US airport security bans Zune on flights

US AIRPORT security seems to be following its UK counterparts in banning electronic gadgets on flights.

But according to Gizmodo.com the ban is not based on all electronic gadgets but only those that the US security staff have not seen before.

Gizmodo cites the case of a reader who showed up with Microsoft's super soaraway new Zune machine. Apparently the official had never seen one before and decided that it must be part of a terrible terror plot to overthrow the US government and force US citizens to worship jam.

He would not even allow the Zune to be put in as checked-in luggage in case it exploded in the hold of the aircraft. He made the person mail the Zune back to his office or else not make the flight.

However the official said that iPods were OK, he knew what one of those were like. Dell laptops are OK, too.

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