appleinsider.com - 9/15/2009
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Just when you thought Microsoft had given up on the Zune as a product and had retreated to referring to it as a nebulous cloud of conceptual features, the company comes out with a new device supporting a mobile-optimized OLED screen, a wildly powerful yet super efficient new multi-core Tegra ...
loopinsight.com - 9/21/2009
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loopinsight.com —
Microsoft is beginning looking to Apple for more
than just inspiration for its retail stores, the company...
is now also starting to hire away its retail employees. People that have spoken to The Loop on condition of anonymity confirm that Microsoft has ...
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Microsoft poaching Apple store managers and sales staff
macrumors.com - 9/22/2009
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macrumors.com —
The Loop reports that Microsoft, which is preparing
to open the first of its retail stores, has...
been contacting Apple retail store managers and attempting to lure them away with increased salaries to run its own stores. People that ha...
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Microsoft Attempting to Lure Away Apple Retail Store Staff?
seattletimes.nwsource.com - 9/15/2009
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The Competition: Microsoft Releases the Zune HD
The iPhone Blog —
... Speaking of sarcasm, for an even harsher look at the Zune HD, check out AppleInsider, who we’re not sure have had a hands on yet, but certainly give it a pounding. (Even we said, “ouch!”) ...
AppleInsider jumps the shark, declares Zune HD 'failed'
SuperSite Blog —
... product launches like just-discovered new books of the Bible), I can at least point to some of the crazy silliness coming out of the Apple fan base. AppleInsider--which, by the way, I actually like quite a bit normally since they're not usually this partisan--has written an absolutely insane and uncalled-for anti-Zune HD article. I've gotten a lot of email about it, and while I'd like to just ignore it, I am afraid that people will assume it's all true. What they're presenting are five myths of the Zune HD. Actually, it's four non-myths and one completely made ...
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Microsoft's Zune HD Rolls Out Today
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Today is the moment of truth for Zune. This morning, Microsoft formally launches a "slimmer, revamped version" of its Zune handheld music and video player.
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Microsoft's First Store Opening "Imminent"
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As Reuters reported this ...
Exclusive: Pink Danger leaks from Microsoft's Windows Phone
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Microsoft Zune HD Now Official
itechnews.net 5/27/2009 —
Microsoft made its Zune HD portable media player official and the touchscreen player will be available starting this fall. The Zune HD, set to challenge Apple’s iPod touch , features a 3.3-inch 480×272 OLED capacitive touchscreen display and HD Radio receiver. The player will come ...
Microsoft sells restrictive new WiMo Marketplace via iPhone ads
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★ Zune Apps
daringfireball.net 8/14/2009 — It ends up third-party apps *are* on Microsoft's agenda for the Zune HD, and they're attempting to court at least some successful indie iPhone developers to port their apps to the Zune.
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theappleblog.com 6/2/2009 — Apple’s fantastically effective “Get a Mac” commercials have entertained us for years now, and they just get better and better. Microsoft has been slow to respond, and when it did start to hit back, it first did so with the amusing-but-confusing ...
Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall
blogs.zdnet.com 7/15/2009 — Microsoft is planning to open the first of its planned retail stores next to existing Apple stores this fall. Kevin Turner, Microsoft's Chief Operating Officer, told partners the news during his Worldwide Partner Conference keynote on July 15.
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