Archive for September, 2008
Just sending out a friendly reminder, or potentially a first notification if you did not receive the email alert that the Zune Team had sent out over the weekend. Currently the Zune service has been taken offline for maintenance reasons…
Microsoft is naming the next release of its Visual Studio integrated development platform “Visual Studio 2010″ — but that doesn’t necessarily mean it won’t ship until 2010.
Welcome, dear blog reader to the eigth edition of: So HOT Right Now: what the Zuneinsider Editors are Listening to (right now). Check it:
- Jessica: "Okay, this week I’m listening to my usual favorites – Paul van Dyk, Matt Darey – but in addition, Rock Band 2 is out so I’m singing along in the car to prepare for upcoming Rock Band house parties with my friends! I’m especially liking “Eye of the Tiger,” “You Oughtta Know,” “Alive,” “Livin’ on a Prayer,” and “Man in the Box.” If you didn’t think I was a dork before, now you know."
- Justin: "Heading to Vegas at the end of this week, and T.I. got the perfect song to get me going: Whatever You Like. As long as you got me you don't need nobody."
- Matt: "I just started listening to Kardinal Offishall’s new album Not 4 Sale. I’m feeling it so far. “Set it off” Featuring The Clipse, and “Go home with you” Featuring T-Pain are a couple of standout tracks that are a must listen. Check it!
- Cesar: I'm gonna take it back to the 90s on this one. You know, retro style. Check out Destination Failure by The Smoking Popes. Picture a Vegas-inspired crooner singer over melodic pop-punk rhythms.
- Rob: – I am listening to gadget talk on “GDGT Weekly” podcast with former Engadget guys Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. I am also watching HBO’s Entourage video podcast.
Ok, enjoy the music recommendations and have a great weekend, everypeoples!
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!
Zune Insider Podcast: Episode 7
Welcome, dear blog reader, to Episode 7 of the Zuneinsider podcast! In this episode, we talk to Dave Jones, a lead program manager on the zune software team, about our Mixview. We also speak again with Jessica, or as our friends at the 'boards call her, “the zune queen.” Jessica is a program manager on the Zune social team, and will answer questions about what we do with any issues in the software, and talks specifically about playcounts.
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