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Zune HD

With billions of dollars and lousy returns everywhere, Microsoft has decided to initiate a major increase in its quarterly dividend.

Nah. They're pouring money into things like Zune.

No, I don't why, either. Based on my (infallible) Great Leveling algorithm, with its current strategy, the product will fail. (I know, that's now news, I'm just verifying our assumptions with statistical methodology.)

Rating
Free: 
*
Mobile: 
****
Social: 
**
Real-time: 
***
Hyper-local: 
*
Monetize: 
**
Values: 
*
Ecosystem: 
**
Adaptability: 
**