Long time readers will remember how the Zune Team played in a football futbol soccer tournament last year . A quick backstory: Each year, folks from E&D (Entertainment and Devices, the division of which Zune is a part) global sales/marketing folks

<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

Some folks have pointed out great reviews I didn't like to. What's my excuse for missing them? Well, I've been really busy playing Gears of War working on CES (to which some of you are going, so I'm hoping we can meet up). First off, MakeYouGoHmm 's TDavid**

Interesting note in this article by Motley Fool (via MSNBC) about yesterday's widely reported Reuter's survey . You know, the one that surveyed 450 potential buyers of music players. The survey found that 35% of folks expressing interest in Zune see it

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