My boys over at the Gamerscore Blog post a recap of today's earning's announcement. Among the highlights, one about the Entertainment and Devices Division (of which Zune is a part): · The Entertainment and Devices division reported 70 percent growth driven by strong performance across all of its businesses. Interactive gaming in particular more than doubled as a result of Xbox 360 platform momentum. 70% growth? That's what *I* call . . . (you guessed it. Big Money). Am I right?!? < Cesar goes...

Going to CMJ ? Want to get into a free show? We're throwing a party on November 1. My buddy Richard, who's working on the guest list for the show, offered me 4 tickets. I think we're still working out the confirmed talent list; I'll update this post as soon as we do. That's not the only party we're throwing in NYC though, stay tuned. . . Edit 1:08 PM PDT: if you want in, email me at AskZune (then type the at symbol) Microsoft.com. Sort of important detail I left out there ;)

I've had a few arm-chair designers (and a few professional ones) ask about Zune and design. Curious myself, I sat down with Steve Kaneko: Design Director, Entertainment and Devices Division. You can find his bio here (scroll down some). Now the interview: Ok, before I ask you anything, I have to ask the burning question: why brown? There were many who thought we were crazy when we proposed the brown (“suede” to us staffers) colorway. Why brown? Because love it or hate it, people feel something. Artists...

Can I not leave you guys alone for five minutes** without a rumor starting ? As I told my stalker buddy Jason at Gizmodo yesterday : I can tell you that we have no plans to pay people to share songs sent via Zune to Zune sharing. **Ok fine, it's been 5 days since I posted last, not 5 minutes ;)