Good enough to eat... no, not Hugh Jackman

Yet another leap ahead in the music industry by Apple with the release of iTunes 4; the company seems to have played its cards right in looking toward the mp3 market with such a prescient eye. Not only is their hardware, iPod, the bestseller - and just re-released with even higher specs and sleeker looks - it integrates seamlessly through Firewire with their impressive music management software, iTunes, itself pretty popular and shortly to be released on the PC.

The loveliness above is a new feature of iTunes: Apple's very own online mp3 store; over 200 000 songs already available, contracts with the Big Five (EMI, Sony et al.), and tracks at just $0.99 each. Will it work? Well, according to Billboard, 275 000 tracks were sold within the first 18 hours of its launch. Gadget pimp that I am, I'm there in spirit, just need to save up for the hardware.