The first Microsoft Corp. Zune products will hit U.S. retailers in time for the busy holiday season, with a 30GB digital media player and an online media marketplace the first to reach consumers, ...

Late Monday evening Microsoft announced the death of its ailing music listening device. "We recently announced that, going forward, Windows Phone will be the focus of our mobile music and video ...

It is hard to think of a valid reason for Microsoft’s new Zune HD media player to exist. Not that it isn’t feature, spec and price competitive with Apple’s iPod, it’s just that being competitive isn’t ...

Looks like MP3 players are still striking a chord in 2023. Microsoft is giving away an unopened Zune portable media player to promote Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” movie — and the company ...

Microsoft Corp.’s competitor to Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod will hit retail shelves as expected on Tuesday, ensuring at least one of Microsoft’s major product releases this year will be available to ...

Microsoft on Thursday revealed new details about its Zune digital music software and player that it will unveil this holiday season to challenge Apple’s ultra-successful iTunes/iPod combo. Zune is, by ...

After many fits and starts and rumors and much speculation, Microsoft has apparently decided to pull back the curtain on its plans for a new music player and service, ala the iPod and iTunes model, ...

SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp.'s Zune music player looks a lot like an iPod, acts a lot like an iPod and will cost about the same as an iPod. The software giant said that it will charge $249.99 for the ...

"Anyone know where I can get a Cabbage Patch Doll ... er ... I mean Zune?" asks an Amazon.com customer listed as Paul Taylor on the Web retailer's message board for ...

The first-generation Zune media player that Microsoft Corp. released last year was a me-too product with a few nice touches. So the question with the new, second-generation Zune is whether Microsoft ...

As the iPod world held its breath Tuesday in anticipation of Apple’s mysterious press event scheduled for Wednesday, a Microsoft executive indicated that the competing Zune platform could soon include ...

The music player has slipped from its early perch in the sales charts, but Redmond is still whistling a happy tune. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed ...