If you are in high school and live around Salem then you could probably win a free zune.

How?

Willamette University is organizing an event for high school students interested in learning about careers in computer science and technology.

The event is free to enter and is sponsored by large technology companies like by Microsoft, Google, IBM and HP.

The event will be held on Feb 10th and any students who register and attend will be entered into a drawing for a zune player and other prizes like HP digital camera and more.

You might have seen stories taking rounds about Universal and Sony placing restriction on zune’s wi-fi sharing. Not aware of it, well I guess it even hit the digg home page.

Anyway it’s not true. As per Cesar from zuneinsider these reports are merely speculative and flat out incorrect. Also support from these and other labels for the wireless sharing feature has been strong.

Official Microsoft statement on wireless sharing:

I don’t know how legit the news is, but as per digital music news, on their discussion with Chris Stephenson, general manager of Global Marketing for the Entertainment Business, Microsoft, yielded more details about the zune line.

First we can expect a flash based zune player for the holiday season later this year. And secondly, hinted to the release of a truly wi-fi enabled device, a release that would follow the recently-launched Sansa Connect from SanDisk at CES.

Now the question is what a truly wi-fi device would be? Any guesses.

A couple of weeks back, Jan Muehlfeit, Microsoft’s vice president for corporate and government engagement throughout Europe, said that zune should be released in Europe in the first half of 2007.

Well I guess that’s not going to happen as recently, Jason Reindorp told Reuters that Microsoft could possibly launch zune in Europe before the end of the year.

Reindorp quoted saying:

“The industry moves in this sort of Christmas to Christmas cycle. Our next round of introductions will probably be in time for the holiday of this year.”

Yes, Steve Jobs, CEO Apple introduced the much awaited iPhone. It will be launched this summer, June 2007 to be exact and would retail for $499. Expensive isn’t it, but for a cell phone, media player and portable computer all in one, the price seems to be ok.

The above price is for a 4GB model, where as the 8GB model will cost $599 with a 2 year contract with not so popular Cingular service.

The device looks really amazing with a beautiful 3.5-inch widescreen display, touch controls that lets you enjoy all media including music, videos, audiobooks, movies and TV shows.