Zune

This week Laura and Paul wax poetic on these stories, and more!R.I.P. ZuneHotmail is COOLKinect Body ScanSteve Jobs, a legend

Fair Warning: You’re stepping in the undocumented land right now. Microsoft offers no support whatsoever for any of the endpoints mentioned below. Microsoft can also change any of these at any time without prior modification, so plan accordingly.IntroductionI use Zune a lot, having started with the…

So, you’re a Mac owner and you’ve been eyeing up those sweet new Windows Phone 7 handsets, right? But you’re thinking, “How could I possibly sync my music, photos, videos and podcasts from iTunes and iPhoto to the handset from my Mac?”.The answer comes in the form of the all-new Windows Phone 7…

At home, we use a combination of Windows Home Server and Windows Media Center for all of our entertainment. It’s an awesome combination that gets better with each release of both platforms. If you’re yet to try out a server for home entertainment, then let me explain how it works. We store all of…

On this episode of Ping, Laura and Paul share their thoughts and feedback on the most talked about Microsoft stories this week: Windows 7 Idle Cycles turned usefulWindows Phone 7...where they'll hit firstSeesmic 2 built in SilverlightBing it on your printerZune marketplace expands

Laura and Paul hijack the channel 9 studio once again to bring you episode 63 of Ping.Here is their list of water cooler topics this week:A sweet Deal From MS (TechNet Licensing FAQ)Burger King and XboxIE9 PreviewIE9 Test DrivesZune marketplace now taking credit cards

United Airlines and Microsoft have just announced they’re going to start offering free music to customers via Microsoft’s Zune digital music service on United flights. On all aircraft, passengers will be able to choose from 21 different playlists programmed by Zune including Classic Rock, Pop and…

The new Microsoft KIN phones, the tween-oriented social devices that include automatic cloud backup, don’t just work with Windows PCs – they work with Mac too. Along with the launch of the new Facebook and Twitter-connected phones, a company called mark/space was tasked with creating compatible Mac…

Find out how you can ride the next wave of innovation with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. Watch recordings of this in-person 'Life Runs on Code' event and learn about the rich platforms that Visual Studio 2010 supports and what that means for creativity, collaboration, and more.This video…

The Zune 4.5 firmware officially arrived on Monday. In this release, there are a number of new features, including expanded codec support and the new “smart DJ mix” option, for example. The Smart DJ feature lets you create an automatic playlist for your Zune HD based on a song or artist. Also new…