Monday, January 05, 2009

Happy New Year from Microsoft

Remember Microsoft's supposed Ipod killer from a couple years ago? Yeah the Zune! Well it's back in the news again. I came across this story about every 30Gb Zune crashing on December 31st at 2:00AM. Apparently it has something to do with the latest firmware not being able to support the extra second that was added to the year on New Years Eve.
Whatever it was, it is extremely amusing to me.

Here is another quote from this story:

Late Wednesday, the Redmond, Wash.-based company said the outage affected only the 30-gigabyte Zune models and was caused by a problem with their internal clock. Microsoft expected the problem to clear up as the clocks ticked over to Jan. 1, though users will have to jump through some hoops to get their Zunes back to normal, including letting the batteries die down completely before the devices will restart successfully.

Oh Microsoft, when will you learn.

2 comments:

Johannah said...

Reuben-
This has nothing to do with Microsoft...just wanted you to confirm that Basia Bulat is worth going to see. I'm thinking of going to the BlackSheep with Aidan to see her...
Let me know?
Jo

Reuben said...

hey Jo,
It is just bad programming on Microsoft's part. At least that is what I am reading.....

Definitely go see Basia Bulat. It may sell out so don't wait and make sure you get there early to get seats. She is perfect for the Black Sheep.

She actually reminds me of you in some way. Something to do with her bubbly/artiness.