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2001

January 9, 2001
Apple introduces iTunes for the Macintosh, a program that converts audio CDs into compressed digital audio files, organizes digital music collections, and plays Internet radio.

October 23, 2001 Apple unexpectedly announces the first iPod (codename Dulcimer) at a price of $399. Unlike most (but not all) competing digital audio players available at the time, Apple relies on a hard disk for storage instead of flash memory or interchangeable CD-ROMs, and uniquely focuses on promoting the small size, power, and ease of use of its device. The first iPod has a 5 GB storage capacity - enough for over 1,000 songs - and works only on Macs, using iTunes as a music organization and CD-to-iPod conversion tool. Did Apple release iTunes with the iPod in mind? According to an official Apple timeline, development of the iPod began only six months earlier.November 10, 2001 Apple ships the first iPod.Mid-November, 2001 Third-party developers begin to write workaround software that lets the iPod work with PCs. While first demo versions of the software are available in January of 2002, final versions won’t emerge until June of 2002.December 31, 2001 By the end of 2001, Apple has sold a total of 125,000 iPods.

2002

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General Motors Corp. hoped to drum up some publicity with a Web site asking folks to vote on which of three super-small vehicle concepts the automaker should build.

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Last month I pondered a column about affordable used cars for people who love to drive/////

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Quentin Tarantino, the Coen brothers and Gus Van Sant — all past winners of the Cannes Film Festival — are in the running for a second trophy as the French Riviera festival celebrates its 60th anniversary next month.

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Cornell experts in computational biology and bioinformatics have made key contributions to the analysis of the genome of the rhesus macaque, better known as the rhesus monkey.

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It appears Vista’s “wow” has yet to start for many Nvidia GeForce 8800 card owners. Because the cards lack final drivers for Vista (they’re still in beta), people have reported that the new OS doesn’t recognize their graphics card and as a result defaults to VGA drivers, disabling all of Vista’s pretty Aero effects. What gives, Nvidia?
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