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So, exactly 12:00 GMT last night, all the Zune 30 gig worldwide re-booted, then froze on the loading screen. Earlier today a press release from Microsoft stated: "We were made aware of a widespread issue facing owners of Zune 30 devices this morning. We have a technical team working hard to isolate the issue right now and will update everyone as much as possible. Thanks for your patience while we get to the bottom of this."- Paul Davison. This is yet another problem that Microsoft has faced with it's devices. Back in 2006 a large number of Microsoft's Xbox 360s broke down and it cost them 1.1b in repairs for 360 owners.

Microsoft has stated they are getting close to a fix, but until then, us 30 gig users just have to wait. On a positive side, there has been reports of a hard fix for the Zunes, but the fix involves breaking the case open to access the battery...In which the warranty gets automatically voided.

Way to go...

News reports taken from:
Zuneinsider.com
Cnn.com
Nytimes.com
Various other websites

So Zune (zune.net), the "ipod competitor" has has a subscription service for music. At the fee of $15/mo you get as much music as you want from the Zune marketplace. This service has been around ever since the Zune has been introduced. But last month, the folks at Zune made the deal sweeter. Now for every month, you get to keep up to 10 tracks forever. How it worked before is, you could keep as much music as you wanted, as long as you payed for the subscription. When you do the math, with the new 10 songs per-month, it is basically getting as much music as you want for $5 plus an album* of choice. This new feature is great because it will help show services how to have a fresh new look on music subscription.
For more information, check out:
Zune.net
Zune Insider.com



*An album up to 10 songs in length