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Amazon UK kicks off low-end price scuffle with iTunes

 
Hunt for lesser-spotted 59p track begins at Apple store Amazon has kicked off what some members of the soar-away press are describing as an MP3 price war, after it slashed over 100 of its top-selling tracks to just 29 pence a pop in the UK.… Whitepaper - Accelerating virtualised environments (link)

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