• A report by The Consumer Electronics Association predicts a 9% jump in consumer electronics purchases this holiday season. MP3 players will be leading the way.

• The FTC has halted the deceptive ads of P2P site MP3DownloadCity.com.

• Toshiba has two new additions to its gigabeat line of MP3 players, a 20GB and a 60GB. Engadget has a few details, and the comments section quickly falls into the usual argument between iPod's fans and dissenters (always good for both comedy and product feature information).

• PC World asks, "Are You Still Using CDs?" Coolfer replies, "Yes." Harry McCracken asks, "Why fuss with CDs when you can listen to an MP3 player that holds way, way more than six CDs' worth of music and provides instant access to all of it, not to mention podcasts and other audio?" I'll tell you why: Because a lot of CDs can be purchased for the same price or less than can digital downloads at online music stores. Here's another reason: Because a lot of music I buy isn't available at online music stores. Here's another: Because I like a permanent copy even though I just moved owning a large music collection can really be a pain at times. Here's another: Because CDs sound better. Here's another: Used CDs are a great way to beef up one's music collection. Here's another: In some cases, packaging still matters. Here's another: Labels like to send promo CDs to bloggers. Have fun with your zeros and ones. I'll stick with CDs and rip the songs when I get a chance.