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Microsoft’s 30-GB Zunes are crashing. More specifically the 2006 model 30-GB Zune devices are crashing and the problem is pretty widespread and being attributed to a leap year glitch. There’s apparently a bug in the internal clock driver that’s related to the way the Zune device handles a leap year. Microsoft has said the problem should resolve itself by noon today. They’ve apologized to their customers saying they know it’s a been a major inconvenience. Get more info

By the end of December you might be able to buy an iPhone at your local Wal-mart. It is being reported that Walmart might start carrying iPhones in the next few weeks.  There will be two models carried according to representatives from two walmart stores; and at least one Walmart store in Bentonville, Arkansas might carry a 4-gigabyte version of the iPhone that had previously been discontinued. That version would sell for $99.

At this time there is no official word about this. Neither Apple nor Walmart executives have confirmed the reports. Steve Dowling, speaking on behalf of Apple would only state that Apple “does not comment on rumor or speculation”; and Dan Fogleman, a spokesman for Walmart stated that  Walmart has made no official announcement about plans to carry an iPhone and therefore he could not comment.