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Together at last / Tech titans Bill Gates and Steve Jobs appear on the same stage for the first time in 20 years at the All Things Digital conference

"For 30 years, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have dominated the technology industry, often on opposite sides, each legitimately laying claim to many of the innovations that are now commonplace in today's computers.
After all the feuds, the rapprochements and the big business that continues to this day, the two tech titans, now elder statesmen, came together Wednesday night on a public stage for the first time in 20 years.
Gates, the co-founder and chairman of Microsoft Corp., and Jobs, the co-founder and chief executive of Apple Inc., appeared together at the D: All Things Digital conference at the posh Four Seasons resort in this coastal city.
The conversation had the feel of a front-porch reminiscence in a retirement home as each man reflected on the early days of computing. "

Steve Jobs Commencement

Zune Still Under 1 Million in Sales But Better Than First iPod - PMP Today

"So we got it wrong, along with the rest of the tech blogging world and a bunch of very respected print publication. Zune went over a million only through a mis-transcription by The San Francisco Chronicle. Robbie Bach didn’t say that Mcrosoft has sold over a million Zunes already since November. What he said was, “When we finish our fiscal year in June we’ll have sold a little over a million Zunes, so we feel very good about that.”"

Zune beating Ipod

"When Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) released the Zune digital music player last November, there were inklings that the company who could challenge Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s iPod dominance had finally arrived. The splintered digital music universe of a zillion companies making MP3 music players was a dizzying array of incompatibilities and cheaply-made junk that gave Apple no challenge in creating an complete "music ecosystem" that has made it the undisputed champion in the digital music player arena.So, when Microsoft's Zune was launched, the company was attempting to compete with Apple head-on with nicely-designed products and a complete set of online music download tools that would attempt to re-create and complete Apple iPod experience -- but from Microsoft. Its Zune music and media player had a few features the iPod lacked -- like WiFi wireless networking -- but limited the usability of some of those advanced features as to make them useless to experienced digital music player fans."

I'm Steve Jobs, and I'm Bill Gates - BizTech - Technology - theage.com.au

"No one expects sparks to fly when Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and Apple's CEO Steve Jobs appear on stage together later this week. But it's clear there's no love lost between the two camps.
Apple's clever series of 'I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC' ads have needled Microsoft, portraying the software giant's products as awkward and unhip."

Tech Test: Sansa Connect is no iPod killer, but it combines solid mix of features, ease-of-use

"So far, nothing but a new iPod has been able to tear me away from my old iPod. But after spending some time cozying up to SanDisk Corp.'s new Sansa Connect WiFi MP3 player, I'm willing to admit there are other players I'd use in a pinch.
The $250 Sansa Connect is a flash-based music player that lets users access Internet radio, view Flickr photos, see what their Yahoo Instant Messenger buddies are listening to and download music, all via Wi-Fi -- something no iPod offers."