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Microsoft kills Zune media player line after 5 yrsIBNLive.com - 5 Oct, 2011AP New York: Microsoft is discontinuing the Zune media player, which it launched five years ago in the hope of taking on the iPod. The player was well reviewed when it launched in 2006, and it grabbed as much as 10 per cent of the market for media ... |
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Microsoft kills ZuneStuff.co.nz - Peter Svensson - 5 Oct, 2011Microsoft is discontinuing the Zune media player, which it launched five years ago in the hope of taking on the iPod. The player was well reviewed when it launched in 2006, and it grabbed as much as 10 percent of the market for media players. ... |
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Microsoft kills off iPod-wannabe ZuneNew Zealand Herald - 5 Oct, 2011Microsoft is quietly pulling the plug on its Zune digital media player, its would-be rival to Apple's iPod. The announcement of the demise of the Zune was buried on a support page for the device. "We will no longer be producing Zune players," Microsoft ... |
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Microsoft kills Zune media player line after 5 yrsForbes - Peter Svensson - 5 Oct, 2011NEW YORK -- Microsoft is discontinuing the Zune media player, which it launched five years ago in the hope of taking on the iPod. The player was well reviewed when it launched in 2006, and it grabbed as much ... |
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Microsoft Kills Off Zune Music PlayerInformationWeek - Paul McDougall - 5 Oct, 2011Ill-fated device joins Kin on the list of Redmond's failed hardware efforts, as company hopes for a better fate for Windows Phone. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek Microsoft this week made official what many Redmond watchers long suspected--the ... |
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Nokia Reportedly Set to Unveil New Windows-Based PhonesFox Business - Jennifer Booton - 5 Oct, 2011Nokia (NOK) is reportedly set to unveil its first phone based on the Windows operating system this quarter as it struggles to compete against industry leaders Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG). The announcement came the same day that ... |
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Mango available for half of all Windows Phone usersCNET - Lance Whitney - 5 Oct, 2011In a blog post published yesterday, Eric Hautala, general manager of customer experience engineering for Microsoft's Windows Phone, said the update to Windows Phone 7.5, aka Mango, has been proceeding smoothly, prompting the company to open the tap so ... |
Microsoft Explains Why the Start Menu Needed to DiePC Magazine - Mark Hachman - 5 Oct, 2011On Tuesday, Microsoft explained why the Windows 7 start menu is now a start screen in Windows 8: no one used it. That may be an exaggeration of sorts, but a blog post by Microsoft explained that the use of the Start menu dipped by 11 ... |
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Microsoft Pulls Plug on Zune HardwareFox Business - Zach Epstein - 5 Oct, 2011Following a premature 21-gun salute on Monday afternoon when Microsoft accidentally erased the Zune player from its Zune webpage a bit early, the Redmond-based company has now confirmed that the Zune player has been laid to rest. ... |
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Microsoft: Hey, We Have A Phone Update Going On Too (MSFT)San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - 5 Oct, 2011As the world waits for Apple's big iPhone announcement this morning, Microsoft is quietly rolling out its new version of Windows Phone to its customers. The update, known as Windows Phone 7.5 or Mango, started rolling out last week, but yesterday ... |
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Microsoft: Zune hardware dead, apps still aliveLos Angeles Times - 5 Oct, 2011Microsoft's Zune was never much of a contender against Apple's iPod as far as portable music players go, and now, finally, the Zune hardware is dead. We recently announced that, going forward, Windows Phone will be the focus of our mobile music and ... |
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Why the Zune Couldn't Touch the iPod TouchPC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 5 Oct, 2011On this iPhone day, let's not forget the real assassin in Apple's iOS line: the iPod touch, which has racked up another notch on its belt with the official death of Microsoft's standalone Zune. There are more than 37.7 million iPod ... |
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Nokia promises Windows phone soonNews24 - 5 Oct, 2011Helsinki - On the day that Apple launches the fifth generation of its ubiquitous iPhone, the once mighty Nokia is still weeks away from mounting a fightback. Stephen Elop, chief executive of the Finnish mobile phone maker, on Tuesday promised to unveil ... |
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Microsoft explains reason for Windows 8 Start menuCNET - Lance Whitney - 5 Oct, 2011Windows 8's new Metro-based Start menu has already aroused concerns and questions among users, but Microsoft sees the feature as a natural evolution. In the latest Building Windows 8 blog, Chaitanya Sareen, program manager lead on Microsoft's Core ... |
