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Arstechnica explores a recent Apple patent entitled Multi-media center for computing systems. In the patent, Apple describes a system involving a central multimedia hub which can use various external modules. These modules would be controlled b...

Patent: Apple Media Hub

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Using an Apple iPod can be as simple -- or as complicated -- as you want, and three books can take you from a beginner, to an intermediary, to an advanced player in all things iPod. The <i>Dummies</i> series of books is well known for helping people dip their toes into new ideas and experiences, and its paperback on the iPod is a solid primer covering the basics as well as several advanced issues.

iPod Manuals: Everything From Ripping to Hacking

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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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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