words: "People should just buy a CD and rip it. You are legal then." Say, doesn't the RIAA seem to disagree with Mr. Gates' assessment, given that it still views ripping CDs has being sorta, um, illegal? And doesn't Microsoft go out of its way to break precedent by ponying up cash on Zune sales to RIAA cartel commander Universal Music? We realize there's only so much dogfooding one can do before going off the deep end, and we don't ...

Hot off of our intense gay car discussion, yesterday is this intriguing video discovered over on the 'tube of a man accusing his TiVo of being gay. With more and more consumer electronics having the ability to learn, can these devices really turn gay? Will the Zune start seeking out other Zunes with similar sexual preference? What will the future hold for the sexuality of today's consumer electronics? – Travis Hudson

The Microsoft music player's much-ballyhooed wireless sharing feature only makes sense if you can locate other users. But the gadget's earliest adopters can't seem to find each other. In Listening Post.

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Like you, we've seen a number of spoofs of the "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" ads. But most of them just make fun of the whole concept, rather than take on Apple, or a particular Apple product, directly. Well, Microsoft's just produced yet another rather clever parody pitting a Zune-toting PC with an iPod-carrying Mac, and apparently screened the ad at a recent company meeting. The sticking point is how "difficult" it is to get music onto the iPod versus how "simple" it is on the Zune. Not that we think the iPod is a paragon of usability, but we can't not bring up the fact that we'd love to see Microsoft live up to its claim and really make getting music as easy as pushing a single button. Anyway, you can catch the video on the next page.Continue reading Microsoft takes a swipe at Apple's "I'm a Mac" ads
 
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Microsoft flexes its parody muscles with another in-house lampoon. In Gear Factor.

Some readers gain new insight on Microsoft's music player from our resident Mac-o-philiac while others rant about Wi-Fi's potentially painful kiss. Plus: Links to our most popular blogs.