I know that many of my silly troll-boy readers swore a blood oath against Microsoft and Windows in the 12th Century, so this post isn't really for you. The kool-aid presentations at the company meeting rocked. I'm actually really excited about Vista, and as a guy who works in an office all day, Office 2007 is really cool, too. We weren't allowed any photography, but there was a hilarious "'I'm an iPod.' 'I'm a Zune'" spoof that had us all rolling. . . Speaking of funny, this gave me a chuckle...

A while back I wrote that we'd have more Zune preload artists to announce in the coming weeks. Well Richard and I just got the green light from our friends at Beggars to post that Norwegian phenoms Serena-Maneesh will come preloaded on Zune. Not familiar w/ Serena-Maneesh? Check out their video for "Drain Cosmetics." Sweet. Also, I'm loving the Zune haikus . Since I forgot to tell you when the contest ends, let's say. . . it ends at 12:00 am this Friday, 1 September (Pacific time). Good...

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...