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It's been more than seven years since Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs bounded onto the stage at the annual MacWorld conference in San Francisco and took the wraps off the first version of iTunes. And oh, what a difference nearly a decade makes: The desktop jukebox has evolved from a simple, no-frills MP3 manager into an ever-expanding media gateway offering music, TV, movies, podcasts and even video games.

Apple's Clever iTunes 8

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I've using Apple products for years, so I'm not surprised by cool industrial design, nanochromatic colors, or connectivity that just works with other Apple ecosystem products. In fact, I expect all Apple products to look and feel better than most any other electronic device out there, yet when I first held the new fourth-generation iPod nano in my hand I was pleasantly surprised.

One Week With the Svelte New iPod Nano

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Apple Expo 2008 took place last week from September 17-20th in Paris, France. The European expo drew few headlines in the U.S. press due to the lack of participation by Apple. TechRadar UK provides a report from the expo floor and found that there ...

Apple-Expo 2008 Highlights

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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