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Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone! My iPod has been stolen and I must turn to W.H. Auden's dreadful elegy to express my woe. My black, 30 GB, fifth-generation videopod -- my north, my south, my east, my west -- went missing last Wednesday and I am bereft.I have been through all the phases: denial, anger, depression. Last week's launch of the new iPhone in the UK could not have been more cruel in its timing.

Paradise Lost: Life After a Stolen iPod

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It's still all about the iPod. In the past year, Apple has introduced two products hailed as revolutionary in at least some corners. The iPhone came to market with almost unmatched buzz for a mobile device. The Apple TV, meanwhile, got a more lackluster welcome, but was still viewed as a steppingstone toward making the Internet a more viable distribution channel for feature-length video.

Wishing and Hoping in the Apple Store Aisles

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Apple is working hard to break into the market for mobile phones in China. The company is reportedly in talks with China Mobile, which has more mobile subscribers than any other company in a world -- a mind-blowing 350 million. Of course, Apple wants in. The company's latest moves came to light after Wang Jianzhou, China Mobile's CEO, spoke to reporters at the GSM Association's Mobile Asia Congress.

Apple Looking to Nibble at China's Ripe iPhone Market

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Once upon a time, the zeitgeist was something you chased. Billions of marketing dollars were poured into pursuing the alluring, fast-moving and almost imperceptible curve that remained just out of reach for all but the hipper-than-thou few. However, that was a long time ago. These days, the spirit of the age seems to be pretty much whatever Steve Jobs says it is.

Another iPhone Launch, Another Ripple in Apple's Marketing Muscle

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Can you Run the Rock with no rock? The governing body for running's ban on headphones and portable audio players during sanctioned races will mean no iPods at Wellstone's Dallas White Rock Marathon on Dec. 9. USA Track & Field spokesperson Jill Geer explained that this year's change is fundamentally a safety and liability issue.

No iPods Please, This Is a Marathon