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<title>Microsoft overhauls Zune</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Microsoft_overhauls_Zune</link>
<description><![CDATA["It's a great player -- for 2006," said Matt Rosoff, analyst at research firm Directions on Microsoft. He said the improvements put the company "where they probably should have been last year, when they launched."]]></description>
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<title>ZunePhone Ad: Microsoft's answer to Apple's iPhone</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Funny. Enjoy. Where can I get one?]]></description>
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<title>Turntables, picture frames outselling Zune at Amazon.com</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I wonder how Segways are doing.]]></description>
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<title>Reviews: Zune is a failure</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Yes, Microsoft's new Zune digital music player is just plain dreadful. I've spent a week setting this thing up and using it, and the overall experience is about as pleasant as having an airbag deploy in your face. "Avoid," is my general message. The Zune is a square wheel, a product that's so absurd and so obviously immune to success that it evoke]]></description>
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<title>Zune incompatible with Windows Vista</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Zune_incompatible_with_Windows_Vista</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bizarre background photo: "And for those wondering, the splash screen of three women in distress isn't our contributor's stab at a knee-slapper. It's the official installer backdrop chosen by the Redmond, Wash. folks to appear for each and every customer who installs a Zune."]]></description>
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<title>Trying Out the Zune: IPod It&amp;#8217;s Not</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Trying_Out_the_Zune_IPod_It8217s_Not</link>
<description><![CDATA[As it turns out, the player is excellent. It can


t touch the iPod


s looks or coolness, but it


s certainly more practical. It


s coated in slightly rubberized plastic, available in white, black or brown 


 yes, brown. It won


t turn heads, but it won


t get fingerprinty and scratched, either. It sounds just as good as the iPod.

The Zune matches the price ($250) and capacity of the 30-gigabyte iPod. But it


s noticeably thicker (0.6 inch vs. 0.4), taller (4.4 inches vs. 4.1) and heavier (5.6 ounces vs. 4.8).]]></description>
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<title>Microsoft says Zune to sell for $249</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Microsoft_says_Zune_to_sell_for_249</link>
<description><![CDATA[MSFT shareholders are very patient to allow the company to give consumers money to buy their mp3 players like this. Fairly pathetic...though the strategy has begun to work slightly for XBox.]]></description>
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<title>Software Notebook: Microsoft Zune doesn't do 'PlaysForSure'</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Software_Notebook_Microsoft_Zune_doesnt_do_PlaysForSure</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is a complete joke. The PlaysForSure program and music services will continue even with the Zune's launch, Microsoft says. But analysts say the rise of the Zune, and the device's incompatibility with the PlaysForSure services, promise to further reduce the potential market for those Microsoft partners.]]></description>
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<title>Microsoft unveils Zune digital media player</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Microsoft_unveils_Zune_digital_media_player</link>
<description><![CDATA[Not quite as ugly with media on there.]]></description>
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<title>Zune interface, features detailed - it's ugly</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Zune_interface_features_detailed__its_ugly</link>
<description><![CDATA[Right now, the feeling is that Microsoft may have gotten a few things closer to right than normal, but neither any individual part of the package nor the complete experience will truly rival the iPod


s super-simple, mainstream experience.]]></description>
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<title>Microsoft confirms plans for potential iPod rival named Zune</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Microsoft_confirms_plans_for_potential_iPod_rival_named_Zune</link>
<description><![CDATA["This is a very tough message," Gartenberg said. "If you're the head of Creative, as of this afternoon you're not just facing Apple, which was bad enough, you're now facing you're partner."]]></description>
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