iTunes has come a long way since its introduction. Completely revolutionized its industry, just like everything else Apple makes.

They'll have a hard time proving that Apple has any special leverage over the record companies, there are too many alternatives to iTunes for consumers.

Wow! I knew iTunes was the big dog...something like selling more music than the next two competitors combined. (I may have that wrong, btw)

But nevertheless good for Amazon. And what a message this should be sending to the TV industry, book publishing industry, school text book industry, magazine industry, newspaper industry, Advertising industry and Movie industry...get the F onboard with Apple, the largest tech company in the world and the second largest company after Exxon in the world....

HP gets it, paying $1 billion for WebOS (that's $1,000 million, btw), and postponing the Slate tablet. MS is finally getting it, I guess, by canceling Courier and firing two of their top execs for screwing up their phone OS and consumer division.

Yahoo, gets it by partnering with errr Amiga? Can't remember and who cares!

Sheez!

The Justice Department's investigation just means U.S. tax dollars are being wasted when going after a "monopolistic" corporation with only 28 percent of the market.
Meanwhile Microsoft's operating system has a de facto monopoly, with like 90-something percent of all computer users, and yet the U.S. government allows this to continue. In fact in all U.S. government offices I'm willing to bet the percentage of Microsoft users is even higher, probably approaching 100 percent.

Welcome to the world of a big new government shakedown every week.