November 29, 2006

Microsoft Corp.'s new Zune music player grabbed 9 percent of the U.S. digital music player market in its first week of sales, taking the No. 2 spot from SanDisk Corp.'s Sansa, market researcher NPD Group said on Wednesday. Microsoft also had a 13 percent dollar share of the U.S. portable digital player market in the week ending Nov. 18, NPD said in its weekly survey of music player sales. Apple Computer Corp. , which ushered in the digital media player rage with its iPod player in 2001, remained the market leader with 63 percent unit share and 72.5 percent dollar share, NPD said. 2:28:24 PM

With regards to the recent story that six Sunni men were burned to death in Baghdad Friday by Shiites, U.S. military officials and Iraqi officials have accused the Associated Press wire service of relying on a source who "is not who he claimed he was," an Iraqi police captain. Despite offering no confirmation, or evidence, the Associated Press is standing by its report. 11:40:53 AM