Leap-year glitch freezes Zune MP3 players

[kinjo]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/31/zune.player.failures/index.html

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NEW: Microsoft says problem should resolve itself after 7 a.m. ET Thursday

Thousands of older 30GB Zune MP3 players freeze

Message boards are buzzing about the problem, which began occurring late Tuesday

User: "It seems that every Zune on the planet has just frozen up and will not work

KINJO: whats funny is that i was going to get a zune, very soon

[tkoold]

yeah lol but i doubt it would be one of these older ones unless you would try to be cheap

[Whalesdude]

Or the company was trying to jew you out of a few dollars.

[black death]

*Can't stop laughing*

[Flashwerewolf]

One would think programmers would factor in these things

[Whalesdude]

They're not programmers. They're underpaid foreign workers in sweatshops.

[kinjo]

i went to 2 gamestops today (at the moa) and they didnt have the zunes out on display, it was too busy to ask where they were 

[tkoold]

hmm zunes at gamestop? i never noticed..

[black death]

 

[Flashwerewolf]

now there will be a major prank calling, asking for Zune players!