Dell admits iPod defeat

Another one bites Apple's dust: Dell is pulling out of the hard-drive MP3 player market, discontinuing its DJ and Pocket DJ lines. A spokesman describes the move as "streamlining" Dell's audio line: It will still sell the flash-memory DJ Ditty player. But Apple may well drive Dell out of that market, too. Earlier this week, Apple slashed the price of its cheapest iPod Shuffle to $69, undercutting the Ditty by $30 on a player that carries the same number of songs.