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New Year Bug Causes Microsoft's Zune Player To Fail

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The son of the Millennium bug seems to have struck again. The Zune has not been as successful has some had expected and this new problem won't make marketing easier. It is not yet "Blue Screen Of Death" but the fact that a company like Microsoft did not plan for a leap year boggles the mind.

Related Links 

Microsoft's Official Fix for Failing Zunes

(PC World)

Leap Year Trips Zune In Black Eye For Microsoft

(Wall Street Journal)

Microsoft says Zune players working again

(Associated Press)

New Year's hangover for Zune users

(CNet)

Zune chokes on leap-year bug

(Computer World)

Microsoft Scrambling To Thaw Zune Freeze

(Information Week)

Microsoft blames leap year for Zune glitch

(Reuters)

Microsoft: Leap year behind Zune problems

(UPI)



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