New and Noteworthy: iPods rule Amazon's top holiday sellers list; Key events for Apple in 2005; more

iPods rule Amazon's top holiday sellers list Official stats from Amazon show that iPods ruled the holiday season in Electronics, owning the top three slots- the Apple 4 GB iPod Nano (Black), the Apple 30 GB iPod with Video Playback (Black), and the Apple 512 MB iPod Shuffle were the top sellers. More.

Key events for Apple in 2005 The Charlotte Observer offers a timeline of significant 2005 events for Apple, starting with the January 11th introduction of the iPod shuffle, Apple's first flash memory-based audio player; and the the book-sized $499 Mac mini, "considered Apple's first foray into the budget desktop PC arena." More.

An Apple living-room competitor could spell trouble for Microsoft A blogger on Corante sees a potential Apple living room device being extremely bad news for Microsoft. "I have argued earlier this year that Microsoft is beleaguered on many fronts, and that it seems to be losing several battles that would lead to the company becoming sidelined. (In particular, I believe that Apple Kaliedoscope -- a retooled Mac mini with DVR capabilities -- poses a real threat as the killer app in the battle for the living room, a battlefield that Microsoft has failed to consolidate despite numerous advantages.)" More.

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