Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, confirmed in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle that the company has cleared the million mark. While he said that “a little over a million Zunes” translate into a 10% market share in the category of hard-disk-based digital audio players, Bach conceded that it wasn’t quite an “overwhelming” start: “I’m not going to pretend it’s some gigantic move,” he told the Chronicle.

However, Microsoft did reach its initial goal outlined last December by former VP Bryan Lee. At the time, Lee considered one million Zunes within a nine-month timeframe as potentially “awesome”. Compared to its rival, Apple’s iPod, Zune in fact appears to have done reasonably well: It took the iPod nearly two years to reach the one-million milestone. But, in fairness, the iPod launched in a time (2001) when the portable MP3 player was a toy for geeks and the market opportunity was hardly more than a niche. Microsoft, on the other side, launched Zune in a booming market and, in this perspective, a million sold devices suddenly do not look that “awesome” anymore. Zune has been in the market for 193 days (November 14, 2006 to May 25, 2007) in the U.S. market – which translates into about 5200 Zunes sold per day. About 30,000 stores in the U.S. are currently selling the player, which means that, on average, each store sold about 33 Zunes during this 193 day period – or one Zune every six days. Anyway, it’s still far away from promised iPod killer…

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Big.Bad.Wolf.2006.DVDRip.XViD-ESPiSE

When DEREK COWLEY takes his college classmates to his stepfather’s cabin to party, they are attacked by a strange creature. A cross between Hannibal Lecter and the Wolfman, the lascivious Beast hunts down Derek’s classmates and kills them with sadistic glee. Back home, Derek begins to suspect his abusive stepfather, MITCH TOBLAT, is the werewolf.

Horror, IMDB, no ratings, 1 CD, 95 min, espise-xvid-bbw, torrent

Bristol.Boys.2005.PROPER.DVDRip.XviD-GiNUWiNE

The true story about the rise and fall of a group of suburban marijuana dealers from Bristol, Connecticut who were arrested by the State Police and DEA in 2001.

Crime, IMDB, 5.1/10, 1 CD, 88 min, ginuwine-bboysp, torrent

Hell.Ride.2008.DVDRip.XviD-DOMiNO

Veteran AIP genre star Larry Bishop (son of famed Rat Packer Joey Bishop) directs and stars in this gritty revenge tale concerning a biker gang that rallies to avenge the violent murder of a fellow gang member. A homage to such classic biker films as Chrome and Hot Leather and Angel Unchained, Hell Ride was conceived when director Bishop was invited to Quentin Tarantino’s home to view a print of The Savage Seven.

Action, IMDB, no ratings, 1 CD, 85 min, domino-hellride, torrent

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Here’s another ReviewMe post. I’m happy to say there’s another interesting service hidden under this review.

Dealighted.com is a new service that helps bargain hunters identify the best user posted shopping deals without having to visit multiple sites and wade through hundreds or thousands of deals and spend hours trying to figure out which deals are worthwhile. The main page of Dealighted lists latest deals ordered by time. You can also choose a target category or browse comments added to every deal. Some of the offers are time-limited, so it’s wise to be fast if you want to apply some coupon or promo action.

The majority of offers listed are for technical stuff, hardware and other equipment. You can find a lot more though – from web hosting offers to free sample of a new chewing gum. The Free stuff category lists various more or less useful offers which can be yours for nothing. Finding a coupon code for specific online shop is really simple as well, and you can easily save few bucks just by entering a special code from this website before checkout.

The other interesting part of Dealighted is an online shop. It’s not a classic eshop, but rather a listing of all major internet shops offering certain good. You can compare their prices including shipping, read user reviews about all stores or easily check the in stock status. And there are really differences, one very same product is often listed with difference of more than $200, so choosing the best shop can save you a lot of money. Although still in beta, Dealighted looks like a neat service which may be worth checking before buying something over the internet.

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Here’s one really sweet app release: NetLimited 2 Pro is simply amazing software for monitoring and limiting your bandwith. I’m personally using this application for more than 4 years and it still rocks. If you want to measure how many gigabytes of traffic do you waster per month, or just limit upload in some p2p application, NetLimited will do it for you. Simple, working, effective.

NetLimiter is an ultimate internet traffic control and monitoring tool designed for Windows. You can use NetLimiter to set download/upload transfer rate limits for applications or even single connection and monitor their internet traffic.

Along with this unique feature, Netlimiter offers comprehensive set of internet statistical tools. It includes real-time traffic measurement and long-term per-application internet traffic statistics. There are 3 available versions of NetLimiter 2 – Pro, Lite and freeware Monitor.

Main features:

Network Monitor

NetLimiter 2 shows list of all applications communicating over network it’s connections, transfer rates and more.

Bandwidth Limiter / Bandwidth Shaper

You can use NetLimiter 2 to set download or upload transfer rate limits for applications, connections or groups of them. With limits you can easily manage your internet connection�s bandwidth (bandwidth shaper or bandwidth controller)

Statistical tool

This feature lets you to track your internet traffic history since you’ve installed NetLimiter 2.

Additional network information

NetLimiter 2 provides you with and additional information like WHOIS, traceroute etc.

Rule scheduler

Remote administration, Personal firewall, Running as WinNT service, User rights, Chart, Advanced Rule editor and scheduler, Zone based traffic management…

Release name: NetLimiter.2.Pro.v2.0.10.1.WinAll.Regged.PROPER-PALACE
Size: 3 MB, parm001a.zip
Links: homepage, screenshots, torrent

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So You Think You Can Dance is an American television reality program and dance competition airing on the FOX network. The premier episode of the now running third season kicks off auditions in New York. I like the show, it is interesting to see some of the talents, and of course laugh at the screw ups. What I find impressive is the amount of self-delusion that some of the contestants bring to the show. And then when they get a negative reaction from the judges, they lash out and make themselves look even more pathetic.

TV.com, Wikipedia

So.You.Think.You.Can.Dance.S03E01.HDTV.XviD-CRiMSON
Torrent (700MB), NFO, Snaps: #1 , #2 , #3, #4, #5, #6

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Damn, I somehow forgot to post a new video the last weekend so here’s one nice clip to fix this.

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(Spoilers) Bubbles was witnessed stealing the ‘Swayzie Express’ and a $50,000 reward has been posted for the safe return of the prized model train. The pregnant Lucy has proposed to Randy who accepts. Now that Ricky’s plan to smuggle pot into the US using a model train and milk jugs is under way, he can finally sell off his stash. The HR.HDTV release by 2HD has eluded public torrents, but is avail on usenet.

TV.com, Wikipedia

After Bubbles discovers that he is wanted by the police, he dons a disguise. Meanwhile, Randy and Lahey get back together. and then plot to turn in Bubbles and collect the reward money.

Trailer.Park.Boys.S07E08.HDTV.XviD-2HD
624×352 @ 23.97 1.77AR – 176MB
Torrent, NFO, Snaps: #1 , #2 , #3, #4, #5, #6

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