Because There's Always an Apple v. PC Thing to Tweak People With

Ah, remember stocking up and preparing for the uncertainty of computer mayhem when the year 2000 turned? Microsoft does.

For an estimated 1 million owners of the Zune media player, New Year's Eve was the day their music died. A technical glitch related to the 2008 leap year caused some versions of Microsoft Corp.'s devices across the globe to seize Wednesday. The devices should come back to life today. But not before making many of the Zune faithful wonder why they hadn't bought an iPod instead.