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Before I begin today’s deluge of tech updates, just let me say that it feels really great to be back. The large gap in the interim has been due to a gosh darned infection in my throat that kept temperature a steady 100ºC. Well, at least now I have something to tell people who I am not consistent! Anyhoo, now I am back and champing at the bits to go. So lets begin!

Steve Jobs has made the headlines again but this time is a more indirect manner. You see, if you remembered correctly, we had reported about an iTunes contest that was going on at Apple. It was about celebrating the 10 billionth iTunes song download and the 10 billionth downloader getting a whopping $10,000 iTunes gift card. Well, that has happened and the winner a 70 year old called Louie Sulcer, who was just buying some good ol’ country music.

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Okay, I will jut put into very simple words for you. If you manage to download the 10 billionth song from Apple’s itunes store, Apple will give you a $10,000 iTunes gift card. Yes, they love to show off that a) they have a lot of money now and b)they have sold a lot of songs. Apple is of course pretty chuffed about this whole thing.

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Alright folks, it is Monday again and it is time to catch up with everything that has been happening all around. This week has opened with a frenzy of things happening and it was really hard to narrow it down to the really interesting bits for everybody.

So this time we have the world’s first commercial SpaceShip being unveiled. First as in it is intended to be the first of a fleet of such vehicles that will take space tourists out into the space. Then there’s Apple kicking out developer along with over 1000 apps from the app store and the CrunchPad finally showing up in public. Get over to the other side and start getting updated.

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Now that the pre-holiday product update, product release, Black Friday and other associated things are over, the market is calming down again. As a result, those little things that mean a lot are back in focus.

This week we have talks of iTunes starting a streaming service, iPhone going to Verizon plus Apple offering free iTunes downloads for 12 whole days to celebrate the festive spirit. But things are not all that pretty as patent vultures continue to circle around Apple’s treasure chest. Get over to the other side and get updated.

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Every Saturday is that day of the week when we update you on all the important Apple news that has taken place over the week. Get over to the other side for your piece of the delicious Saturday Apple Pie from Otaku Gadgets.

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This post was just waiting happen really. With so many rumors hitting us one after another, the tablet just seems more and more real. And it’s not like the rumors are coming from one place only. They are coming from multiple different blogs, sources and from various different angles that all point towards the existence of a mysterious device. So let’s look at all the latest rumors, speculations and musings on the tablet. Is it going to be great? Is it going to take the industry by a storm like the iPhone did? Get to the other side and decide for yourself.

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Had this been in the near past, I would’ve laughed at the title too. Since when has Zune been a threat to any personal media player, let alone it being a threat to the iPod? Now however, things have changed. It seems like the new Zune HD might have a fighting chance against Apple.

For example, this time round people at least know that something called the Zune HD is coming. Sure, many won’t ever know that the Zune line existed long before the new Zune HD and that Microsoft has actually killed off all the other Zunes. But now that the Zune HD is shaping up much better than all the other Zunes, Apple may have something to worry about. Jump to the other side for a full feature-by-feature comparison.

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The Apple even has just given over a few hours back and the buzz is slow to die. Have you caught a glimpse of the new Nano or the new slim and upgraded version of Steve Jobs? Tis true folks, Steve is back and to no less than a standing ovation from the entire crowd at the Apple special event! Of course, there were more Apple employees there than journos there. Now on to the meat of things.

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