<edit 11:59 AM>I talked to the retail team; this is a hoax. The actual ad that ran offered a $15 iTunes gift card with the purchase of an iPod, and free Zune Premium Earphones w/ the purchase of a Zune. In the immortal words of Strongbad: DELETED . Funny while it lasted, though! Around seven thousand people sent this to me today: (photo from Giz ) No idea if this is true; my guess it's an error on behalf of the Spokane* Compusa. I emailed the retail account team to find out. It reminds me of...

First, I didn't post yesterday, because I'm beta-testing Zune - both the Zune software and on the device. Sorry 'bout that. Ok, onto the subject of this post: www.notfornoobs.com . Saw this in Gizmodo today. I can tell you that it's not a Zune site. I don't think it's a gaming site, but I'm checking w/ the games team. Actually, I'm not even sure that it's a Microsoft site. I'm checking into it. And since I'm on the topic of rumors. . . Lots of folks have asked me: what do I think about the Zune UI...

Allow me to introduce you to my old friend: rumor and speculation ;) There’s been some discussion around here recently about this NY Post story. My take on it: the story confuses the ability to play video with the way users purchase video (they call it the “video store”). And it’s all based on, you guessed it, rumor and speculation. So here’s the official word: we haven’t announced anything with regards to either. Zune is built around digital entertainment, and we’re doing some interesting things...