software

Zune 2.5 spring update now available

Friday, May 9th, 2008

What changes does it include? Here we go:
Microsoft Corp. today announced that Zune, the company’s all-in-one digital entertainment brand, is adding new software features and content to the Zune online store, music community and Zune Pass monthly subscription service. Zune is expanding its video store to include downloads of popular television shows from COMEDY […]

Zune video user guides

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

While these were initially meant for press, the Zune team has released four video user guides that look at Device, Marketplace, Software and Social. You can stream all of them from the official Zune site or just check them out below.
Take a peek at the four videos below and let us know what you think […]

Embed your Zune Card in your Facebook profile

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Are you wanting your friends on Facebook to see what’s playing in your Zune software? Even though Microsoft has a stake in Facebook we’ve not seen official Zune integration into Facebook yet. However, a crafty Zune forums user has posted instructions for getting your Zune Card into Facebook. While there are a few steps […]

The new Zune song rating system explained

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

I guess Cesar found it important enough to comment on so you should probably read up, too, especially if you’re a current or soon-to-be Zune owner. You know the five star song rating system that everyone knows and loves? In the new Zune software, it’s going away. It’s going to be replaced with a […]

Zune software update confirmed for 13 November

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Even though our pal Michael already confirmed this for us, I figured I’d post up the very e-mail blast he was talking about. Confirmation that the new Zune software is releasing on November 13th came via the official zune.net e-mail newsletter to me earlier today (some people obviously got the e-mail update yesterday).
What’s this […]

Zune Marketplace gets higher res album art

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

The Zune circle of fan sites is all abuzz this evening about new higher-res album art that’s become available on the Zune Marketplace. Where as before downloads from the Marketplace came with either 200×200 or 240×240 album art, this new offering sees artwork at 800×800 (and, as claimed by some on the Zunerama forums, […]

Zune support documents leaked

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Want to get a heads up on everything related to the new Zune software before you can even download it? I thought so. Zune Scene has a “source” that leaked a 47-page support document for the new Zune software. There’s quite a bit of information there but, again, you could just wait about three […]

New Zune software not WPF-based

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

For what it’s worth, this article by Drew Marsh over at hacked.brain laments the fact that the new Zune software is based on Windows Media Center rather than Windows Presentation Foundation. It’s all over my head.
Basically, after seeing the screen shots, I thought to myself that if the new Zune Windows client software was […]

Whoops! New Zune software leaked

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Looks like an unsuspecting Zune user got a glimpse of the 2.0 Zune software a bit early. Head over to this thread at the Zunerama forums to see some screens of said software. It shows the library, podcasts and more.

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Zune software hacked to add more format support

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

With a simple install of a couple registry hacks (click here to download the zip with both registry files) the Zune software will now convert several more types of audio and video formats. What types?
Audio: .aac, .aif, .aifc, .aiff, .au, .cda, .mid, .midi, .rmi, .snd, and .wav files are now automatically added to your library […]