Last week, Microsoft officially announced details of its new Zune consumer brand. The September 14th announcement came two days after rival Apple announced a refreshed iPod family, updated iTunes software for Windows and Mac OS X, and a revamped iTunes Store that now supports movie downloads. The verdict? The soon-to-arrive Microsoft device and its accompanying Zune-branded ecosystem will not slow the iPod juggernaut. Zune, in its initial 1.0 incarnation, will be a dud.

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Over at g2zero, the Web blog and community site run by New Rowley and devoted to improving software quality, a post on potential defects and security vulnerabilities found in the Firefox Web browser code base (version 1.5) generated numerous discussions on g2zero, as well as slashdot, digg.com, and other tech sites. What was fascinating about the debate is the varied opinions on the value of automated static analysis testing tools.

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