LEAP YEAR BUG ZAPS ZUNE MUSIC PLAYER

Thousands of the MP3 Microsoft's Zune music players stopped working on NEW YEAR's Eve around the world. Microsoft described it as bug in the device's internal clock.
Bug only affected the original, 30GB versions of the music player that was introduced by Redmond Washington based Mirosoft in 2006 as its answer to Apple's widly popular iPod. Later devices with 80GB and 120GB of memory were not affected.
Microsoft was alerted to the problem when ZUNE forums and discussion boards lit uo overnight with complaints from Zune owners around the world that their players had stopped working.
The company initially put statement saying owners of the 30GB Zune may experience "issues" when booting up the device, asked for patience, and apologises for the inconvenience.
Several hours later, another statement on Microsoft's Zune.net explained the problem and said it would essentially resolve itself.
"There is a bug in the internal clock driver causing the 30 GB device to improperly handle the last day of a leap year,"Microsoft said.
"The issue should be resolved over the next 24 hours as the time change moves to January 1, 2009,"it said. "We expect the internal clock on the Zune 30GB devices will automatically reset tomorrow."
By tomorrow users were asked to allow the battery to fully run out of power before the unit can restart successfully. Then simply ensure that your device is recharged and turn it back on.

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