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iTunes is a software application developed by Apple Computers to play digital music.  On April 28, 2003, the iTunes application came bundled with a music store that allowed customers to download individual music tracks from their favorite artists.  At launch, the iTunes Music Store offered 200,000 titles.

Before iTunes, the majority of music downloads came through file-sharing programs that were largely deemed to be violations of U.S. and international copyright laws.  iTunes not only became the first digital music service to become financially successful, it became the #1 music retailer in the United States.  

iTunes is not without its detractors, though.  In order to sell music digitally, most of the files are encoded with Digital Rights Management (DRM) software to prevent copyright infringement.  Apple's brand of Digital Rights Management encoding has remained proprietary to Apple, preventing music bought from iTunes from working on many portable music device other than Apple's own iPod. 

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    Adventure Chefs — a new competitive cooking show — has just released exclusive content on iTunes. The show pits two contestants against the forces of nature and each other. Thrown into a remote wild environment, the Adventure Chefs have 24…
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  • iTunes Top Downloads -- March 21, 2010


    The W message board thread feed — Authority Authority: 150
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    Technology News and Happenings - Techpresso.org — Authority Authority: 153
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  • TowerMadness for iPhone and iPod touch downloads for free


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    Today only, the iTunes App Store offers downloads of Limbic Software’s TowerMadness: 3D Tower Defense for iPhone and iPod touch for free. That’s $3 off and tied with our August mention as the best deal we’ve seen for this tower defense game…. Continue reading here: TowerMadness for iPhone and iPod touch ...
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  • TowerMadness for iPhone and iPod touch downloads for free (I4U)


    The Gadget News — Authority Authority: 163
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    17 hours ago

  • SongGenie Brings More Than Just Covers to Your iTunes Now


    SvenOnTech — Authority Authority: 118
    Music fans can now improve their music collection quickly and easily with lyrics and automatically label tracks with all available song information. equinux introduces SongGenie 2, the new version of its software for improving digital music libraries. SongGenie 2 automatically searches online for lyrics, which can ...
    18 hours ago

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  • American Idol 9 Top 12 – iTunes Reviews


    mjsbigblog — Authority Authority: 611
    A big thank you to the peeps who asked if I’d be reviewing the iTunes performances this year. As you can see, the answer is YES. It’s nice to know y’all enjoyed my efforts last year. First off, nearly everyone sounds better recorded.  Some of the improvements were really unexpected. Some didn’t surprise ...
    19 hours ago

  • The MacReviewCast #239: Fujitsu S1300 Scanner, iFrogz, iCasual, Freeware


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  • Unify: Sync or Move Music from iTunes into Your Spotify Account


    Crenk — Authority Authority: 626
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    21 hours ago

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