Small Stories of June 15th 2006

• European nations pressure Apple on iTunes: Portable media player maker Creative Technology Ltd. said Wednesday the U.S. International Trade Commission agreed to investigate whether Apple Computer Inc.’s rival iPod infringes on one of its patents.
• Amazon starts selling groceries online: Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. has started selling groceries on its Web site, a cautious step into a business that was one of the biggest casualties of the dot-com collapse 
• New Firefox Extension Packs All Your Extensions Into One .xpi File: The Firefox Extension Backup Extension lets you backup all of your extensions, themes, bookmarks, preferences…and the Compact Library Extension Organizer bundles everything into a single .xpi file that you can install on any installation of Firefox.
• Digg v3 Screenshot: Here’s what the new version of digg will look like
• The 10 Most Tech-Savvy Rock Stars: Meet the musicians who best harness technology, especially the Internet, to market themselves, their products, and their causes.
• EBay signs up 200 millionth member: “EBay Inc. has now registered 200 million users of its online auction services, which would make it the fifth-largest country in the world if its members could form one nation, its CEO said on Tuesday.”