iTunes

The past year saw some huge tech news stories, along with some more unusual fare. A look back at some of the weird and humorous stories.

The search giant is unveiling a service aimed at a market heretofore completely untapped -- unless you count Apple's iTunes store and a bunch of other online music services.

With so many legitimate reasons to criticize Jobs, why blame him for killing an industry he actually helped save?

With its upcoming Galaxy Player (an iPod touch-like version of the Galaxy S smartphone), Samsung has a lineup of mobile and entertainment solutions that rivals Apple's iTunes/iOS ecosystem, which could make them Apple's biggest competition.

Two days after their catalog finally became available for download on iTunes, The Beatles have an astonishing 68 songs in the top 200.

What will Apple announce on Tuesday? Whatever it is, it won't change your life.

Apple has a giant banner on its homepage saying we'll never forget about tomorrow. iTunes streaming or cloud storage are likely ideas on what Apple will announce, but it isn't that far a stretch to think Apple might unveil a true consumer/office cloud service that does everything from streaming music to online document collaboration.

Attending the best scholarly lectures used to require access to high profile academic institutions (and a lot of money). Apple's often overlooked iTunes U brings you lectures, presentations, and now texts from the world's top universities for free.

Both of which your faithful blogger believes to be sub-par ideas, as it happens!

Doesn't this relationship seems like it only goes one way?

I love my iPhone. App store magic has transformed the device from a mediocre phone with a vaguely interesting user interface into what I think is the single most important consumer electronics product ever. Unfortunately, three admittedly minor but deliberate limitations nearly wreck the iPhone party.

Updated iTunes, updated iPods, and cameras and FM tuners in unexpected places.