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Thursday, January 1, 2009

Microsoft Zune 30 Suffers From Leap Year Bug

Zune 30 owners around the globe have been experiencing a bug that appears to be related to a leap year issue. One posting on the Zune.net forum read: “My Zune has managed to freeze itself with the Zune Logo and the loading bar on the screen and none of the buttons are responding, rebooting isn’t responding, plugging it into the computer isn’t responding, nothing is working.” Microsoft says it has traced the problem to a software bug “related to the way the device handles a leap year.” The Zune apparently was expecting 2008 to have 365 days, and not 366. More troubles for Microsoft hardware...

Source: NYTimes.com

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