Hey, who wants a Zune ? Anybody? Anybody? OK, fair enough. But what if said Zune were limited edition? Aaaaaand emblazoned with the artwork from Joy Division 's classic Unknown Pleasures LP? (No, the image over there isn't what it looks like, just Pitchfork's own artist's rendition.)

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Featured links from the CNET Blog Network What's up in Zune-land? --Joe Belfiore's move to VP of the Zune group might indicate that the company is thinking about adding more video content to the Zune Marketplace. AMD X3 chips debut in HP, Gateway consumer desktops --The AMD triple-core Phenom processor is now available in low-cost consumer desktops from Hewlett-Packard and Gateway. ...

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Following the example of its successful Xbox Live Marketplace, Microsoft is reportedly launching a similar content store for the Zune. Problem: the Xbox has actually been a success.

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Conceptual XPHONE 3G Design by Brandon Perlow After positing the notion that consummating a Microsoft and Yahoo! merger might result in the combination of the media player aspects of Zune and the online services of...

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Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Zune VideoX: Microsoft's iTunes killer? Vista SP1 available in more languages There's more than one way to mesh Larry Dignan: Intel's quarter on target: The tech sector exhales Dell rolls out AMD quad-core servers;...

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While the iPod-rivalling Zune media player may not even be out in Europe yet, it looks as if games could be heading to Microsoft's handheld device in the future.

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It's a grand idea, but it's hard to see Microsoft, Yahoo, or the duo pulling off a Windows Media-based phone born of a Wi-Fi-enabled Zune plus Yahoo and MSN online services.

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Conceptual Rendering by Brandon Perlow Over the last few months I've been thinking about how Yahoo! might be able to leverage its assets in order to better compete with Google. In another publication, I recently...

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Microsoft has yet to announce European plans for the company's iPod competitor, Zune, but XNA boss Chris Satchell has told Eurogamer that proof-of-concept game development for the handheld media device is progressing very nicely.

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Microsoft may be taking a page from Apple's playbook and opening its own retail store chain. Sources close to the company claim that Microsoft is looking into creating its own stores to highlight Microsoft-specific products much in the same way that the Apple Store highlights the Mac, iPod and iPhone

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