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Microsoft turns 50: 25 best and worst moments
05 Apr 2025 08:28 GMT
… look or a finger press.
Zune
(Image credit: John Froschauer … the portable music player meant to be Microsoft's iPod … Toshiba), Microsoft eventually expanded the brand with a Zune music … by 2012 Microsoft shut down all things Zune and rebranded its …
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Microsoft unveils AI assistant with ‘memory’
04 Apr 2025 21:59 GMT
… in this weekly newsletter.
Microsoft has unveiled an upgraded … market, including the Zune music player and a Windows line … early 2014, further pivoted Microsoft’s business from desktop … own ChatGPT. Several features Microsoft highlighted on Friday, including …
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Inside the Microsoft Archives: How the tech giant preserves, shares, and learns from its history
02 Apr 2025 03:58 GMT
… the launch of Microsoft’s ill-fated Zune music player.
Wrapped in plastic … a living community archive for Microsoft.”
With Microsoft set to mark its … selected artifacts from the Microsoft Archives.
The Microsoft Archives is not open …
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Microsoft at 50: Key numbers defining five decades of tech dominance and challenges
31 Mar 2025 23:32 GMT
… choose, allowing those not using Microsoft’s operating system (Windows) … and Firefox.
In 2022, Microsoft finally retired Internet Explorer, … products such as Zune, a portable music player snuffed out … of Skype.
Microsoft's new Zune music player is on …
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Tech titan turns 50: Microsoft in numbers
31 Mar 2025 06:39 GMT
… , allowing those not using Microsoft's operating system … and Firefox.
In 2022, Microsoft finally retired Internet Explorer, … products such as Zune, a portable music player snuffed out by … failed version of Skype.
Microsoft's flagship operating …
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The 11 Microsoft apps I ditch on every new Windows install - and the 11 I keep
19 Mar 2025 12:30 GMT
… do better.
1. Media Player
Microsoft is infamous for assigning confusing … back to the ill-fated Zune app.
Anyway, this is … media player. (For me, that's MediaMonkey.)
2. Microsoft Photos
Microsoft … with VLC Media Player.
4. Maps
Back when Microsoft had a …
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When Microsoft missed: 8 products that failed to succeed
06 Mar 2025 22:35 GMT
… Microsoft products that missed the mark
1. Microsoft Zune: (Launched 2006, Discontinued 2011)
Microsoft … launched the Zune, a portable media player … novelty.
3. Microsoft Lumia Smartphones (Acquired …
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Miss Zune? This fan-made alternative app brings the glory days back to your PC
24 Dec 2024 03:58 GMT
… quot; is an unofficial Zune alternative mixing old and … Zune nostalgia. Fortunately, if you want to go back to Microsoft … 's doomed media player, this third … Microsoft launched the short-lived portable media player, the original Zune. …
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12 Of The Most Important Moments In Microsoft's History
02 Dec 2024 20:59 GMT
… late Paul Allen.
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Genius Sports Adds Microsoft Vet Robbie Bach to Board of Directors
02 Oct 2024 12:42 GMT
… from a lengthy tenure with Microsoft, previously serving as the … Bach led the launch of Microsoft’s initial console, the … later rose to president of Microsoft’s entertainment and devices … more hardware products, the music player Zune and the Windows Phone.
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