If you do have the IE8 Beta, check out this accelorator that lets you look up any track that you come across on your browser. Check it out!

Ok folks: the Zune service will be down for scheduled maintenance on Monday, September 29 from 12:01am Pacific Time, for up to 48 hours. During the downtime, Zune Social, the forums on Zune.net, and all of Zune Marketplace will be offline. As soon as we're back up, I'll post again!

As you’ve seen, some Zune bits and pieces have been hitting the interwebs…especially the great finds from our fans! Today I’m very excited to admit announce the Zune 3.0 fall update, available for download September 16. In short, we’re adding new enhancements to the entire Zune ecosystem that will undoubtedly continue to make it the best place to discover music whether on your PC or on the go. Whether you’ve been with us since day one with a Zune 30 or are just heading...

Everybody excited for the Olympics? Me too. A number of teams here at Microsoft are partnering with NBC Sports to bring you the highlights and vid eos - for more details, see the media alert . Here's the Zune specific portion from the alert: Zune. On Aug. 8, Zune Marketplace will kick off a series of daily 2008 Olympic Games videos from NBC Sports, giving viewers special on-the-go access to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. For approximately 99 cents–$1.99 per episode (with post-Games content...