Last year, iPods were the hot ticket gift. This year, the iPod accessories are topping the lists to Santa. Online venues and store aisles are brimming with these electronic extras, and knowing which items to box up is essential to ensure a happy iHoliday.

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Vought writes "According to a Reuters report, Universal is now taking the precendent set by Microsoft's Zune and moving to force Apple to include a royalty payment with each iPod. In the words of Universal Music's Doug Morris, 'These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they all know it. So it's time to get paid for it.' Does Microsoft's precedent mean the start of a slippery slope

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Microsoft Corp. may have a chance to take market share from the iPod as a Reuters survey showed 35 percent of those interested in its Zune device would be replacing an existing digital music player.

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IPod car integration has long since gone from being mythic desire to nearly stock feature, but plugging an iPod in via USB and it just running, that's still a pretty fresh experience.

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The label may want a cut of iPod's profits and says it will post its best-ever revenue in 2007.

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