Looks like our favorite Redmond gadgets had good luck with the IGN awards of 2006. We mentioned that the Xbox HD DVD got the best peripheral for 2006. In addition, the Zune won the best portable audio award for 2006. The reason being:

"For lack of major innovation in the portable audio market in 2006, the Zune takes the win for at least offering some new features. ...

The last time a pink Zune was posted to eBay it went for $960. You could own 1 of 100 limited edition pink Zunes now by bidding on one at eBay. We'll keep watching to see where this one goes.

Here's a new limited edition Zune available. Supposedly this is available for Zune Masters. You know Zune Masters, the group reserved for 18-22 year old college folks, everyone else is just out of luck.

See more pictures at Flickr.

We covered the pink limited edition Zune that was posted on eBay last week, now an orange one was posted for $750 on a Buy It Now, but it didn't sell.

M² Solutions has expanded its family of M²Convert products to include M²Convert for Zune. The new M²Convert for Zune allows users to convert their digital video content for Microsoft’s popular Zune portable media player, to offer a quick and simple way to watch video on the go.

“M²Convert products offer a comprehensive solution to the challenge of moving content between devices,” said Dima Daher, President of M² Solutions, Inc. “The M²Convert for Zune is versatile and intuitive. It takes much of the guesswork out of preparing your DVDs for Zune, and it gives you a lot of options.You can covert your entire DVD, select specific titles or chapters within ...

Here's a tutorial for changing out your Zune's hard drive for a larger one. Several manufacturers are making larger 1.8 inch HDDs so know you can swap out your 30GB drive for a larger one.

Definitely not for people who don't like using tools and gutting their Zune.

According to a recent report out of Evergreen Park, Illinois, a customer walked into a local Walmart, purchased a Zune that was pre-loaded with gay porn.

"The package looked like it had been opened before and the charger was missing.."

The local Walmart tried to blame it ...

Via ZuneBoards.com, a new firmware has been released for the Zune. Some performance enhancements have been reported, but no official word on the changes or updates.

UPDATE: It's been reported that this firmware update makes the Zune compatible with Windows Vista.

MadZ Software announces the release of version 1.0 of its DVD to Zune Video Converter software. DVD to Zune Video Converter 1.0 rips DVD video files and converts them into WMV format so that they can then be uploaded to and played on a Microsoft Zune. Just connect your Zune to your computer as you normally do, and instantly the converted video files will be uploaded to your player.

Works with Windows XP and 2000. For more information, visit the DVD to Zune Video Converter website at

Of course, us fanboys at Redmond Gadgets knew about the reported Zune DRM hack that was reported earlier this week. This supposed hack made rounds like wild fire over the Internet. It was posted to digg.com and the Apple fanboys there quickly made the story a front page item by digging it over 1000 times.

Everything about the reported hack had suspicious tones to it: "unconfirmed sources", "Swedish hacker". As you may know the Zune hasn't ...

Hey, what do you expect from a Redmond fanboy?

Video: Apple Mac vs PC spoof - Mom

In a previous blog post we let you know about the new I'm a Mac and I'm a PC commercials. Here is the next installment in this hilarious commercial segment.

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Check out this bid on eBay, according to the listing someone mistakenly obtained a pink Zune and posted it for sale on eBay. The Zune went for $960.

Pink? Get me the can of spray paint...