The first Microsoft Corp. Zune products will hit U.S. retailers in time for the busy holiday season, with a 30GB digital media player and an online media marketplace the first to reach consumers, ...

Microsoft Corp. unveiled revamped Zune music players Tuesday, adding its first flash memory-based models and debuting wireless syncing as it gets ready for a second holiday season against Apple Inc.

Microsoft will give Universal a per-player fee in addition to a share of revenue from music downloads, report says When Microsoft launches its Zune music player and online music store next week, it ...

Continuing on its quest to make a dent in Apple's dominate share of the digital media player market, Microsoft on Tuesday evening announced three new models of its Zune player that feature media ...

Microsoft Corp. confirmed Friday that Toshiba Corp. will manufacture its Zune music player, a product the company aims to take on Apple Computer Inc.’s successful iPod. The confirmation follows ...

Amazon has unveiled its e-book reader, Kindle, even as Microsoft is reporting surprising demand for its Zune music player. Engadget reviewer Ryan Block sorts through the choices. Yesterday, Amazon CEO ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donna Murphy is no fan of the ubiquitous iPod music player so on Tuesday she became one of the first to buy Microsoft's new rival Zune device. Sign up here. "I just needed a new ...

Hours before Apple Inc. is expected to introduce new iPods at a special event in San Francisco, rival Microsoft Corp. has announced that it is dropping the retail price of its 30GB Zune music player ...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp cut the price of its Zune digital music player on Wednesday by $50 to $199 in an attempt to rev up sales of the device competing against Apple Inc's iPod. Microsoft ...

Not only is 30 Seconds To Mars going to be pre-loaded onto the Microsoft Zune video/music player, the band UK band Hot Chip is as well. EMI, which is based in London, made a deal to provide Microsoft ...

Digital Journal — First, the good news: Microsoft recently unveiled plans to sell a portable music player known as Zune. The player should first appear in late 2006, with more models released in 2007.