Today at 10:00 am PT, we'll be releasing Firmware Update 1.4. This update (it's firmware only; software is still 1.3) brings an improved shuffle experience. For those slightly more technical readers, the direct word from the dev team: "this firmware update makes successive shuffle actions produce more random lists." If you've been following this blog, then you probably know that the team at Zune is continually working to improve Zune - and this update is another step in that direction. Ok, take care...

I thought I'd add a little more context to yesterday's post Jason Reindorp, the Marketing Director for Zune was quoted in the Washington Post : The one million unit milestone is just one conservative step of many we'll take over the next few years as we continue to introduce new features and devices and build our brand A few folks have said that the goal of being number two - which we've already achieved in the hard drive category, with about 10% marketshare - is too modest. Right now, though, we...

This week's pair of ZMP freebies span genres. Check out Spanish Harlem Orchestra's " Sacala Bailar," and Cary Brother's "Who You Are." Cool. In other news: I'm sure you all have by now seen Surface , which folks at Microsoft have been developing for over 5 years. Very cool.

A lot of folks asked me over the weekend about this article in the S.F. Chronicle . Robbie was actually misquoted - you can find an actual recording of the interview here . So for the record, we haven't made any official announcements on our sales numbers. We are on track, though, to sell one million devices before the end of the fiscal year (June 30). In addition, we've achieved our goal of being the number 2 player in the hard-drive category. And speaking of the Zune community, our friends at the...