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Michigan legislators said Thursday that the state will not give iPods to schoolchildren, and three lawmakers will reimburse iPod-maker Apple $1,700 for a March trip to California. One of the three, state Rep. Tim Melton, D-Auburn Hills, said he hoped the decision to refund the money would end controversy surrounding the phony iPod issue and the trip, first reported Wednesday.

Mich. Lawmakers to Reimburse Apple for Calif. Trip

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In a curious twist to the fight between Microsoft and Apple in the digital device market, Microsoft general counsel and executive vice president Brad Smith told reporters that Apple shouldn't blame the record labels, suggesting that Apple's push to get the labels to drop their desire for DRM restrictions on digital downloads is really an effort to gain more market share for iPod.

MS Exec: Apple Shouldn't Blame Labels for DRM

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Apple has diverted development resources from Mac OS X Leopard to its iPhone team so the company can ship the iPhone in June, as previously promised. In an informal statement posted on Apple's Web site, the company notes that the iPhone has passed several required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June.

Apple Feeds iPhone, Not the Cat

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Mad Max fans who would love to watch their beloved franchise on the video iPod are now in luck. Apple has inked a distribution agreement with movie studio MGM to add its movie content to its growing stock of films. The movie studio joins Disney, Paramount and Lionsgate as providers of movie video content on iTunes, bringing its total library of films to more than 500.

MGM Joins iTunes Stable

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Apple's U.S. notebook sales slipped slightly in February, according to a recent published report. Despite excellent iPod sales, the Apple's U.S. shipments of notebooks slipped slightly in February, and that's not good news. In January 2007, Apple was ranked in fifth place for total dollar volume and unit share of laptop sales, the report said.

Apple Notebook Sales Dip in February