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from ipodhacks.com

A Microsoft employee was apparently fired for making a rather great spoof of the iPod "shadow dancer" ads - for the Microsoft Zune.

from ipodhacks.com

Many consider Apple's stylish "shadow dancer" iPod ads to be rather "sexy" ways to promote the player. You might change that descriptor to "stylish" when you have a look at an iPod ad that was allegedly found at an Apple Store in the Czech Republic.

from baltimoresun.com

Music fans for the first time will be able to download free, legal copies of songs from a major record label under a deal announced yesterday by Universal Music Group.

The experiment in advertising-supported music marks a significant shift for an industry that has spent years fighting to stop global online piracy and was viewed as slow to embrace the potential of the Internet.

Universal's agreement with SpiralFrog will grant free, unlimited access to the hundreds of thousands of songs in the label's catalog, including such acts as Kanye West and U2.