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...

Donald Bell, Jasmine France, and Josh Lowensohn at CNet do a comprehensive review and comparison of Zune 80 vs iPod Classic.Kudos for the team at CNet for doing a thorough review - in the areas of Navigation, Sexiness, Compatibility, Sound and Science, and Wallet Factor. As for the winner? Well, clickthrough to the article to find out!

Hope everyone had a great weekend - I noticed a few Zune things around the web - thought I'd share. First up, I was on on10, with my buddy Tina Wood (Zuneinsider reader Ricardo found the link before I did!). You can win a Ladytron Tour Prize Pack and a Zune Player, here at Filter . And Zune sounds good, too . And it looks like IWAPZ posted the first-ever pictures of the Red Zune. Sweet. I'll have the official word on that later in the week. < Edit May 24> PR wants to hold off a little bit longer...

Check out the most recent edition of GQ - especially, the article " The Real Colbert Report" (who's your daddy now, America?) I especially found this question/answer interesting: 10. Current Favorite Song on iPod? "(A) IT'S A ZUNE AND (B) IT'S EIGHTEEN EXQUISITELY SILENT MINUTES OF ERASED WATERGATE TAPE" Mostly, I'm posting this because Stephen Colbert is one of the funniest people I can think of. And because I thought you'd be interested, dear blog reader.