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Fans of the filename-extension workaround to get iTunes to recognize your homemade ringtones for uploading to the iPhone will be sad to hear that Apple has again updated iTunes.

The iPod is a compact, small piece of stereo equipment that has in today s society become very popular due to the fact that it is convenient and has the capability to store massive amounts of information and music. Purchasing an iPod has also become a sort of fad as well, as numerous people, both old and young, have a feeling that they must join the fad and go out and buy an iPod for themselves.

Apple is entering this year's round of talks with major labels in the US over iTunes distribution rignts. Talks over the Apple iTunes Store begun just weeks after EMI threw a curveball at the major labels with its decision to make its iTunes' catalogue available for sale online free of digital rights management (DRM).

Although Apple's iPod has grabbed 63 percent of the portable audio players market, the first half of 2006 showed a 65 percent drop in iTunes sales, according to Forrester Research.