There's a new version of Carlo Franchino's CallerID Fix Collection out. This new release bumps the homebrew solution up to version 1.1.0 and adds even more countries to the supported list.

A bizarre thing happens to European patrons of iTunes online music stores. When a European consumer buys music from the iTunes Belgian store, for example, they may only use a credit card issued by the bank with an address in Belgium. Because of this territorial restrictions, consumers are then limited in their freedom to purchase the songs they want, and where they want it bought. As such, the European commission has opened an antitrust probe into Apple's iTunes and the way it sells music online in coordination with major music companies.

The EU Commission does this probe amidst complaints from consumer groups coming from Germany, France, the Netherlands and Nordic countries. Such groups have demanded Apple to change the rules it imposes on its online music stores.

Apple, meanwhile, responds that the company actually wants to operate a single store for all of Europe. But publishers and music labels alike won't have any of this, as they believe Apple's rights are not all-encompassing. Spokesman Steve Dowling says Apple does not believe it did anything to violate the EU law.

Apple has been given a "statement of objections" by the EU Commission. The electronics giant has two months to answer the questions issued in the letter. If found guilty, Apple may be forced to part with as much as 10 percent of its total world income to pay for the EU fines.

We earlier featured some articles pitting Microsoft's Windows Vista with Apple's Mac OS X. That's highly unsurprising at all since the two companies have been each others' competition for a long, long time now. And both companies are bringing their best features forward in this battle for OS supremacy.

Which brings us to this junction. Apparently, Microsoft chose to install the the awaited Windows Vista to an Apple contraption - specifically on a MacBook Pro. Not only did they install the Vista, they also installed the Microsoft Office 2007 in that MacBook.

The MS people most likely want to demonstrate how powerful their upcoming OS and application suite is. Apparently, the presentation of Windows Vista and Office 2007 for a group of bloggers at Microsoft HQ in Diegem, Belgium just recently.

Good strategy I should say since MS would definitely take advantage for it ensures that MS would make some profit out of adamant and hard core Mac users. I could literally hear the MS block saying, "beat that Apple"! Let's see what Apple has up its sleeves.