One of the most passionately debated issues amongst people on the Social team in Zune is whether users should be allowed to hide plays. Right now, it’s not possible. We know that you played that Britney Spears song in between your plays of Tokyo Police Club * cough* Cesar *cough* and if you’ve got your plays set to share with the community (or even just your friends), other people know, too. Every so often, someone brings it back up. Should we let users edit their play data? On the “yes” side are...

As many of you know, when Zune refreshed the product line back in November 07 , we started selling DRM-free MP3s. We’re now up to around two-thirds of our catalog available in that DRM-free format. I’m sure many of you saw the recent announcement from Rhapsody today – with other digital music providers moving toward MP3, it could be signaling even better changes for the industry in the future. Taken in combination with the millions of tracks you could get with a Zune Pass , and guided by recommendations...