Microsoft: Poor Marketing Leads to Heavy Zune Discounting
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| That didn't take long. We noted in January that Apple's iPhone
| announcement cut the legs out from under Microsoft's Zune
| marketing program.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070318/29862_id.html?.v=1
Related:
Microsoft says Zune executive will leave company
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| Bryan Lee, corporate vice president at Microsoft's entertainment
| and devices division, also played a key role in shaping the Xbox
| game console business and the introduction of its Internet
| Protocol television software.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6155200.html
Zuned! Austin P.D. Hauls Off Microsoft Street Spammers at SXSW
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| In a rare instance of us supporting The Man, Austin P.D. hauls off a
| guerrilla marketing posterer for Microsoft Zune on 6th St. at SXSW.
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| I am not sure I heard everything clearly, but I think he said: "We'll
| have none of your advertising for your DRM'd crippleware'd crappy
| MP3 player littering our town.
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http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/03/14/zuned-austin-pd-hauls-off-microsoft-street-spamers-at-sxsw/
>From the Linux side:
Archos Releases 604, 604 Wi-Fi Firmware Into to Open Source
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| Thanks to the fact that Archos used GPL and LGPL code in constructing
| their firmware for the Archos 604 and 604 Wi-Fi devices, they're
| forced to release just about the source code for said firmware
| into the public domain.
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http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/archos-releases-604-604-wifi-firmware-into-to-open-source-236804.php
http://tinyurl.com/yop4g2
Turbolinux ships first Wizpy handhelds
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| On Friday Japan's Turbolinux begins dispatching the first batch of
| its Wizpy handhelds to people who ordered them from its Web site.
| The flash-based multimedia player contains a version of
| Linux, so it can be used to boot a PC into the operating system,
| allowing users to access their files in their own working
| environment on almost any PC.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070223/tc_infoworld/86291;_ylt=AuljviByb3EgfCDtUa9Dk2cjtBAF
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