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23 October 2006Suddenly Bob and Clippy look saneNews item: Microsoft's forthcoming digital music player, dubbed Zune, may make some Hebrew speakers gasp. The name for the device — which will take on the Apple iPod when released later this year — sounds like a vulgarity, specifically the "f" word, in Hebrew. Big deal. Among the acolytes of Apple, the very word "Microsoft" itself is a vulgarity. If Zune, or whatever they end up calling it, handles DRM the way Windows Media Player 11 does — which, apparently, it does — the only reason I'd have for buying one would be to drop-kick it over the back fence, and frankly, I have enough discarded hardware waiting in the Reboot queue. (Via miriam's ideas.) Posted at 8:22 AM to PEBKAC , Say What?TrackBack: 4:50 PM, 25 October 2006 » HEY BUDDY, ZUNE YOU from Population Statistic We already knew that Zune, Microsoft's answer to the ubiquitous iPod, was going to face an uphill battle to capture digital-media hearts and minds. I don't know if the challenge gets harder or easier with word that "zune" soun......[read more] (This comment is best read while humming the Imperial March) As an Apple acolyte, I have to point out that not all of us spit between our fingers when the evil empire is mentioned. They make some very good Mac software. MS Office for Mac, while overdue for an update, is quite good. The MacBU at Microsoft is very, very enthusiastic about the Macintosh. And they also make great keyboards. I was chintzy with my hardware budget and bought a cheap knockoff instead of MS's "made for Mac" USB extended keyboard, and I very much regret it. It's their OS that's the problem. Eww.. Posted by: Dan at 11:16 AM on 23 October 2006 |