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So lets see: Thanksgiving. Check. Black Friday. Check. Cyber Monday?

I might just be slow, but when did they add another shopping holiday to the list? I guess it wouldn’t really be the “Information Age” without its own geeky shopping holiday.

Anyway, today is Cyber Monday. The day when all you lazy shoppers who waited till now to start your shopping, and still refuse to leave your house to do so, will find all those crazy deals on all your favorite shopping websites.

To keep you from going crazy with all the possibilities out on the internet, I will provide you with a small list of sites you might wanna check out for some fancy deals on tons of items.

It’s hard to believe that Apple launched its first attempt at the iTunes Store just six years ago. What started out as a digital store that had a selection of only around 200,000 songs has now transformed into an online marketplace for over 10 million Songs, Movies, Podcasts, Audiobooks, TV Shows, and Applications. Today, the iTunes Store has sold over 8.5 Billion songs, 1 Billion Videos, and 2 Billion apps. Apple and the iTunes store are now responsible for 88% of the “Legal” music download market.

Do we really remember what listening to and purchasing music was like before iTunes… or the iPod for that matter? These numbers are a testament to the type of transformation that’s been made from an industry which once relied almost solely on going to your local record store and purchasing a CD.