According to an article on the CNN website, Zune owners found that their MP3 players were no longer working. According to Matt Akers of the Zune Product Team, this failure was caused by a bug in the internal clock driver. The Zune support page instructs users to let the batteries drain on their device and recharge them after 7 AM ET on January 1st. By following these instructions, the problem should resolve itself.
An internal clock driver problem caused Microsoft’s Zune players to malfunction, Agence France-Presse reports. Excerpt: Thousands of the MP3 music players froze on New Year’s Eve around the world due to what Microsoft described as a bug in the device’s internal clock. The bug only affected the original, 30-gigabyte version of the music player that was introduced by the Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft in 2006 as its answer to Apple’s wildly popular iPod. Later devices with 80GB and 120GB
Three lists this year — two of highly recommended music (one each of 10 commercial full-length recordings and of 10 freely downloadable recordings), and one of 8 cultural processes that came into their own in 2008. Picking favorites, making lists, is something an individual either is drawn to, or is loathe to participate in. I fall into the latter camp, and each year when I select 10 albums, I do so knowing — and feeling it’s necessary, yet again, to couch the list in a deep, cushioning bed o
SanDisk Sansa Express MP3 Player connects directly to your computer’s USB port. That means no extra cables to add to your already-cluttered desktop (if you do require a cable, an extension USB cable is included). Weighing less than an ounce and about the size of a pack of chewing gum, the Express can easily go anywhere you go. The Sansa Express supports MP3, WMA, protected WMA, WAV, and Audible file formats. It includes 1 GB of flash memory, along with a microSD slot to expand your capacity
Well, that’s a relief: The beyond-weird worldwide outage of 30GB Microsoft Zune MP3 players has been diagnosed. Microsoft says it’s due to a faulty driver for an unspecified Zune component that doesn’t know how to deal properly with leap years…and that the glitch will resolve itself tomorrow as the new year rolls in. It’ll deploy [...]
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