Sharing

Stream Zune Music to Nearby Zunes via FM

This idea could either be a “duh, why didn’t I think of that?” or a “duh, I thought of that months ago,” but it’s neat enough to bring up. Apparently sharing tracks with the Zune isn’t limited to its Wi-Fi feature. If you take advantage of the Zune’s built-in FM receiver, you can attach an…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 19

How to Sync Your Zune With Any PC

Following up on Zune hacks such as how to use the Zune as a portable hard drive, how to share songs multiple times, and how to bypass the Wi-Fi sharing DRM, there’s now a hack to sync your Zune with any PC. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-use-the-zune-as-a-hard-drive-217024 Technically, you could sync your Zune with any PC before, but gave…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 13

Former Diamond, Musicmatch, and iRiver Execs Band Together To Make Captain Planet-Level Music Player

What do you get when you combine three execs from companies that didn’t quite make as huge a dent on the portable media player industry as Apple? A company called Broadband Instruments with plans to release some sort of ultimate music player that’s based on an “internet radio ecosystem”. What’s supposedly special about this is…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 13

Even More Zune Phone Rumors! WiMax? VoIP? Sharing With Anybody?

Despite being pretty certain that the Zune Phone was already in development, we haven’t had many details about its featureset, timeline, or, well, anything else. Now we do. https://gizmodo.com/zune-phone-its-coming-233264 The FCC Filing we saw yesterday from Microsoft looks to be actually for the Zune, allowing the music phone to use 4G WiMax to communicate. Not…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 9

World’s First Peer To Peer DVR From NDS

A company called NDS seems to have made the first Peer to Peer Digital Video Recorder that lets users share recorded videos with anyone on the P2P network. What does this mean to you? Well, here’s an example. Ever since our good friend moved to the east coast, we’ve had a hard time watching episodes…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 29

Zune 58% Welcomes You to the Social

Microsoft Zune propaganda welcomes you to the social, but that’s only about a 58% welcome, because sites around the blogosphere are noticing that around 42% of the songs they’re trying to share Zune-to-Zune are on the “Zune sharing prohibited” list. Even that three days/3 plays DRM slapped on every shared song is not enough for…

Tech News Charlie White Jan 19

Share USB Devices Between Two Computers With the MultiSwitch

MultiSwitch, the first USB “Hub” that allows two machines to share one USB device, should be available in stores some time in early 2007. Why should this matter to you? Well, with MultiSwitch you can share printers, USB hard drives, card readers, fingerprint scanners, and whatever other USB devices you can think of without having…

Gadgets Jason Chen Dec 20

Zune Hack: Share That Song Again in Five Easy Steps

You knew this was inevitable: a way to disavow any knowledge of a transferred song on the Microsoft Zune, circumventing that share-once restriction in the player’s WiFi routine. It’s just a matter of a little simple digital prestidigitation, digging into a certain file and removing the name of the person who sent it to you,…

Tech News Charlie White Nov 30

Even More Confirmation of Zune Rewards: Microsoft Buys Weedshare’s IP

As if we needed more confirmation that Microsoft’s soon rolling out Zune sharing rewards, here’s more news of Microsoft’s wheeling and dealing with similar companies like Weedshare. Long story short: Microsoft signed a patent non-assertion agreement that grants Shared Media Licensing the rights to exploit its patent and any patents related to it without fear…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 29

The Zune’s File Sharing: Fast But Obtrusive?

Seeing as song sharing is such an important piece of the Zune puzzle, we thought we’d show you again what the Zune to Zune file transfer looks like. You’ll notice that it’s quite speedy to send a song, which then kicks you from whatever it is you were doing into your Inbox to view what…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 14

Microsoft Was/Still Planning On Rewarding Zune Sharing?

Remember the rumor that the Zune will pay you for sharing a song that someone ends up buying? Well, that rumor was squashed by Cesar, the pants wearing blogger last week. Not so fast, says a reader who uncovered a whitepaper from Microsoft detailing their possible foray into “off-line economies for digital media.” https://gizmodo.com/rumor-zune-to-pay-you-for-sharing-songs-209767 In…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 30

The Zune Will Not Pay You For Sharing Songs

Remember the rumor we had yesterday about the Zune possibly compensating you for sharing songs? Yeah. That’s not true. Cesar from Zune Insider tells us: https://gizmodo.com/rumor-zune-to-pay-you-for-sharing-songs-209767 …I can tell you that we have no plans to pay people to share songs sent via Zune to Zune sharing… What is true: Cesar wore glasses, a black…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 25

Rumor: Zune to Pay You For Sharing Songs?

The Microsoft Zune may pay you for sharing a song with others if they end up buying that song themselves. As you probably know, the Zune’s WiFi capability will let you send a song to another Zune user, and then that user can listen to it three times for free within three days, after which…

Tech News Charlie White Oct 24

Microsoft Zune Song Sharing Demo Video

Here’s a video of two Zunes engaging in some safe exchange of content. First you pick a song, hit share, and a list pops up of the Zunes nearby. Click send, and your Zune prompts the other guy’s girl’s Zune to accept your song. Sending takes around 10+ seconds, if this video is in real…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 14

Neighborhood Wifi Sharing

A team of grad students at UIUC have developed a way for people to securely share their bandwidth with their neighbors. Called Practical End-host collaborative Residential Multihoming (PERM), the device allows users to choose the best internet connection available among the current pool, and alerts the connection owners if there’s any misuse with their bandwidth.…

Privacy & Security Jason Chen Apr 30

Stream Zune Music to Nearby Zunes via FM

How to Sync Your Zune With Any PC

Former Diamond, Musicmatch, and iRiver Execs Band Together To Make Captain Planet-Level Music Player

Even More Zune Phone Rumors! WiMax? VoIP? Sharing With Anybody?

World’s First Peer To Peer DVR From NDS

Zune 58% Welcomes You to the Social

Share USB Devices Between Two Computers With the MultiSwitch

Zune Hack: Share That Song Again in Five Easy Steps

Even More Confirmation of Zune Rewards: Microsoft Buys Weedshare’s IP

The Zune’s File Sharing: Fast But Obtrusive?

Microsoft Was/Still Planning On Rewarding Zune Sharing?

The Zune Will Not Pay You For Sharing Songs

Rumor: Zune to Pay You For Sharing Songs?

Microsoft Zune Song Sharing Demo Video

Neighborhood Wifi Sharing

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Stream Zune Music to Nearby Zunes via FM

How to Sync Your Zune With Any PC

Former Diamond, Musicmatch, and iRiver Execs Band Together To Make Captain Planet-Level Music Player

Even More Zune Phone Rumors! WiMax? VoIP? Sharing With Anybody?

World’s First Peer To Peer DVR From NDS

Zune 58% Welcomes You to the Social

Share USB Devices Between Two Computers With the MultiSwitch

Zune Hack: Share That Song Again in Five Easy Steps

Even More Confirmation of Zune Rewards: Microsoft Buys Weedshare’s IP

The Zune’s File Sharing: Fast But Obtrusive?

Microsoft Was/Still Planning On Rewarding Zune Sharing?

The Zune Will Not Pay You For Sharing Songs

Rumor: Zune to Pay You For Sharing Songs?

Microsoft Zune Song Sharing Demo Video

Neighborhood Wifi Sharing

Someone Finally Took a Good iPhone Photo of the Moon. Good Luck Copying Their Trick

In Letter, OpenAI Reportedly Says Elon Musk and Meta Are Coordinating ‘Attacks’ Against It

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HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

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