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Microsoft’s operating system has always been a mix of pragmatic engineering, bold experiments, and occasional overreach — and some of its most interesting contributions were simply ahead of their time. A recent roundup of five Windows features — Briefcase, MSN Gaming Zone, Windows CardSpace...

The legacy of Microsoft’s digital entertainment ambitions took another blow last week, as the company finally shuttered the Movies & TV service in the Microsoft Store—marking the last vestiges of Zune, the company’s ill-fated detour into consumer-focused media services. This move, while not...

I don't know what did this but if I am in a program that ask me to select a folder for a video to be saved to or imported from it has changed the name of a directory path even in windows explorer it shows an incorrect complicated path that looks like something to do with zune. I have created a...

Ok, so I'm not sure where exactly to post this, but I'm in need of some major help with my Zune! I love my Zune but I've given up unless someone can help. My original Zune purchased in 2006 finally gave up. I purchased one on eBay, new in box of the same kind, just different color. My old...

If Microsoft discontinued the Zune 2 years ago, and doesn't even support it anymore, then why does my Windows H8.1 Pro comes with 4 folders and 2 shortcuts for Zune Music and Zune Video in the AppData folder? Windows H8 wasn't even around yet. This is just sloppy.

Hi everyone. I have installed windows 8 preview and I love it. There are a few minor things that need to be improve ,but that's alright. I downloaded media center and installed it. They have another video player that is troubling me. You can play videos without the media center extension in...

Fixes an issue in which a WPD-based application (such as Zune software) may crash in several scenarios on a computer that is running Windows 7. More...

Revision Note: V5.0 (July 6, 2011): Announced the release of an update for Zune HD devices and moved Zune devices to the Non-Affected Devices table. Summary: Microsoft is aware of nine fraudulent digital certificates issued by Comodo, a certification authority present in the Trusted...

Revision Note: V5.0 (July 6, 2011): Announced the release of an update for Zune HD devices and moved Zune devices to the Non-Affected Devices table.Summary: Microsoft is aware of nine fraudulent digital certificates issued by Comodo, a certification authority present in the Trusted Root...

Revision Note: V5.0 (July 6, 2011): Announced the release of an update for Zune HD devices and moved Zune devices to the Non-Affected Devices table. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is aware of nine fraudulent digital certificates issued by Comodo, a certification authority present in the Trusted Root...

Windows IT Pro A Microsoft executive last week confirmed that the software giant will use its popular Xbox brand for media services across devices types in more specifically in Windows 8. I had previously and exclusively reported that Microsoft was retiring its lackluster Zune brand over...

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft isn't exactly known for its hardware prowess. Sure, it's churned out plenty of nice mice, keyboards, and game controllers over the years, but success with actual devices has been mixed. The Xbox 360 has exceeded all expectations, while the Zune and Kin...

According to a report, the tablet would be available by the end of 2012 and copy Microsoft's branding strategy from products such as the Xbox 360, Kin and Zune. Source: Yahoo! News

Carl Ledbetter is a designer for Xbox and has worked on the Kinect and Zune. He has also been at the company for sixteen years and takes us on a trip down memory lane starting with the Intellimouse he helped design in his early days at MS. Link Removed Link Removed

Microsoft may be hoping to more directly challenge Apple with a self-branded Windows 8 tablet, part suppliers asserted in a rumor on Tuesday. The company would collaborate directly with TI, possibly using its 1.8GHz OMAP4470 chip, and brand it much the way the company has the Xbox 360 or Zune...

Microsoft Corp. has released a video giving the first preview of Windows 8. The preview showed a user interface for PCs and notebooks similar to that on Microsoft's Zune and Windows Phone 7 mobile systems. Link Removed

I have built a computer almost exactly to the one that they had built for Jeff on Tested.com. Everything seemed to install fine and run smoothly. Recently, I have been getting BSODs and they seem to be somewhat random. Usually when I am watching movies/streaming online/listening to music in Zune...

share: digg facebook twitter The Houston Chronicle’s Dwight Silverman reports: “Microsoft finally took some of the wraps off the look-and-feel of Windows 8 at the D9 conference on Wednesday night. … The original source of the interface design for Windows Phone 7, and thus Windows 8, is the...

Microsoft showed a bit of their latest operating system at Computex 2011 in Taipei. Windows 8, which is just a codename and not really what the final version will be called, will remind of you the Zune UI which later became the Metro UI on Windows Phone 7 translated on a bigger screen. Icons are...

Revision Note: V2.0 (April 19, 2011): Added Windows Mobile 6.x, Windows Phone 7, Microsoft Kin, and Zune devices to affected software and devices.Summary: Microsoft is aware of nine fraudulent digital certificates issued by Comodo, a certification authority present in the Trusted Root...