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None too Zune? Microsoft announces death of MP3 playerAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog) - George Mathis - 5 Oct, 2011With all the commotion today about the iPhone 4S, few have noticed the death of the Zune, Microsoft's one-time challenger to Apple's ubiquitous line of iPods. I will be flamed for this, but I rather liked my 8gb Zune. Why? ... |
Microsoft Windows 8 testers clamor for more interface customization (and may ...ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - 5 Oct, 2011Summary: Windows 8 testers and potential users aren't completely sold on the new start screen (the Metro-style look and feel) of the coming version of Microsoft's operating system. ... |
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Windows Phone 7, Day 25: Conserving Battery Power with "Mango"PCWorld (blog) - Tony Bradley - 5 Oct, 2011One thing I never worried about with my iPhone was the battery. I charge my smartphone every night while I am sleeping, and my iPhone always made it through the day without me giving it a second thought. ... |
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Microsoft: Zune HD is deadZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - 5 Oct, 2011Microsoft confirms something that most of us have known for a while … that the Zune HD is dead. We recently announced that, going forward, Windows Phone will be the focus of our mobile music and ... |
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Microsoft stops Zune productionInquirer - Dave Neal - 5 Oct, 2011SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft has announced that it will no longer produce Zune players and will instead focus on Windows Phone. Microsoft's Zune was the opposite of a success and with the portable music market sewn up by Apple and its Ipod the ... |
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Nokia to unveil first Windows phones this quarterReuters - Tarmo Virki, Ritsuko Ando - 5 Oct, 2011HELSINKI (Reuters) - On the day that Apple (AAPL.O) launches the fifth generation of its ubiquitous iPhone, the once mighty Nokia (NOK1V.HE) is still weeks away from mounting a fightback. ... |
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Nokia still pledging Windows phone as Apple marches onReuters - Tarmo Virki, Ritsuko Ando - 5 Oct, 2011Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop takes part in the 2011 Nokia Annual General Meeting in Helsinki, May 3, 2011. By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent HELSINKI (Reuters) - On the day that Apple launches the fifth generation of its ... |
Microsoft Kills the ZunePC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 5 Oct, 2011With Microsoft shifting its focus toward Windows Phone, the company confirmed this week that it will no longer be manufacturing its Zune music players, though it will still offer support for the devices. ... |
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Microsoft Says No More Zunes, It's All About the Phone NowPCWorld - Peter Sayer - 5 Oct, 2011Microsoft will make no more Zune music players, building its future music strategy on applications incorporated in its Windows Phone and Xbox platforms, the company has confirmed. Rumors circulated in March that Microsoft ... |
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Zune player appears to be officially deadThe Seattle Times - Janet I. Tu - 5 Oct, 2011Only last week, when asked about a March Bloomberg News report that Microsoft was planning to cease introducing new versions of the Zune music and video player because of tepid demand, a Microsoft spokesperson said: "We do not have anything to share ... |
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Windows Phone Mango updates running ahead of scheduleThe Seattle Times - Janet I. Tu - 5 Oct, 2011The Mango update to Windows Phone appears to be rolling out smoothly, prompting the Windows Phone team to make it available, ahead of schedule, to 50 percent of eligible customers starting now, according to the official Windows Phone blog. ... |
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'Unprecedented' fall in Windows XP use as Win7 gainsGMANews.TV - 5 Oct, 2011After Microsoft ended support for it and called on users to "upgrade," Windows XP lost an unprecedented amount of online usage share in September a Web metrics company said. Citing data from metrics firm Net Applications, Computerworld reported a ... |
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Microsoft Officially Kills ZunePCWorld - Sarah Jacobsson Purewal - 5 Oct, 2011Microsoft has officially confirmed that the company will no longer be making Zune players, and that it will instead focus on Windows Phone 7 for users' music and video needs. ... |
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Microsoft opens Windows Phone 7.5 update to 50 per cent of devicesInquirer - Lawrence Latif - 5 Oct, 2011MOBILE SOFTWARE MAKER Microsoft has opened up its Windows Phone 7.5 (WP7.5) deployment to 50 per cent of existing Windows Phone 7 handsets. Eric Hautala, general manager of Customer Experience Engineering at Microsoft said the firm ... |
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Mango Update Progressing, but Samsung Owners Have to WaitPCWorld - 5 Oct, 2011By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Microsoft has invited 50 percent of eligible Windows Phone users to update to version 7.5, also known as Mango, Microsoft's Eric Hautala said in a blog post on Monday. The update process seems to be smoother that previous ... |
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