I think the announcement machine is cranking up pre-WWDC.

Updated iPods? Laptops? New iWorks?

- Jasen.

Hot Ziggidy Shit, Batman!!!

This is definitely a sign that the negotiations with the major video players is reaching an end. It seems that itunes is just the way to for online distribution. MS may be able to bend to the wants of the greedy record companies and the greedy movie powerhouses, but people want to OWN their libraries, and they want them for a good stable price. Not a tiered one, or a subscription based service. The story ends, that if you want to sell product online, iTunes has the market. About 80%. This will throw out their greedy and power hungry intentions fast. 8) 8)

Another terrible announcement. Their catalogue of shitty quality video continues to grow. They are locking themselves into the ultra-low quality and won't be able to compete with it in the future. Although... people are supposedly buying these shows now, so who knows. Seeing as how you can barely make them double size, let alone full-screen, people must have lost their minds. For the quality offered, I'd say they are worth about 30 cents tops. And that's only if it's an episode that you really really want to see.

Grrr... they keep announcing new shows, but they still don't even have one show available in Canada. I'm assuming all of the other countries are the same. How long does it take for them to work out these deals in countries other than the US?