Saw this post and this thread on Zunerama and decided to take a break from the SXSW blogging to post it. From 'rama: Zunerama member scoutflyer reports that he was able to track down a friend's stolen Zune that way [by turning on wireless]. The stolen Zune was still in the school building, and by using his own Zune he was able to tell when he got close to the missing player. Fortunately the perpetrator had not turned wireless off, so the stolen Zune was still announcing its presence to other nearby...

Next Saturday, March 10, The Zune team will offer 35 limited edition, customized Zune players to support a benefit at the Known Gallery in Los Angeles. It's a benefit for Tempt One , a well known Los Angeles graffiti writer. The customized Zune: Check this flier for more info.

Note : I know that some readers of this blog swore a blood oath against Microsoft in the 12th century. This post is not so much for you. . . or is it!? Reading a little bit about Zune on the internets today, I came across something interesting. A blogger* out there named Nick Starr wants to give Zune a fair and balanced review , after using it exclusively for one month. And he's asking his readers to donate half of the cost: I’m going to give up any and all use of my iPods for an entire month and...

Many of you know this, but for those who don't: I worked and blogged for Xbox before I started working here at Zune. My old Xbox buddies just wrapped up X06 , a press event in Europe. And they had, as one of my favorite sites puts it, "quite an amazing press conference, filled with the sort of surprises and delights befitting a regular carnival of gaming." So the purpose of this post is, in part, to say to my old Xbox buddies, in my best 'L33T' speak: FTW! W00t! Pwn'D! OMGWTFBBQ! Ok, that...