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BOOKMARKMicrosoft's media player Zune
Microsoft's upcoming media player code name Argo will be called Zune. It is rumored that Zune will be a wireless console player too.
Microsoft's "Argo" / Xbox wireless portable media player
According to reports on Engadget Microsoft's iPod KIller ( joke) is going by the name "Project Argo" . Details are well hard to come by, but tech gossips are doing twirls
Gizmodo says the player maybe called The Zune.
there's no game menu to be seen on the device, putting those rumors of portable gaming from Xbox branding in possible jeopardy. More game options possibly coming in the 2nd iteration.There's also mention of a black version of the Zune, being shown on a music video for the band CSS, and the brown version on the cover for "Band of Horses". You can display Album covers for the song you're listening to on the screen, which is "big enough" and looks "pretty good". Paul Oakenfold also has a tie-in deal.
Microsoft Robotics Studio
At the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition 2006, Microsoft Corp. showcased the community technology preview (CTP) of a new Windows-based environment for academic, hobbyist and commercial developers to easily create robotic applications for a wide variety of computing platforms.
The community technology preview of the Microsoft Robotics Studio is available for download at http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics.