Back! Hope everybody had a happy holiday. Kicking off another year of blog posts: this cool story from Wired . The folks at Wired chose "Academy of Dreams," as one of The 10 Best Gadget Ads of 2007 . Zune actually took the number two spot, losing out to The Bourne Ultimatum , which Wired thought was the best gadget ad of 2007. On a related note, Zune also got a quick mention in the number 10 entry: Transformers , saying, "We've got our fingers crossed for a transformed Zune/iPod brawl in the sequel...

I know that the whole world is linking to this story, but I would add one thing: we have more artists to announce the next coming weeks. You heard it here first. The article adds this quote, which caught my attention: "Apple has been an important partner in building the digital music market but any well-funded serious entrant has got to be good news for the artists and industry," Jeff Kempler, executive vice president of EMI unit Virgin Records America, told Reuters. Also, can anyone recommend...