Playing out of Zune
Owners of the 30GB model of Microsoft’s Zune have been suffering through a bout of millennium bug lite as the mp3 player locked up during the transition to 2009.
The glitch came about as a result of a programming oversight in the Zune’s onboard calendar which was unable to process 2008 as a leap year.
Unable to account for the 366th day of the year the gadgets didn’t go insane and slay all of humanity, much to the disappointment of some Battlestar Galactica fans.
As with many technological problems the glitch is remedied by turning the unit off then turning it on again, possibly while swearing.
One Microsoft insider told The Times:
“It worked for me and it seems like it’s working for customers.”
Turning it on and off again that is. He didn’t mention swearing (unfortunately).
The Magpie has never been a fan of the clunky Zune and advocates the Creative Zen as a viable alternative to funding the operations of a man who lives in a mountain lair called Xanadu.
