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The song
counter on Apple's homepage reached the 1 billion
mark at approximately 12:38am EST on Thursday morning. The winning tune was Speed of Sound by Coldplay (those
guys are everywhere these days) as purchased by Alex Ostrovsky of West Bloomfield, Michigan. Holding the Command key (aka the Apple key) and pressing Tab will cycle through your open applications. It's easier to Cmd-Tab if you are Copy (Cmd-C) and Pasting (Cmd-V) to and from various applications.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Granata said 4:42PM on 2-23-2006
I considered making some snide comment like, "Enjoy paying those taxes." But then I thought that if it was me who had won, I'd find a way.
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iFelix said 4:55PM on 2-23-2006
What do you do with TEN iPods?
TEN iPods?
I know I could give some away, but TEN to give away...
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Andy said 4:57PM on 2-23-2006
Do you know how I know he's gay? He likes Coldplay.
With all jokes aside, congrats to the winner!
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sma said 5:09PM on 2-23-2006
what about all the people who won the free nano's every 100,000th song? i'd like to see a list of that as well.
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ChillyWilly said 5:15PM on 2-23-2006
I've got numb fingers from refreshing the iTMS window. Bought two songs right around that time.
Congrats to the winner. I'd also like to see a list of who won the nano's. I can guarantee it wasn't me.
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Deerhoof said 5:28PM on 2-23-2006
Am I the only person wishing it'd been something way more embarrasing? God knows I'd have been embarrased if the billionth song had been me buying Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero.
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timothy said 5:40PM on 2-23-2006
I don't know, not much more embarrasing than buying Coldplay. I mean, c'mon.
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The Jeremy said 5:41PM on 2-23-2006
What's that website profiled on *Unscrewed with Martin Sargent* seemingly eons ago on the subject...? Oh yeah, that would be youhavebadtasteinmusic.com.
Funny how this reminds me of the subject material of that website.
Coldplay. Pffffffffffffffffffff. Then again, their lead "singer" is a Mac diehard...enough to name his daughter "Apple".
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Ross said 6:25PM on 2-23-2006
Coldplay are everywhere, and everything sounds like them - http://www.everythingsoundslikecoldplaynow.com/
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renesimone said 7:37PM on 2-23-2006
If you want to check if you won a nano...
http://www.apple.com/itunes/1billion/winners.html
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PuffMac user said 12:09AM on 2-24-2006
I like Coldplay and I'm not gay...
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Gary said 2:16AM on 2-24-2006
I like gays but I hate Coldplay...
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MacBoy said 2:17AM on 2-24-2006
I'm gay and I don't like Coldplay....
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bryan said 8:26AM on 2-24-2006
i hate gays and coldplay
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Wordman said 12:36PM on 2-24-2006
"Guards! Put this man in cell #1, and give him a drink."
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Brian Ashe said 1:18PM on 2-24-2006
That's what the 9 extra iPods are for--you sell them to cover the taxes.
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