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December 29, 2005

Downloaded music continues to pick up momentum, people accidentally downloading Mariah Carey songs

Mariah Carey has the most downloaded song?! What's with that?!

- BBC reports, "Albums sales in the US dipped by 7% in 2005 but the music download market doubled over the past year."

- "Music downloads rise 50% as iTunes dominates" according to MSN Money. They state, "Visits to music downloading websites saw a 50 per cent rise on Christmas Day." (I'm guilty)

Are you seeing a trend here? I don't think downloaded digital music has reached critical mass yet, and it probably won't until iPod/DAP integration is more prevalent (in cars especially). However, despite the strong growth of downloaded music, more than 95% is still sold in CD format. That's a lot of Mariah Scarey discs.

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Santa Rocks! (Or at least mine does.)

My darling wife, who is also my best friend and a TOTAL hottie, got me the ultimate iPod for a Christmas gift. That's right, 60 gigabytes of 5G goodness. All black and shiny. Engraved with a love note. My Santa rocks.

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December 06, 2005

EarThumps earbuds from Griffin Technology: No prescription necessary

Although it sounds like a treatable illness, EarThumps are actually new earphones from Griffin Technology. "EarThumps increase your iPod listening experience by an order of magnitude," states the company. Technical specs are hard to come by, but perhaps most importantly, these new earphones come in both Status Symbol White and Undercover Black and they cost only $20. That's about the same as your prescription copay and a lot less painful.

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