Archive for June, 2008

Zune Originals Canadian Artist Series - Derrick Hodgson

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Check out the latest video from Zune Originals Canadian Artist Series on artist Derrick Hodgson.

Microsoft gives free Zunes to New Mexico high school students

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

No doubt hoping to dig into Apple’s hold on the education market with their iTunesU service, Microsoft has given free Zune’s to 100 students at a rural New Mexico high school in an experiment with audio lectures and videos.

Convert Movies for Zune from HBO

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Found this article on a blog called “Zuned” and felt like forwarding his bit of info the author had to offer.
I was able to successfully record a movie on my PC and watch it on my Zune. t was not easy. I noticed by accident that I get the analog HBO channel when [...]

Using MediaCoder to transcode videos for Zune

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

The Zune is great for watching movies, TV shows and YouTube clips of cute kittens, but sometimes it can take a good chunk of time and a bit of magic getting your videos ready and loaded on the Zune. There’s nothing worse than having spent a good 30 minutes transcoding an [...]

Zune fanboy gets Zune logo tatoo- massive FAIL ensues

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

I have nothing to say.  This is just a mass amount of FAIL.  He can be grouped with the Apple fanboys who get Apple logos tattooed on their asses.
-Jameson

Zune’s web traffic increases, but still shy of Apple’s giant reach

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Apple may still hold the market share for internet searches, but Microsoft is catching up with it’s Zune. New data shows that Zune’s internet traffic increased 184% since May 2007. Just take a look at these tables of the percentage of unique visitors in millions.

Microsoft extends PlaysForSure DRM until 2011 with only 60 days left until it expired

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Microsoft finally made a good move with the Zune and has decided to extend the DRM on PlaysForsure content until 2011 when it was set to expire on August 2008.

Zune Marketplace Free: “Gobbledigook” by Sigur Rós

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

New Zune Marketplace freebie that you can download, play back, burn to a CD, and sync to your Zune device. A Zune account is required to download the free content.
Clicking on any of the links below will automatically launch the Zune software and take you to the artist’s page, so please ensure that the software [...]

Belkin Sports Armband for Zune 4gb/8gb Reviewed

Friday, June 20th, 2008

When it comes to Belkin, well they know there stuff. This is another quality product as usual from the brand for your Zune 4 gb and 8 gb players.

Zune game developer at work

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

If you’re curious about game development, check out the videos of SimReality - he’s been recording his progress in creating a first-person shooter for Zune.
Pretty fascinating to watch. How often do you get a chance to peek over the shoulder of a creative genius at work?
[Source: Zunerama]