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Google to Include iTunes?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the how-would-that-work-exactly dept.

Baher Al Hakim writes "The Street suggests in a recent article that Apple is about to announce a deal with Google to offer Apple's iTunes Music service through Google's site. The rumored deal would pair the nation's leading online music store with its leading search engine." Update: 08/13 22:00 GMT by T : Truncation untruncated.

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  1. Submit button on the loose. by espenfjo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reports from all over the street says that the well known submitt button is on the loose.

  2. first by way2trivial · · Score: 5, Funny

    po

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  3. Apparently... by c0l0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    NO CARRIER

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  4. Making up for Dupes. by reality-bytes · · Score: 5, Funny
    In an attempt to make up for the dupes, Slashdot are now providing half and article at a time.

    Baher Al Hakim writes "The Street suggests in a recent article that Apple is about to announce a deal with Google, to a ,


    No doubt it will be edited but it was amusing while it lasted. ;)
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    1. Re:Making up for Dupes. by MustardMan · · Score: 4, Funny

      In recent tiimes, the quality of articles here has gone down. You could even say slashdot has jumped the

    2. Re:Making up for Dupes. by PhoenxHwk · · Score: 2, Funny

      At least when we get the dupe, then we'll have one complete article!

    3. Re:Making up for Dupes. by silic0n · · Score: 3, Funny

      Heh heh. Font fascists.

  5. asdf by stevejsmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even Madlibs gives you the part of speech.

  6. Huh... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it me? Or are the aricle summaries is getting

    1. Re:Huh... by cnettel · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, I, for one, welcom

    2. Re:Huh... by slavemowgli · · Score: 5, Funny

      In Soviet Russia, Sla

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    3. Re:Huh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      , stories truncate you!!!

  7. Damn lawyers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Whoo, those lawyers are fast. Part of the article was removed moments after it was posted.

  8. Apple! by Luigi30 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did Apple file a lawsuit mid-submission or something?

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    1. Re:Apple! by MasamuneXGP · · Score: 4, Funny

      Mod parent up for being currently the funniest joke about the half-post and not just coping everyone else by

    2. Re:Apple! by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Did Apple file a lawsuit mid-submission or something?"

      Oh right, like Slashdot is known for breaking news.

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    3. Re:Apple! by larry+bagina · · Score: 3, Funny

      no, but they are known for breaking slashdot.

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    4. Re:Apple! by WilliamSChips · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes but he has the right to say "Mod parent up" for a post he thinks is

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    5. Re:Apple! by fiji · · Score: 2, Funny

      Clearly they just did (break it).

      -ben

  9. CmdrTaco by michelcultivo · · Score: 5, Funny

    "What the hell I'm doing here."

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  10. I think by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google including iTunes would be a great move, especially considering what they've done with Google Video. They could m

    1. Re:I think by inkswamp · · Score: 3, Funny
      Damn, dude, you beat me to it. I was going to do a joke just like that except I

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  11. No Spelling Mistakes! by Winckle · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's good, right?

  12. Damn freeloaders by ErikRed1488 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I blame this article on the freeloaders. If you subscribed to /., you could have seen this "article" earlier and submitted the error to the mods. I'm sure they would have corrected it. Just like they catch the dupes. Or something.

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  13. Re:Editors? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Uhhhhhhhhh. Where's the rest of the story? lol
    Paul Harvey has it. ;>)

  14. Heh by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Baher Al Hakim writes "The Street suggests in a recent article that Apple is about to announce a deal with Google, to a"

    Wow! The submitter of the story stopped at the same place all the commentors would have stopped at.

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  15. My God, the suspense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't just leave us hanging!!!!

  16. Re:to a...? by pooly7 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...to a broken/blocked keyboard maybe ?

  17. Re:to a...? by The+Bubble · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, no! I get it! THEY GOT HIM! Somebody stuck him with a stake through the heart! Oh, this is so sad! CmdrTaco... I pine for you.


    Hi, everybody. In memoriam of poor 'Taco, let's go back and revisit a few of my favorite 'Taco memories.


    Baher Al Hakim writes...

    Oh, that was great. And who could forget this one?


    The Street suggests in a recent article that Apple is about to announce a deal with Google, to a...

    Ah, we sure had some great times 'Taco. I'm gonna miss you bro.

  18. Attn: Trolls, MS Apologists, & Karmic Tenderfo by mattwarden · · Score: 1, Funny

    From what I've seen in the comments so far, all one has to do for a karma boost is not finish their comm

  19. Re:Are itunes songs acoustically altered? by lungbutter · · Score: 2, Funny

    As a professional in this area I feel comfortable saying that you are indeed on crack (though it could be meth).

  20. I can't believe nobody has posted this yet... by Quixote · · Score: 4, Funny

    ARTHUR: There! Look!
    LAUNCELOT: What does it say?
    GALAHAD: What language is that?
    ARTHUR: Brother Maynard! You are a scholar.
    MAYNARD: It's Aramaic!
    GALAHAD: Of course! Joseph of Arimathea!
    LAUNCELOT: 'Course!
    ARTHUR: What does it say?
    MAYNARD: It reads, 'Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Arimathea. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the Castle of aaarrrrggh'.
    ARTHUR: What?
    MAYNARD: '...The Castle of aaarrrrggh'.
    BEDEVERE: What is that?
    MAYNARD: He must have died while carving it.
    LAUNCELOT: Oh, come on!
    MAYNARD: Well, that's what it says.
    ARTHUR: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't bother to carve 'aarrggh'. He'd just say it!
    MAYNARD: Well, that's what's carved in the rock!
    GALAHAD: Perhaps he was dictating.

  21. Great by Elranzer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wonderful. Just what Slashdot needs: an article for both the Google and Apple fanboys to rant about...