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In addition to the billionth song downloader grand prize apple also awarded the purchaser of every 100,000th song up to 500 million with an iPod mini (in the color of your choice) and a 50-song iTunes Music Store gift card. * iPod mini in your favorite color * 50-song Gift Card for the iTunes Music… Continue reading Apple Releases List of iTunes Music Store Winners

It may well have been the best 99 cents Alex Ostrovsky ever spent. Early yesterday, he paid that amount to download “Speed of Sound,” a song on the Coldplay album “X&Y,” from the iTunes Music Store, the Internet music shop that Apple Computer started less than three years ago. He did not know it, but… Continue reading iTunes Billionth Song Downloader

Here’s an iPod accessory I’ve never seen before, and that makes great sense for those who have to wear a tie to work. London-based Thomas Pink is selling the limited addition “Commuter Tie” which features an inside pocket sized for the iPod Nano and an extra fabric loop to keep headphone wires out of site… Continue reading All tied up with an iPod

A strange site has popped up recently and caused a little stir amongst the Windows communities. Origamiproject.com is owned by Microsoft and hints at some announcement being made on the 2nd March 2006. We don’t believe this is related to Vista specifically but we think this may be related to Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs). Intel… Continue reading Microsoft’s Origami Project

Jason Kottke recently ended a year-long experiment of full-time blogging in exchange for financial support via micro-patronage. Income certainly affected his decision to forgo the experiment, but he also stated I haven’t grown traffic enough or developed a sufficient cult of personality to make the subscription model a sustainable one for kottke.org…those things just aren’t… Continue reading Full-time blogger quits