Engadget: "Well, it looks like Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner had a fair bit to say about the current Writer's Guild of America strike in a recent interview, with him even going so far as to recommend that the writers point their aim at a familiar foe. According to CNET's The Social, in addition to calling the strike 'stupid,' Eisner said that the studios 'make deals with Steve Jobs, who takes them to the cleaners,' adding that, 'They make all these kinds of things, and who's making money? Apple! They should get a piece of Apple.' Eisner then went on to say that, 'If I was a union, I'd be striking up wherever he is.'"
Engadget: "Although we aren't inclined to believe that this is the first time such a suit has been brought upon Apple, a new one claiming that the Cupertino powerhouse has unlawfully tied the iPod to its iTunes Store has made its way to the US District Court for the Southern District of California. The complaint was filed by a Florida resident on behalf of all Florida-based iPod owners and iTunes Store customers, and it basically alleges that certain limitations -- such as the inability to play content purchased through iTunes on anything not labeled an iPod -- is 'unreasonable and illegal under Florida's antitrust and unfair trade laws.' Furthermore, the plaintiff claims that Apple willfully disabled embedded support for rival formats, and stated that it was 'in possession of monopoly power in the portable digital media player market, the online music market and the online video market.' 'Course, it's not like those lawyers at 1 Infinite Loop aren't used to this stuff by now, and we really can't see this being the beginning of the end (nor a catalyst for rule changes) for the oh-so-mighty iTunes Store."Jobs Still Hosing the Canadians on MacBook Prices | Epicenter from Wired.com: "And yet, as others have noted, the pricing shenanigans don't end with the MacBook. Everything from Apple TVs to the company's cinema displays are priced significantly higher in Canada. In fact, one of the only products with the same pricing scheme is Apple's newly released Leopard (both family and single user packs). If you're interested, there's even an Apple Canada Price Gouging blog that records the latest data on pricing fluctuations between the two countries. Given the relative strength of the Canadian dollar (the exchange rate now favors Canada), this seems like this presents a prime opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to buy cheap in the U.S. and turn a handsome profit in Canada. Anyone doing this yet?"
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