This is what is called a lottery from Apple. Surprised? Well you should be, as Apple has always been known for taking away the extra pocket money from you with over priced product and not the other way around. But this time 13 year old Conner Mulcahey has the honor of being the 1,000,000,000th customer. For that Apple has gifted him a lotta goodies. Sigh, I am sure I was just the previous person and missed it by a whisker.

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After Apple's newest surprise of coming out with the 'smallest mp3 player the world has seen', i.e. the new iPod shuffle, now its time for apple accessories to live up to theirs. The newest Apple product requires a special pair of headphones, since it doesn't actually have controls built in. For the time being, users are obligated to use the earbuds that the player ships with. And I am sure, if you have ever used an iPod, you won't be running in the neighbors screaming about its comfort. Both V-Moda and Scosche are now building enhanced earphones for your ipod shuffle.

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Whenever there is a news of Apple, it is big by all means. So when we got to know that iPod Shuffle 3rd generation was being man-handled by iFixit, we couldn't but go and give it a check. According to Apple, the Shuffle has a "true volume" of 4,326 cubic millimeters and weighs in at 10.7 grams. A single MacBook Pro 17″ weighs as much as 286 of these Shuffles. So without further ado, lemme present to you the inside story of Apple iPod shuffle.

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Enough has been discussed about Christmas gadgets and its various categories (you can read all of them here). So we thought it is about time to come out with the best of the lot- the top 10 gadgets for this Christmas of 2008. And so here we present the ones who caught the eyes, moved the gadgetophilics and deserved to be here.

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Everyone was aware of Apple being one of the front runners in mobile phone industry, but no one could have guessed the acceleration with which it is turning the heat. The recent news is Apple has touched a ginormous 300Million apps download from their app stores.

The analysts estimate that Apple had touched  the first 100 million downloads in 2 months and then, it took them 43 days each to touch the same. Though the curve looks a bit flat now, any one from mobile industry will take it with both hands.

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Steve Jobs in his Thoughts on Music article explores the alternatives to DRM going forward. He explores three options - 1. keeping the current system as is, 2. license FairPlay DRM to current and future competitors with the goal of achieving interoperability between different company’s players and music stores and 3. abolish DRMs entirely.

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Microsoft Corp. is developing a music and video device to compete with Apple's iPod and creating its own music service to rival Apple's iTunes, sources familiar with the plans said on Friday.

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Amazon is preparing to launch its own portable digital music player in direct competition to Apple's iPod. The plan is interesting for its business model. It plans to offer unlimited download on a monthly or yearly fee.

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Apple could be in for a big legal fight with competitor Creative over the navigation technology used in iPod music players.

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