Gadgetopia

Zune vs. iPod: the battle begins: Fortune reviews the Zune against the iPod and the winner is...the iPod. But it's not as much of a runaway victory as you'd expect. The Zune did quite well in a couple areas, and, as Fortune notes, it's the first model out the door. ...

Zune's Big Innovation: Viral DRM: Microsoft's upcoming Zune will DRM your music before you can share it with anyone else, even if the music wasn't DRMed in the first place. [...] recipients of shared songs will only be able to listen to them three times or for three days, whichever ...

Microsoft confirms plan to take on Apple's iPod: Sell your Apple stock now. Microsoft Corp. said Friday it plans to release a new music and entertainment player and accompanying software under the "Zune" brand this year, in a belated attempt to challenge the dominance of Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod player. ...

First-Gen Zune Getting All The New Features: This is How You Treat Your Customers: Wow, Microsoft is getting some good press over this. And Apple for perhaps the first time in history looks really bad by comparison. The first generation 30GB Zune—which 1.2 million of you already purchased—is ...

Releasing the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries: Something got in the water out in Redmond, I think. First the Zune thing from earlier today, now this. One of the things my team has been working to enable has been the ability for .NET developers to download and browse ...

Just when everybody was so excited about the so-called iPod killer, Zune, Apple comes out with something new that blows it out of the water. CEO Steve Jobs earlier this morning showed off the new Apple iPhone, and from the looks of it, there will be little reason left to ...

7 Reasons Why Microsoft is DOOMED!: I don t normally post things like this, but I read it, and somehow I can t argue with the guy s logic. Name one area where Microsoft is really innovating anymore. The Zune was a bust; the XBox is getting beaten by the Wii on price, ...