We are just over a month away from the launch of Microsoft’s contender to the iPod Touch, the Zune HD. Microsoft has put all its creative forces behind the upcoming Zune HD portable media player, and ...

Microsoft's Zune is looking to Hollywood to gain an edge on Apple's iPod. By Andrew Wallenstein, The Associated Press Microsoft’s Zune is looking to Hollywood to gain an edge on Apple’s iPod.

Perhaps the Zune has spent some time at a Seattle spa: The newest version of Microsoft's media player is slimmer, stronger and more intuitive than its first-generation sibling. Subscribe to read this ...

Microsoft execs have been making the rounds in recent months in hopes of licensing exclusive original video programming for the Zune. By Andrew Wallenstein, The Associated Press Microsoft’s Zune is ...

Photograph: Martyn Williams, IDG News Service Microsoft’s upcoming Zune HD media player is powered by Nvidia’s Tegra computing platform, a source familiar with the device’s specifications confirmed on ...

Microsoft has been the dominant force in computer software for so long, so it’s had a really hard time with Apple’s supremacy in the digital music space. Microsoft first tried to go after the ...

Although the Zune has fallen some in the sales ranks, Microsoft says it expects to sell more than 1 million of the music players by the end of June. The software maker said Wednesday it was pleased ...

Microsoft doesn't expect the Zune to knock the iPod off the stage, but it is counting on the new music player to at least get the company on the playbill. Microsoft's $250 music player, which goes on ...

Microsoft took the wraps off its Zune media player on Thursday, though what's underneath is largely what enthusiasts had come to expect. The device, which the company anticipates will be ready in time ...

Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its new Zune music player will be sold at a price matching Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod and, as a result, lose money this holiday season. Subscribe to read ...

The $249 Zune 80 is Microsoft’s latest attempt to kick the iPod in the nuts, praying to crack Jobs’ titanium-diamond alloy cup through Wi-Fi features and a touch of divine intervention. CNET, Wired, ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Though Microsoft's answer to Apple Computer's iPod juggernaut officially went on sale nationwide Tuesday, the Zune wasn't exactly flying off the shelves in downtown San Francisco. At ...