Cheap thrills (The Sacramento Bee)

Raise your hand if you're weary of hearing about our woeful economy and the negative ramifications it's having for everything. "Everything" includes our shrinking disposable incomes and, in this case, our growing inability to spend as much as we used to on books, film and music. Yeah, these are hard times. Even so, those of us who love to read, watch movies and hear our favorite bands can find ...

Cheap thrills (The Sacramento Bee)

Raise your hand if you're weary of hearing about our woeful economy and the negative ramifications it's having for everything. "Everything" includes our shrinking disposable incomes and, in this case, our growing inability to spend as much as we used to on books, film and music. Yeah, these are hard times. Even so, those of us who love to read, watch movies and hear our favorite ...

Buyer Beware: 'Tis the Season for Faux iPods (TechNewsWorld.com)

With bad economic times and Christmas around the corner, bargain hunters are going to be out in droves. But if a deal seems too good to be true, it likely is. Apple's various iPods have sold millions of units worldwide, and the unscrupulous are trying to cash in on that trend by selling knock-offs. Clever copies of Apple's iPod shuffle and nano models have popped up for sale on the Internet.

CONSUMERS: Phony iPods are bargains too good to be true (Lockport Union-Sun & Journal)

Apple’s various iPods have sold millions of units worldwide. But shoppers looking for Christmas bargains should beware: The unscrupulous are trying to cash in on that trend by selling knock-offs.

iPod loyalists: They'd rather fight than ditch (The Globe and Mail)

Thefts are so frequent they've reached epidemic proportions, police say. But so popular are the portable media devices that teenagers won't stop carrying them no matter what the risk