Segment 1:

*    Apple's App Store surpassed the 2 billion download mark, the company announced Monday, as the total number of available apps exceeded the 85,000 mark.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=25429

Segment 2:

*   Media players like Apple's iPod will be set by default to a new, lower, "safe" volume level in Europe, thanks to a new rule passed by the European Commission Monday.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/28/new_standards_to_limit_apple_ipod_volume_in_europe.html
* Google’s response to AT&T’s charges that Voice discriminates against users in certain, expensive locations.
http://government.zdnet.com/?p=5501

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* An online retailer today unveiled prices for OEM editions of Windows 7, listing them at discounts of between 45% and 55% off Microsoft's "full" editions -- and pricing them below the upgrades slated to hit shelves next month.
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=021120EC-1A64-6A71-CE332733DDCD363F
* The city of Los Angeles has a decision to make. You see, the city’s old school e-mail system is pretty outdated and in need of a major overhaul. But like most other municipal governments, the budget for new tech systems is pretty tight these days. And so, city officials have been weighing the option of jumping on board with a cloud offering.  

http://voices.allthingsd.com/20090929/microsoft-vs-google-an-e-mail-showdown-at-l-a-city-hall/

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* Google Inc. is among Web-browser makers asking the European Union to force Microsoft Corp. to make it easier to choose alternatives to Internet Explorer under terms of an EU antitrust settlement, a person familiar with the matter said today
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=an8r0cewDDx4 
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Email from Listeners

Luis A. from Beaverton asks “Everyone is talking about Windows 7 taskbar being like apple’s task bar. Is there any truth to it?”