Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

The man so devoted to all things Zune that he got not one but two Zune tattoos looks to have finally drawn the attention of Microsoft itself, which has decided to fly its biggest fan out to Redmond and give him the star treatment. In a post on the Zune Scene message boards, “mszunefan” says that he’ll be making the trip on July 5th, during which he’ll do an interview for Microsoft’s Channel 10 and then meet his heroes: a no doubt slightly unnerved Zune team. We have to say we’re kinda glad that Microsoft stepped in when it did, there’s no telling where the next tattoo might have ended up.

[Via Zune Boards, thanks Mike]

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Filed under: Desktops, Laptops

We’ve seen our fair share of flip-flopping in the past, and Microsoft is yet again adding its name to the frowned upon list by retracting previous intentions to allow Windows Vista Home and Home Premium operating systems to run under virtualization. After reportedly stating that it would “change the EULA after listening to customer feedback on the issue,” it appears that the suits in Redmond have thought better of said decision. Now, the firm has “reassessed the Windows virtualization policy and decided that maintaining the original policy announced last Fall” would be best. Ben Rudolph, Parallels director of corporate communications, noted that he was “obviously disappointed” in Microsoft’s change of heart, but if the two-faced Mac users out there can persuade Google to take their side, we’re sure this little spat could be cleared up in no time.

[Image courtesy of ElliottBack]

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Filed under: Cellphones

We know, the world’s obvious obsession with the iPhone is indeed getting a bit out of hand, but we can’t deny that we wish it was our hands wrapped tightly around the iPhone purportedly pictured there on the right. With just eight days to go, it seems that the iPhone has become a bit less of a hermit and has managed to make itself seen on numerous occasions. Most interesting, however, is a post over at the MacRumors forums in which a self-proclaimed “wine director in a prominent restaurant” not only caught an “Apple employee” toying with the coveted handset at dinner, but managed to score a few precious moments (five minutes to be precise) with it as well. Of course, most of the monologue covered aspects that you’ve all been made aware of ad nauseum, but if you’re in the mood for humoring yourself, feel free to read along and believe what you will.

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Filed under: Laptops

You’ve seen a little of it before, and you know it’s coming, but here’s a few more photos to hold you over. Finally, a Dell you can take out in public.

[Thanks, Chris]

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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

While it looks like it’s still a ways from setting up shop next to more traditional vending machines, those in New York CIty can now get their instant-book fix from the very first (non-beta) Espresso Book Machine, which has found a home in the New York Public Library’s Science, Industry and Business Library. For the time being, most of the books on offer appear to be ones in the public domain, including over 200,000 titles from the Open Content Alliance database, which visitors to the library can print off books free of charge, the end result of which is supposedly “indistinguishable from the factory-made title.” From the looks of it, Espresso manufacturer On Demand Books doesn’t seem to be having any trouble getting takers for the machine, with the New Orleans Public Library, the University of Alberta, the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, Vermont, and the Open Content Alliance in San Francisco each already in line to get one this fall.

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!