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From the consumerist:

Yep, it’s another one of those “email Steve Jobs” posts.

Reader Stephen wrote us a nice lengthy complaint email and cc’d Steve Jobs:

Hi Consumerist!

I purchased a MacBook Pro in November of 2006. Prior to the expiration of my one year warranty, I’ve had several component failures. Since being without the laptop affects my work productivity, I put the repairs off and figured I’d just bring it in with a laundry list of items just before the warranty expired.

On October 15th, I asked my wife to drop the laptop off at the Apple Store in Raleigh, NC for a display-related buzzing sound, a top case replacement (the coating was peeling off) and a SuperDrive replacement (an Apple firmware upgrade killed it). The Genius at the store said the buzzing noise was a…

Read the whole letter and post.

It has a happy ending! Yay.

From nypost:

November 11, 2007 — Jay-Z’s 10th album, “American Gangster,” is expected to debut at Billboard’s No. 1 spot this week – even though it is not being sold on iTunes.

The rapper and record executive wants to sell it only as an album download – not selling single tracks – but Apple’s iTunes said no.

Only available in stores and select Web sites, “American Gangster” sold an estimated 170,000 copies on opening day alone.

That total is impressive and enough to give Jay-Z the top spot in a weak week, but is below the artists’s past performances.

Still, he is sticking to his guns. “No one can dictate to an artist, any artist, how they should express themselves,” says Def Jam CEO Jay-Z, a.k.a. Shawn Carter.

Inspired by Denzel Washington’s blockbuster movie, Jay-Z intended “American Gangster” to be listened to as a whole.

“Let me make it clear – I don’t have a problem with iTunes,” he said. “It’s just our interests were not in line.” That aside, it is the latest conflict between Apple and Def Jam owner Universal Music Group.

In July, after unsuccessful negotiations, UMG did not renew its contract to sell through the Apple Music Store. It is now an at-will supplier and can remove content at any time. Experts estimate Universal sells one of every three albums in America.

Apple had no official comment.

From Gizmodo:

Here’s a funny Steve Jobs Bobblehead app by Spiffy Tech’s Sean Haber. Every couple of moments, Jobs spits out a “Boom!” giving fanboys the comforting feeling of new Apple producs dropping at keynotes. Use jailbreakme.com to get this on your iPhone, but note some caveats…[Here]

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Yay. I love Fake Steve Jobs and I like Guy Kawasaki (most of the time) – anyway, make sure to catch the interview on ustream at 6pm, pacific standard time!

Go here for the interview!

From Wired:

After Apple fanatic Nick Haley posted his homemade iPod Touch commercial to YouTube last month, a few ad execs at the Cupertino based company saw it. But rather than send him a cease-and-desist letter, they bought his ad, flew him out to Los Angeles to reshoot it in high def, and will be broadcasting it during the World Series this weekend. THAT’S how you love your customers, people!

Check it out here.