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Microsoft's Zune had a decent debut last month, but Apple Computer's iPods continued to dominate the MP3 market, according to data from market research firm NPD Group released last week. Although Microsoft didn't release the Zune until more than halfway through November, the company was the second-leading manufacturer of hard disk drive-based media players.

Zune Makes No Dent in iPod Market Share

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I spent much of last week in Brazil watching five South American University teams show prototypes of their ideas on what the majority of the world needs in personal computing hardware and services. In addition, last week Congress once again went after HP -- but this time it looks like abuse of power to me. Finally, Forrester released a survey showcasing the catastrophic drop in iTunes sales.

AMD's 50/15, HP's Hurd Hit, Apple's 'Catastrophic' Decline

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Apple, a company that is new to the video delivery business, has never been involved with the traditional carriers, and has instead elected to assist their customers with viewing iTunes-purchased video content on their HDTVs with a product code-named iTV. This Apple technology is almost certainly seen as a threat to the status quo by the cable carriers.

Motorola Exec Sheds Light on Apple's 'iTV'

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If you own an iPod, you use iTunes to manage your music collection. iTunes Version 7 can do more than you realize. Here are five great tricks to get more out of iTunes 7: Move your music to a new computer, deauthorize and then reauthorize; use reverse sync when transferring songs to another computer; share music over your network; set up parental controls; and make use of smart playlists.

Five Tricks to Get the Most From iTunes

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An analyst predicted Wednesday that Apple's shares will trade higher by the end of next year, with revenue boosted by new products such as the iPhone and iTV. Morgan Stanley analyst Rebecca F. Runkle raised her target price to US$110 from $90, and said in a note to investors the computer and iPod maker's increasing market share all lead to an Overweight rating for the stock.

Analyst Bullish on Apple Sales Growth