Welcome to episode 18 (audio) of the Zune Insider Podcast co-hosted by Cesar Menendez and Rob Greenlee . Most of this episode was recorded using VOIP software Gizmo Project because of a snow storm in Seattle and has less then ideal audio quality. Topics covered this week include: Zune Insider over the holidays , New podcasts added to the Zune Marketplace ( The Green Room , Xbox 360 Only Game Trailers , ManiaTV's The Chuck Norris Show podcast), Winners announced for The Great Zune T-Shirt and...

Wired has a thorough, objective review and comparison of Zune 80 GB and iPod Classic (80 gb). Check the results here . Hope everybody had a great weekend!

Our friends in the 'rama forums have been following the Top 20 Most Wanted Rankings on CNet for the past few weeks, as have our friends at 'scene . This week, Zune tops the most wanted list, beating out the Nintendo Wii. Cool. As usual, the normal caveats apply - just like the Amazon sales ranking, the CNet ranking is a good picture of how Zune is tracking - but only among the registered users on CNet.com. Overall, a good step for Zune, though.

Lots of folks have asked me about podcasting, specifically "You'll be able to subscribe to any podcast just by entering the URL, right?" The answer is yes. From the Zune software, you'll be able to enter the URL of the podcast to subscribe to it. That is of course in addition to the 1000+ of the top audio and video podcasts available for free within ZMP. And speaking of podcasts - our buddies at Zunecorps teamed up with Stefan at IWAPZ to launch the first edition of the Zune Community Netcast - check...