Episode 46 dated November 13th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz). Show notes: Zune Insider podcast hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz). Jessica and matt talk about getting dressed up for planning presentations : (0:00 - 2:30), Pete from the device software team talks about the new features in the Zune HD firmware 4.3 update and new 3D game Apps : (4:30 - 17:55), Tweets and listener questions...

Your Zune HD is ready to play. We just got a slew of new games available to download for your Zune HD. New titles include Project Gotham Racing , Audiosurf Tilt, Vans SK8: Pool Service, Lucky Lanes Bowling, Piano, and Checkers. Check’em out, go to the Zune Marketplace and download them in the Apps section. Here is an overview on how to get these Apps on your Zune HD .

About a year ago, I put out in the Zune forums a question. What if we tried to develop a feature "out in the open?" Typically we do our development behind closed doors, and we do this for a number of reasons: competitive advantage, because things ALWAYS change mid-cycle and if we promised one thing in November, what we delivered in April would likely be totally different, and to get the most out of the marketing splash when the time does come. However, to try to be more "social"...

Before I worked on Zune, I worked on Windows Media Center - specifically, on TV signal setup and recording. Media Center has a really active community (not run by Microsoft) called The Green Button , and working with those folks over there, we started a forum called "Ask Jessica," where Media Center users could ask me questions about TV features. One of my fave things about working at Microsoft is being able to move around the company to different projects. When I was ready to move on from Media...