With Zune’s official Canadian launch just one week from Friday we thought we might add a little info for the occasion. First) their official page for Canada, second) their Coming Zune page which chronicles Six Parties, Six Bands, Six Cities, third) we will discuss the when and where of these events:

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I was poking around over at Microsoft.com when I noticed a page that includes 8 safety tips for protecting your identity and possibly the welfare of those youngster’s whom you might want to set some guidelines up for if they too are being “Social” with their Zune and Zune Card. Most the advice is pretty […]

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This is somewhat old news but better late than never I guess. Over at ZuneInsider.com we find that the Zune Marketplace will increase their offerings by some 400 news programs. Most notably “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” (the best of TV Monday thru Thursday - IMHO), the entire list, along with dates […]

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Guest blogger for Last100.com Michael Pinto, says he knows how to save the Zune. And, he just might! In a very well conceived article on the aforementioned Last 100 site Pinto Creative Director of Very Memorable, Inc. a design firm that specializing with interactive media and the youth market, was quoted as saying:
With the iPhone […]

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Recently I read an article on a blog about someone who was desperately in need of a MS/Zune points converter, well, thanks to our friends over at mspconverter.com we have one.
With this handy little (albeit unofficial) tool one can simply input a points amount into the converter form and automatically receive a monetary value […]

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Image via WikipediaI knew it was only a matter of time, and, that there were many out there whom would just love to get enough going to take another swipe at the Zune but c’mon? Almost every story I have read since information got out late this week about GameStop dropping the Zune from it’s […]

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Image via WikipediaIn a recent announcement, GameStop reps have said:
“We have decided to exit the Zune category because it just did not have the appeal we had anticipated,” this according to a GameStop spokesperson. “It (also) did not fit with our product mix.”
Hmm… I don’t think this is going to really hurt the player much, […]

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Just as the title suggests, we found some wonderful software that will convert just about any audio or video file format to another. It’s called MediaCoder, and it’s free, of course!
It supports the following file formats:
MP3, Vorbis, AAC, AAC+, AAC+v2, MusePack, Speex, AMR, WMA, RealAudio, mp3PRO*
FLAC, WavPack, Monkey’s Audio, OptimFrog, AAC Lossless, TTA, WAV/PCM, Waveform
H.264, […]

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Here for the first time, we will get to see what the Zune XNA team can do creating Zune games with their first release Alien Game! This is not only meant to be entertaining but also educational as there are many aspects of this game that you can use to incorporate into your own Zune […]

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Today Microsoft’s Cashback for Live Search page is up and running at http://search.live.com/cashback, what is it? Well, it’s Live Search but with a bonus. Every time you use it to search for products or deals and you click on a Live Search Cashback listing and make a qualifying purchase, you receive an email informing you […]

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