Some of you have noticed already, but www.zune.net will be down for a few hours while the team props the 2.5 update. By tomorrow morning, we should be up and running in full.

The Zune Social homepage lists out the top tracks, artists, and albums. Curious to know who's on top right now? Check it: most played songs Apologize by Timbaland (652,960 plays) Bleed It Out by Linkin Park (502,172 plays) Low by Flo Rida (477,050 plays) Never Too Late by Three Days Grace (321,307 plays) Shadow Of The Day by Linkin Park (307,405 plays) most played artists Linkin Park (8,533,939 plays) Eminem (5,367,775 plays) Kanye West (3,738,220 plays) Nickelback (3,506,839 plays) Three Days Grace...

Ok, the retail team has decided to give Zuneinsider readers a special sneak preview of some Zune discounts/freebies. Click this page on Zune.net to get special offers on Zune at major retailers - like free music downloads at Amazon with the purchase of a Zune. The site "officially" goes live tomorrow. These offers will be officially running through, January, and many will be refreshed week to week. Enjoy!

A little while ago, Zune went to the LAMC. Check the video - it explains a little bit about our approach to Latin Artists: 'Ta bueno