— -- Microsoft quietly announced its third-generation Zune MP3 players and software this week, news that got lost amidst the din of Apple's "Let's Rock" event. As expected, Microsoft will offer a ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. One option is downloading the Zune software. It's free ...

All the world seems to use iPod and iTunes, but here’s a secret:Microsoft has a very good media player as well. The device itselfis called the Zune, but you don’t need to use a Zune if you want touse ...

In a public demonstration that hope springs eternal, Microsoft on Tuesday introduced the latest version of its Zune portable player. As mighty as Microsoft is, the odds are not with it in this venture ...

Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it was “not unreasonable” for the company to introduce a mobile phone combined with features of its Zune digital music player to compete with Apple Inc.’s iPhone. The ...

Microsoft is again refreshing its line of Zune digital music players with software to help people discover new music and more capacity to store it. Word of the updates, originally scheduled for a Sept ...

As sales of Microsoft's upcoming 7 Series smartphones reach countries beyond the U.S., so too will the underlying Zune music and video services. Donald Bell Senior Editor / How To Donald Bell has ...

SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp. has vowed to put considerable money and effort behind its bid to dethrone Apple Computer Inc.’s market-leading iPod, but it won’t be using price as a weapon. Microsoft ...

The Zune requires this software to be installed, and will not show up as a removable hard drive in Windows, even if you have Windows Media player installed. It would ...

Read other impressions of the Zune and you notice that writers reserve their most pointed remarks for the Zune software—both for what it lacks that iTunes offers and its performance (or lack thereof).

Following a premature 21-gun salute on Monday afternoon when Microsoft accidentally erased the Zune player from its Zune webpage a bit early, the Redmond-based company has now confirmed that the Zune ...

Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its new Zune music player will be sold at a price matching Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod and, as a result, lose money this holiday season. Microsoft's ...