Happy New Year: Microsoft Fixes Zune Bug

After its New Years Eve power outage, it seems that Microsoft has fixed the bug that caused the owners of its 30GB Zune portable music player to unexpectedly lose functionality. The glitch caused the music player to freeze up, leaving its owners out in the cold and without access to their digital music for the holiday.

On Thursday, Microsoft posted a note to its Web site that read, "You can go back to using your Zune!" The missive from the company had instructions for how its users could fix the Z2K9 bug by resetting their players.