Year: 2003

Apple updates Hot Deals site

Apple has updated its Hot Deals Web site with the latest offerings from the Apple Store for Business, Ramjet, O’Reilly, Outpost, CompUSA, and CDW. Deals can be found on Xserves, 2GB DDR400 kits for Power Mac G5s, “Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition,” Roxio Toast 6 Titanium, and Quicken 2004 Deluxe.

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Dell stops selling iPods ‘permanently’

Dell stopped reselling Apple’s iPod in mid-November, about two weeks after the company launched its own MP3 player, the Dell DJ. “We’ve stopped selling them permanently,” said Mary Fad, a Dell spokeswoman. Both Apple and Dell declined to explain why the two companies scrapped their reselling agreement. “The iPod is the number one digital music player on the market and is available at thousands of retail locations and online,” Apple said in a statement.

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RealNetworks sues Microsoft, alleges monopoly

RealNetworks is accusing Microsoft of “illegally monopolizing the field of digital media by requiring Windows users to accept the company’s media player,” reports AP. Real is saying that Microsoft “exploited its Windows monopoly to restrict competition,” particularly in regards to the software giant’s Windows Media Player software. RealNetworks is seeking more than US$1 billion in damages.

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