All over the world, the dozens of people who own 30GB Zunes are finding their beloved media players dead. And not just mostly dead. Really dead.
From what I can tell it looks like every Zune 30 on the planet has suddenly crashed. Is this a virus? A glitch? A time bomb? A disgruntled Microsoft employee? Planned obsolescence to make us buy a new one? Or just a terrorist plot to drive the free world crazy?
Speculation is of course centered around the timing. It is New Year’s Eve, after all, and the conspiracy nuts are calling this Z2K (with or without a +9 at the end). Our own NYC Bureau Chief John C Abell prefers the idea that it is “Brilliant Microsoft DRM Technology”, which would be the most hilarious explanation.
I bet some people get fired over this one.