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Microsoft Zune sufferers report ‘widespread’ simultaneous device failures
MacDailyNews —
... . Tim Stevens reports much the same for Engadget, "[The] 30GB players started locking up at midnight last night, essentially bricking themselves without any help from their owners. The failures are coming 24-hours ahead of the big '09 changeover, but that hasn't stopped Zune aficionados from dubbed this unfortunate flaw 'Z2K.'" Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: In typical Microsoftian fashion, they can't even come up with a consistent name for their latest abject failure. Zunetards, hey, look over here. (snaps fingers) Hey! (whistles) Over here! (claps hands loudly) ...
News: Mix: Silent Hill, Safari+, Zune lockup, Sena Cases
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
... the iPhone and iPod touch’s version of Safari which enhance the browsing experience by adding functionality found on desktop browsers. The bookmarklets include features such as find in page, find similar sites, list all links, scroll to end, translation, open links in new window, and more. To add the Safari+ bookmarklets to an iPhone or iPod touch, simply visit the Safari+ website directly from the device. A number of 30GB Microsoft Zune owners are reporting that their devices are spontaneously locking up , leaving the players unusable. The problem apparently started ...
Date/time bugs throughout the years for Apple
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... As 30GB Zune owners deal with the sudden bricking of their systems after midnight this morning, hopefully they can take comfort in the fact they are not alone in this. Throughout the years, Apple products had their share of time & date problems. ...
Microsoft Zune 30 GB models mysteriously crashing in droves
Obsessable News Feed —
... [gizmodo.com] 30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM, December 31st -- day of reckoning to follow - Engadget [engadget.com] ...
Y2K9 the End of the Road for 30GB Zunes?
Anything But iPod —
... Nothing happened when we hit year 2000 - no computers broke down, no armageddon. Just when everyone thought we were in the clear, Y2K9 comes along and brings doom to 30GB Zunes - a day early.
Just as we hit December 31th, 30GB Zunes all across the board went dead and are now stuck on the loading screen. Microsoft is working on the problem but no-one knows what the problem actually is. No reports on this happening to other Zunes and no solution has been posted yet.
[Engadget|Victim list @ ABi forums]
Update: A Microsoft representative just ...
Z2K? Reports pour in of frozen Zune media players*
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... "We've been flooded with tips about users whose 30GB players started locking up at midnight last night, essentially bricking themselves without any help from their owners," Engadget reports. ...
Fudzilla: Mircosoft layoffs coming, Xbox staff likely unaffected
Joystiq —
... The site says it doesn't know where the hits will come, but assumes that the well-performing Xbox division will likely be spared. Sadly, the first casualty of the layoffs is apparently the guy who pushes the button everyday to make Zunes work. ...
Daily Tech: LG to Unveil a Slim LED-Backlit LCD TV at CES
GeekSugar —
... A mass influx of Zune 30GB owners are reporting that their players started locking up at midnight last night. — Engadget ...
Todos los Zune de 30GB paran de funcionar el 1 de enero (Feliz año nuevo de parte de Microsoft)
Gizmología —
... Mirosoft acaba de tener su propio efecto 2000, bueno, su efecto 2009. El día 1 de Enero de 2009 todos, bueno, casi todos los reproductores Zune de 30GB dejaron de funcionar. ...
Gears of War PC certificate expires, breaks game
Joystiq —
... PC certificate -- perhaps the relative of the guy that pushes the Zune button -- fell asleep at the switch. As of January 28, 2009, the certificate for Gears of War on the PC ...
Zune gets a smackdown on Family Guy
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... As if the Microsoft Zune didn't have enough bad publicity, now the Fox Show Family Guy is beating up on the iPod competitor. In last night's episode, called "Ocean's Three and a Half", Carter Pewterschmidt asks Bill Gates for some help programming his Zune. Then Carter remembers he has an iPod, "like the rest of the world." Zing. Pow. ...
Microsoft takes aim at the iPod
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... For a company as dominant as Microsoft is, they seem plenty worried about Apple. Of course, the Zune hasn't exactly been a world beating product, and who can forget the little New Year's Day present when a lot of Zunes simply expired? ...
