On October 3rd, in the US, we will be introducing a new, lower priced version of Zune Music Pass at $9.99 per month. The plan will provide unlimited, on-demand access to more than 14 million songs and tens of thousands of music videos. Unlike the current Zune Music Pass offering, it will not include...

REDMOND, Wash. — Sep. 20, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the further international expansion of Zune, its digital entertainment service. This fall, Zune will expand its music and video footprint and bring the free Zune software, Zune Marketplace online store, Zune Pass 1 music subscription service...

I have a number of treasures for sale.  Everything is used but in great condition.  They are for sale on my section of my wife’s ecommerce costume selling site called Over the Top Costumes .  I have some other items I’ll be posting later, but in the meantime here are some of the premium...

Yesterday afternoon I received the Acer AspireRevo 3610-U9012 . It’s classified as a consumer desktop or nettop but HDTV and media center enthusiasts like myself are looking at this device for a different purpose.  In fact, I want the Revo for one purpose and only one purpose.  To replace my...

This is a pretty interesting show. Josh interviews Steve Ballmer about Microsoft and the projects we are working on. I’ve only watched the first 10 minutes but I thought you might enjoy it so here’s the embedded player and video.

Every year a new crop of Portable Media Players (PMP) comes out and tempts you to spend your hard earned cash on one. This year is no different and most of the major makers have tipped their hand and have their product in the channel, or will very soon. Archos The Archos 5 Internet Tablet for 2009...

One of the first things I did when I got my Mac back in late 2007 was to see if the USB connection capabilities worked in Fusion.  But that was about eighteen months ago and nearly the entire world has “rev’d” since then. So let the updates begin…  OS X is at v10.5.7.  I updated VMWare...

See the Press Release details at http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2009/may09/05-26ZuneHDPR.mspx .  Zune HD is the next iteration of the Zune device family and brings a new level of listening and viewing experiences to the portable media player category. Zune HD comes with a built-in HD Radio...

Click the pic or get it @ https://zunestore.net/us/catalog/Customize.aspx .

Right now I am installing Windows Vista Ultimate x64 on a Lenovo ThinkPad T61p. I’ll add all of the drivers, service packs and fixes, verify it works properly on my network, etc. Then we are going to give it away on or about December 19th, 2008. Just call me Keith “Santa Claus” Combs. Matt's the Elf...

If only it was a phone, too!!!  Click the pic for more pictures and information.

It always amazes me at the “diversity” of opinion on all matters inside and outside my company.  As you might imagine, not only do we scrutinize what our competitors are up to, but we are world class at criticizing ourselves.  The new ad campaign is no exception.  I started to see people...

You know how technology goes.  Just as soon as you are getting ready to plunk your hard earned cash down on a nice new phone, someone announces the next generation that is the “ must have ” device.  HTC just did that.  Sprint finally launched the US version of the HTC Touch Diamond. ...

The Apple 8GB iPod Touch is $229, the 16GB is $299 and the 32GB is $399. Those are the prices at the Apple Store . Anyone running out to buy one? Somebody wake me up when the 32GB is discounted to $299 (at least). You can get a new generation 120GB Archos player for $399 and although that isn’t exactly...

I’m sure if I read the fine print it says something about Microsoft employees are ineligible to win.  Drat.  You guys get to have all of the fun.  Speaking of which, there are other prizes up for grabs.  Zunes, Xbox 360 Elites and the HP Home Server are all there for the taking. ...

I recently moved my OS, applications and data from one hard drive to another.  I use Ghost 12 with Windows Vista and it works great with one notable exception.  The exception reared it's ugly head when I went to install the Zune version 2 software and re-establish my account on my home computer...

One of the people that discovered my blog and the Archos 605 WIFI posting asked me about using TiVoToGo with the Archos player. I've been meaning to try out the TiVo software so it was just the incentive I needed to check things out. I like this time of year. I get to burn some deserved vacation time...

The Hunt The early bird gets the worm and I almost missed mine.  When the new Zune's went on sale a couple of weeks ago, I thought it would be a big deal.  I went so far as to stop by Wal*Mart at midnight to try to snag one.  The discussion with the late shift was pretty interesting. ...

It seems like every year around this time, I'm in exploration mode on the new gadget in my portfolio. This year is no exception and there were some unexpected surprises with my testing results. If you look back at last years post , you'll see we had the PSP, iPod Video, Zune 30 and Zen Vision W in the...

Don't get mad, get even. I must say I didn't like the " review " Ryan Block gave the new Zune today on the engadget.com website. Maybe it's because I own an Apple iPod Video 80GB. Maybe it's because I own a Playstation portable (PSP). It might be because I own the Creative Zen Vision W. Or it could possibly...

I'm going to assume a lot of you have at least seen or heard about email rules.  Hopefully you use them to triage messages hitting your Inbox.  I know people in my org who don't use rules.  Today would have been a wake up call for those people.  As you might have guessed from my blog...

  For the first time, consumers also will have the option to customize their Zune player with laser-engraved designs and personal text through a new Web store called Zune Originals. Customers will be able to purchase a Zune player directly from Microsoft at http://www.zuneoriginals.net and choose...

The next gen arrives in a few hours.  I can't wait to try the video and podcast support.  More details later tonight or in the morning assuming I can even find an 80GB Zune player in my area.  Time to call CostCo.