The ministore, Apple’s new feature-turned PR disaster has been modified to reflect blogosphere concerns.  From BoingBoing:

The MiniStore was switched on by default, without any notice that this service was collecting your information, nor which information was being collected, nor what Apple did with this information.
The new version of the iTunes 6.0.2 installer pops up [...]

Podcasting got a large boost when iTunes incorporated podcast features into their version released last summer. iTunes is overwhelmingly the most popular way to listen to music and tunes on the web.
However, as it turns out, they may be guilty of spying on you without gaining your consent:
What it also offered, but didn’t bother [...]

For the last few years anyone in the tech industry could tell you who the ‘evil empire’ was and why it was known as such.  However, after a hugely successfull blog adoption campaign, utilizing over 1500 bloggers within the company, Microsoft has almost completely overcome the unwanted moniker.
Into this world that has lost an evil [...]