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  1. Comment - Quandary: Is Windows Desktop Search Installing Itself?

    (Oct 25, 2007 - 3:17 PM)

    "even though those services are set up not to deploy updated software automatically"

  2. Comment - EU Threatens Fines Against Apple for Staggered iTunes Prices

    (Apr 5, 2007 - 11:50 PM)

    Thing is they don't... It's the record labels, not Apple, who want to restrict access based on country, or so says Apple...

    Re: "Yes, it is."

    No it isn't. Read my full comment. This is not about setting prices. First you say yes it is about setting prices then you go on to say it's about restricting access to a specific country... Make up your mind.

    "If Apple wants to charge {insert country here} more than they charge {insert country here} that is also their right."

    Again, nobody said how much they should charge. It would be like restricting you to the iTunes store of a specific US State. The EU has a common market, and all other goods can be purchased from any country. Why should digital music be any different than a CD?

  3. Comment - EU Threatens Fines Against Apple for Staggered iTunes Prices

    (Apr 5, 2007 - 11:40 PM)

    "Derrr Yeah. Thats how it works in any county. Economic boundaries SHOULD follow Geographic boundaries. Thats how its done."

    You comment makes no sense... I can buy CDs and DVDs from other EU countries. So I don't understand your point... I don't see what economic and geographic boundaries have to do with buying music. And for your information... The boundaries between most EU countries are political not geographic ;)

    "So move to the country of your choice and buy a track."

    I don't have to move to another country to buy a CD, so why would I have to move to buy a song from iTunes ;-)

  4. Comment - EU Threatens Fines Against Apple for Staggered iTunes Prices

    (Apr 3, 2007 - 4:47 PM)

    The issue is that people in the UK for example can not buy music from the iTunes store in another EU country. You can only buy music from the iTunes store for your own country, the country where your credit card is registered to be exact. This is not the EU dictating what Apple should charge, they are simply saying that we should be able to purchase from the iTunes store of any EU country we want.

  5. Comment - Apple Goes for the Trifecta with iPhone

    (Jan 11, 2007 - 11:25 AM)

    Strange... My 30GB iPod is about 4 years old now. No problems so far. Of course, it doesn't look as new/good as it did back then. Price seems reasonable compared to buying the devices separately.