Grammy nominated artists the Chemical Brothers have released two videos for sale exclusively for the first time on Zune Marketplace. The videos for "Life is Sweet" (2003 Digital Remaster) and "Get Yourself High" (featuring K-OS) are available for download exclusively until Jan. 4, 2008.

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Zune Arts is continuing to pursue the quest to join music and art, and has released a new video that joins artist Corey Godbey, a visual sculptor of Portland Studios, with Maps, the UK based sonic sculptor. The resulting film piece, entitled "Le Cadeau du Temps," explores how eternal youth can be both a blessing and a curse, and follows a man's journey through time and the consequences that befall him when he chooses not to share his youth potion. The film is set to the ethereal sounds of Maps' "Liquid Sugar," the contemplative track from Maps' 2007 debut full length We Can Create. 

"The latest Zune Arts film, "Le Cadeau du Temps," explores the power of sharing and personal connection through the eyes of a man given the gift of eternal life," said Rob Schaltenbrand, brand marketing manager for Zune Arts.  "The use of texture and color in the animation blends seamlessly with the musical backdrop to create a deeply emotional connection with the viewer."

The new video follows in the footsteps of other creative artist collaborations which have included Bitstate and Lilly Allen, Goldfrappe  and Epoch Ink, and Black Angels and pandapanther. 

Watch "Le Cadeau du Temps" here: http://www.zune-arts.net#dutemps

For more info on Corey Goodbey and Portland Studios, visit their Web site: www.portlandstudios.com

For more info on MAPS, visit the artist page on the Zune Social here.

Source: Zune.net press release

Simple and to the point. Another cheesy video for your visual consumption...

Check out about the 3 minute mark if you want to skip right to Zune Love. An Apple Fan says some nice things about the Zune 80.

Microsoft's 80GB Zune? It's a worthy competitor to the iPod Classic, and a big step up from the original Zune. We've just got some quibbles with the Zune Marketplace's limited selection of podcasts... but it turns out you can paste in the RSS feed for any podcast. (We'll show you next week.) We still wish it worked with Windows Media DRM protected audio purchased from the umpteen online stores that -aren't- the Zune Marketplace! (Plays For Sure... sure it does.) The Zune plays unprotected WMA and MP3s just fine.

Thanks Antonio... Check out Tekzilla.

Hello everyone! As promised, whoever is the runner up (4th place) to the Got Zune Original Contest will receive this Schick Quattro Titanium Razor Zune Speaker set. Good luck to everyone and keep those contributions going!

Here is the type of typical ads I like... Come on Zune Team, get simple and less wacky. This one was done by an average Joe.

You've seen plent of Zune videos so far, including my own, but who couldn't use more?

Source: YouTube ( ripped from this post on Gear Live )

I posted this on Mobility Site and realized it was newsworthy for Zune owners too!

Head over to http://www.xmradio.com/podcasts and add some podcasts to your Zune software! (Simply Copy the URL in the box by the podcast and paste it into Zune software)

XM, the nation's leading satellite radio service with more than 8.5 million subscribers, announced today that select XM original music, news and sports series are now available as free podcasts for download through xmradio.com and Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store (http://www.itunes.com). Beginning today, consumers can download XM content hosted by Bob Edwards, James Carville, Luke Russert, Mike Krzyzewski, Barry Switzer and Opie & Anthony, as well as exclusive XM music and comedy programming.

"By making these original XM series available through xmradio.com, iTunes and other popular podcast web sites, millions more consumers have an opportunity to sample some of the best in premium music, news and sports programming that you can only get as an XM subscriber," said Eric Logan, XM executive vice president of programming.

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Or not... obviously this guy has screenshots in his photo folder and is trying to pass off the photos as the U/I of an iPhone on the Zune 30... It's pretty funny, so I will give this guy some coverage...

Still having issues with your tagging?

This is a bug which affected many Zune users who updated their Zune Software from v1 to v2 back in the early days. Albums appear incorrectly in the PC library. To fix this, Microsoft released very fast a manual way to do it. But now comes back with a tool to fix it for you automatically...

Instead of messing with your registry with a great chance of causing problems to your Windows of Zune Software you can this Microsoft tool  to do the job for you: Zune Media Collection Reset Tool .

Source: Zune-Online