Thousands of Microsoft's Zune media players — the software company's answer to Apple's iPod — unexpectedly conked out Wednesday and showed users an error message, prompting references to "Y2K for Zunes." ...more

January 1, 2009

Happy New Year from Microsoft Corp.: Your Zune is dead. Thousands of Microsoft's Zune media players - the software company's answer to Apple Inc.'s iPod - unexpectedly conked out Wednesday and showed users an error message, prompting references to "Y2K for Zunes." The problems appeared when people tried to start up their devices. ...more

January 1, 2009

Thousands of Microsoft's Zune media players — the software company's answer to Apple Inc.'s iPod — unexpectedly conked out today and showed users an error message, prompting references to "Y2K for Zunes." The problems appeared when people tried to start up their devices. ...more

December 31, 2008

Apple cut the price of the least-expensive iPod, the Shuffle, to $49 after its media players sales slowed last quarter. Price for the 1-gigabyte model is 38 percent less than the previous $79. A new version with double the storage will be $69, Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple said Tuesday. ...more

February 20, 2008

Apple Inc. slashed the price of the iPhone by $200 Wednesday - a rare move for the company that typically discounts only older products. It also updated its iPod media players, introducing a model that incorporates a touch-screen and other iPhone features. ...more

September 6, 2007