zuneinsider.com - 9/27/2008
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Ok folks: the Zune service will be down for scheduled maintenance on Monday, September 29 from 12:01am Pacific Time, for up to 48 hours. During the downtime, Zune Social, the forums on Zune.net, and all of Zune Marketplace will be offline.
As soon as we're back up, I'll post again!
engadget.com - 10/1/2008
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engadget.com —
Microsoft couldn't let the gory , highly-anticipated launch
of Gears of War 2 (chainsaw duels! Rhhhahaararggg!) pass...
without bloodying a Zune or three in the process, Halo 3-style . Specifically, Microsoft has laser-etched that pesky little ...
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Gears of War 2 canvasses special-edition Zune
wmpoweruser.com - 10/2/2008
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wmpoweruser.com —
CIO editor Martin Veitch interviewed Steve Ballmer, Microsoft
CEO at Microsoft’s London conference “Technologies to Change Your...
Business: How Customers Are Implementing Tomorrow’s Strategies Today”. During a lengthy interview, Steve Balmer was ...
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Steve Ballmer confirms Zune software coming to Windows ...
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Xbox and Zune to Undergo Painful Service Outage on Monday [Microsoft]
Gizmodo —
... the Zune Marketplace and the Zune.net forums, again with absolutely no new features when the service is back up and running. These "regularly scheduled maintenance" outages will take up to 24 hours for Xbox Live and up to 48 hours for the Zune. So, commenters, how are you going to deal with what I've just decided to name the Great Microsoft Service Outage of 2008? Read a book? Go to work? Not care because you've never even seen a Zune in real life? [Xbox Live's Major Nelson and Zune Insider]
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Xbox and Zune to Undergo Painful Service Outage on Monday, Down for Up to 48 Hours [Microsoft]
Gizmodo —
... not the Xbox Experience update due this fall, so quit bugging him about it. Zune, for its part, will lose Zune Social, the Zune Marketplace and the Zune.net forums, again with absolutely no new features when the service is back up and running. So, commenters, how are you going to deal with what I've just decided to name the Great Microsoft Service Outage of 2008? Read a book? Go to work? Not care because you've never even seen a Zune in real life? [Xbox Live's Major Nelson and Zune Insider]
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Xbox Live and Zune going down for maintenance on Monday
CrunchGear —
... And what about Zune? No one really knows. Zune Insider only cites “scheduled maintenance”. 48 hours is a long friggin’ time for maintenance, so hopefully they pass out some goodies to make up for it - or at least give folks paying for the Zune Pass a buck or two in credit. ...
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