“The Zune team is hard at work and in preparation for the new Zune service launch, we are going to be doing some work starting on Monday, September 14 and the Zune Marketplace, Zune.net and Zune Social will be taken offline for scheduled maintenance.”
via ZuneInsider.com

A photo of one of the pamphlets handed out at Best Buy’s Zune HD showings reveal that HD movies are indeed coming to the Zune HD and the Zune Marketplace. The Zune Marketplace currently serves TV Shows, Video Podcasts and Music Videos and it looks as though HD Movies will be added to this with the release of Zune Software 4.0.

A few days ago Microsoft added a strange update for Windows Vista. Update KB972036 which is available via Windows Update is called “August 2009 Update for Windows Vista”. The update description shown when downloading reads: Install this update to resolve issues with non-compatible applications for Windows Vista. The relevant Knowledge Base article states that this [...]

The Zune HD is now available for pre-order in selected stores, prices and specs have been confirmed and the zune.net Zune HD page updated. The device prices are the same as previous rumours, at $219.99 for Zune HD 16gb and $289.99 for Zune HD 32gb and are now available to pre-order at Amazon.com, Best Buy, Wal-Mart and the Microsoft store.

Microsoft recently responded to Apple’s request by altering their Laptop Hunter TV Commercials to accommodate Apple’s recent pricing change. Microsoft’s focus however has not changed “which is to showcase the value and choice of the PC”.

Its been six months since we updated the blog and a lot has happened in that time. I won’t be going into details, as those of you who are interested probably heard all the news of ZuneHD on all the regularly updated sites. As for mine and Fez’s absence – we won’t be making some [...]