The Zune team is hard at work to bring you the next level of entertainment service. In preparation for our new Zune service launch, we are going to be doing some work starting on Monday, September 14 at 11:00 a.m. PDT. At that time Zune Marketplace, Zune.net and Zune Social will all be taken offline for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience, but we are sure you will love what you will see on Tuesday, September 15th. Not only you will be able to get your hands on the new Zune HD...

On Tuesday, June 16th from 12:01 AM PST for up to 24 hours, the Zune service will be offline for maintenance. As a result, the Zune Social, the forums on Zune.net, and all of Zune Marketplace will be offline. As you may have heard the Zune and Xbox systems are coming closer together and this service maintenance is to prepare for some of the recently announced Xbox LIVE features that will be available later this year. It is important to note when the service returns, you will not have any new functions...

Hey folks! We'll be taking zune.net down at 10 p.m. tonight for a bit. When we return, we'll have some new features on the web - including "follow an artist," where you can explicitly state that you like a particular artist and get news and updates from that artist. We'll do RSS feed aggregation on artist pages - which means that from the one artist page on zune.net, you can see your favorite artist's latest Twitter posts, blogs, and so on (and if your favorite artist doesn't...