Zune is a Microsoft digital media player and a music service. The device released to the U.S. market costed US$249.99 and first was released on November 14, 2006. The first model of the Zune device comes equipped with a 30 GB hard drive, built-in FM tuner with Radio Data System, a 3 inch screen, and Wi-Fi networking. Zune supports the MP3, WMA and AAC audio formats, as well as Microsoft's WMV movie format. Zune software will also transcode MPEG4 and H.264 video to synchronize to the devise. It weighs 158.8 grams and has a 3-inch QVGA LCD screen, with a resolution of 320×240. It also goes with a software with which you can easily organise your files. The Zune can connect to a Microsoft Xbox 360, giving users the ability to stream music, videos, and pictures via USB. Windows based Zune Software can also stream music, videos, and pictures to Xbox 360 via a home network. There are many useful features that can make learning music and watching films even more enjoyable. Here are some of them:

* Ability to send photos, and some music files ( not all of the music files can be send ) from Zune-to-Zune via Wi-Fi.

* Ability to play videos and view pictures.

* "ZuneTags", a field changeable username and profile visible to others who wirelessly scan the area for fellow Zune users.

* The player software will automatically convert most audio and video in a format not supported by the Zune into a format that is. For example a video with a resolution of 720x540 or higher will be converted to a resolution of 320x240 if necessary. That's make very easy for us to convert all types of music and video files without wondering.

* Able to show other Zunes nearby what you are listening to or doing through advanced settings.

* Able to add songs to a quick playlist without reconnecting to the Zune software.

* Built-in FM radio, capable of showing song information on supported FM stations using RDS ( Radio Data System )

These are just a part of the wonderful world of ZUNE !

Writen by: Nickolay

Edited by: Fikrie and Lynn

Business work? IE or Firefox?

Having a big business or a small firm these days requires Internet access. But there are so much different browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, the "father" of all - Internet Explorer, Opera, Internet Accessor and many more. Each of them has it's own advantages and unique functions but which one do people prefer most? - Some researchers from "Jupiter" research company tried to answer this question.

Last year the usage of Mozilla as a main browser in firms with more than 250 employees was 26 percent and recent research has shown that the percent has grown to an amazing 44 percent. The other 56 percent is divided among: IE - 48%, Opera - 5%, IA - 2% and 1% of the firms use other browsers. Despite MF's big jump IE still holds most of the single users' computers with the enormous 79%.

So this amazing jump creates a lot of questions about the choice of all these people. One of MF's mostly used feature is it's tabbed browsing, which firms find more useful than IE's. Another feature is MF's download system - it can save whatever you're downloading and automatically continue next time. Also files are downloading and copying on your hard drive at the same time - you don't have to wait for them to be downloaded and copied to your hard drive. The loss of clients may cause Microsoft to rush with its IE7 and even with its main upgrade to Windows Vista. However the change from WindowsXP to WindowsVista may take a year for the "world" to start using it. The fact that IE goes with the XP operating system may create some inconvenience. If your Windows is being updated this will affect your IE functions and cause problems or even make your browser unusable during the update process. But each browser has to be "independent" to other programs, right? Then a search for a new one begins... And guess which browser is "waiting" to be downloaded. That's right, Mozilla Firefox.

So as you can see, finding a good browser isn't only a question of design but also of features. And the other thing that companies should have in mind is that if the software isn't quick to install and easily to update, it will just lose it's users. .

Written by: Stoyan, Deni & Kadrie