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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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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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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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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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The future of the iPhone: the prediction that cost Steve Ballmer his job at Microsoft
11 Jul 2024 17:33 GMT
… days at HarvardBallmer had been Microsoft's 30th employee, …
The Ballmer era at Microsoft was not without controversy and … Windows Vista and the Zune media player tarnished the company… happened to Steve Ballmer after Microsoft?
Despite his mistakes and …
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Microsoft's Copilot PC and the M3 Mac killer myth
30 May 2024 15:39 GMT
… a product from Microsoft. Most Zune buyers were Microsoft employees, apparently.
Microsoft Zune
But no … Killer" Microsoft was promoting was its Windows Media Player brand of … MP3-player built by the …
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Microsoft is laying off workers at its Mixed Reality business as the technology that inspired Mark Zuckerberg to rename his company struggles
04 Jun 2024 13:01 GMT
… announced a restructuring of Microsoft’s Mixed Reality organization,” … 2 first debuted, Microsoft predicted “there’s no … provoking motion sickness.
The Microsoft restructuring comes just as … Products like the Zune MP3 player and Lumia smartphone flopped …
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Microsoft's Windows 11 AI love-in looks set to continue – here are 3 big risks it needs to avoid"…
12 Apr 2024 12:52 GMT
… on AI projects at Microsoft.
Microsoft’s Build events are … Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Microsoft Build is often of interest … very powerful. However, since Microsoft added it to Windows 11 … owner of a Microsoft Phone or Zune media player. Or, just …