Microsoft Zune music player hit by 'Y2K-type' bug

Certain models of the company's Zune media player - Microsoft's equivalent of the iPod - rolled over and played dead on a New Year's Eve. The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Microsoft's online support forum for Zunes were flooded on Wednesday with thousands of reports of the malfunction affecting the 30GB model Zune.

"I was playing music and all of sudden the music stopped and it shut off. I turned the Zune back on and it loaded to 100% but then froze and none of the reset combinations are working," wrote one angry user.

Many of the forum posters tagged themselves as "Victim of the December 31st 2008 Zune 30 Meltdown!"

emily | 10:12 AM | News, Buzz |
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