iPod news and rumors

So France has decided to take on a very important global issue - DRM interoperability for MP3 players, meaning any music purchased from any online music store, like iTunes, can be played on any MP3 player, like the iPod. In the grand scale of things, I thought that global warming, starvation in Africa, the Iraq War (oh wait thats right the peace loving Frenchies don't support the Iraq War) are more important issues. But not the French. DRM interoperability is a big thing for them. They have even drafted a law last week about this issue. Apple has responded by calling it "state-sponsored culture of piracy" and the US government has sided with Apple. Will Apple soon be serving iToast and iFries in its Cupertino campus?




In other, more interesting news, Apple has put its 5G 60GB iPod on its "at risk" list, meaning Apple will be phrasing it out in the near future, by the end of April. It seems that this news suggests the introduction of the much anticipated and much rumored 6G iPod sporting a widescreen with touchscreen capabilities in the very near future.

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