Loony Zunes

"Several users are reporting that, for whatever reason, their original 30-Gbyte Microsoft Zune MP3 players crashed soon after midnight on the morning of Dec. 31.

"The affected users say that the Zunes lock up as the boot process almost completes, to the point that the progress bar reaches about the 90 percent mark. Joel Durham Jr., an analyst for ExtremeTech, was one of the users affected, as both of his Zunes died identically...

"A Microsoft representative did not immediately respond to requests for comment."

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