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At first glance, it seems like another typical Mac tempest in a teacup -- a helpless indie developer being ridden roughshod by the big bad monolithic control freak Apple. Like Macworld media blacklisting and the Proteron LiteSwitch and Konfabulator incidents before it, it's a cause celebre that unifies the Mac Web but makes them look petty and childish once the sobering light of scrutiny is shone upon it.

Apple's Store, Apple's Rules, Apple's Peril

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One of the Apple TV's strengths is that it's based on Mac OS X. However, that's also proving to be a weakness as well. Consumer electronics boxes in the living room must live up to a higher quality standard than a Macintosh computer. After I installed iTunes 8, I noticed that the two TV shows I purchased on the Apple TV no longer synced back to my iTunes library.

The Needy, Clingy Apple TV

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For its third anniversary, the highly portable 4G iPod nano gets a new tall and slim design, Genius Playlists, audio recording and other new software features, twice the RAM at the same price, and a new array of colors. It continues to offer high quality audio, and plays video games, podcasts, TV and movie downloads, and movie rentals. Apple still refuses to give it a capital n, however.

Review: Apple's fourth-generation iPod nano

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An article by Daniel Lyons in this week's <i>Newsweek</i> shines a glaring light on a topic that I have been wrestling with for the past year or so: Apple's emerging monopoly status. While I didn't agree with everything in the article, it did get me thinking. As quoted in the column: Steve is a monopolist at heart. He's just like Bill Gates. He just hasn't been as successful.

Apple and the Other 'M' Word