Howdy! It's that time again, Zune Insider podcast #23 is live for your consumption. This week Jessica covers the updates to Zune.net and has some ambush interviews with the Zune.net team. Tom, a tester on the Zune software team drops by to talk podcasts and music. Jessica trades Zunes with Emily, a tester on the Zune.net team. And, for the first time since we took over, we have an EXTRA special giveaway. Enjoy! Listen online here , or subscribe through the Zune software here .

A new installment of the New Zune Insider Podcast just went live today, get excited! This week you can listen to the dynamic duo of yours truly ( Skipdeez ) and Jessica ( Jetherealz ) rap about new music and upcoming shows. We also answer some random questions from our Twitter followers (hit us up! @skipdeez and @jetherealz). Oh, and I should also mention we talk about a little something called Zune HD and discuss the new Xbox Zune video Marketplace. We also trade Zunes with our bosses, which is...

Hey folks! So this week, let's go with the "Jessica's son" edition - the starting artist will be Fall Out Boy , since I had to listen to Fall Out Boy songs over and over and over again Friday night when the kid and his friends were playing Rock Band...and the ending artist Led Zeppelin , as my friends and I try to give him a good rock education. Last week's challenge was won by " sableholic ," who was the first person to get from Dieselboy to Sarah McLachlan in 10...

About a year ago, I put out in the Zune forums a question. What if we tried to develop a feature "out in the open?" Typically we do our development behind closed doors, and we do this for a number of reasons: competitive advantage, because things ALWAYS change mid-cycle and if we promised one thing in November, what we delivered in April would likely be totally different, and to get the most out of the marketing splash when the time does come. However, to try to be more "social"...