Microsoft adds 1-million DRM-free tracks to Zune Marketplace

October 6, 2007

Microsoft announced some updates to its Zune media player lineup this week, with new smaller, flash memory based Zunes coming soon. But we’re much more excited about the software updates. Microsoft has revamped both the Zune firmware and the Zune Desktop software. Perhaps the most impressive thing is that if you’ve got a current generation Zune

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More Zune 2 Details: Lossless, Glass Screens, Green is the New Brown

Going beyond the Zune 2 and Flash Zune launch details, we just got off a conference call with Microsoft and got new details on the Zune and Zune platform.

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Can IE’s architect explain why it’s so bloated?

More good news for Internet Explorer users: Microsoft’s IE chief explains why IE is fatter than Firefox and will never have a similarly comprehensive plugin system.

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Zune 2: five things Microsoft did right

From last100: “While it
’s true that the new Zune lineup is at best evolutionary rather than revolutionary, especially when compared to the User Interface innovations found in Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch, Microsoft has made some significant improvements — and, dare I say it, done a few things from which even Apple might learn a thing or two.”

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Symantec redefines viral marketing with costumed Norton Fighter

Symantec’s latest Japanese campaign for its 360 antivirus software pits costumed “trojan horses” and “worms” against the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers-esque Norton Fighter.

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How The Memory Cache Works

The memory cache is a high-speed memory available inside the CPU in order to speed up access to data and instructions stored in RAM memory. In this tutorial we will explain how this circuit work in an easy to follow language.

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Best Computer Rigs EVAH Contest

Gizmodo is running a computer rig contest. Some pretty amazing multi-monitor rigs in the gallery (and some quite cheesy too.) The contest will be open for new entries until the end of Sunday.

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Real Energy Savings in the Virtual World

It wasn
’t so long ago that the biggest concern for webmasters was simply keeping their sites online and running properly. But with the double-whammy of rapidly-accelerating web hosting demands and climate change, a growing number of site operators are looking for ways to not only stay online but to stay online sustainably.

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Top 10 Wi-Fi Boosts, Tweaks and Apps

No doubt you’ve got a home wireless network or you’ve connected to hotspots at the local coffee shop or airport
—but are you getting the most out of your Wi-Fi? Whether you want to strengthen, extend, bridge, secure, sniff, detect or obscure your signal, today we’ve got our top 10 best Wi-Fi utilities and tweaks for the power wireless user

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