Briefly: CEO Pay ranks Jobs; iPod clones

In brief: Forbes.com has ranked Apple CEO Steve Jobs at no. 19 on its CEO Pay list within the Technology Hardware & Equipment category, showing the executive as earning $87.67 million over a five-year period.... iPod knockoffs that cost as little as half of Apple's own Nano are flying off the shelves in Taiwan, following a warning from the Cupertino-based company to its resellers last week about the devices.... Microsoft today told a special 13-judge European court that the European Commission made fundamental errors in deciding that the company illegally tied Windows Media Player to its operating system.... Intriguing Development today announced the iRemember Scrapbooking Contest, in an effort to locate desirable layouts to convert into templates for future versions of the company's iRemember Digital Scrapbooking software.... ezGear today launched its ezSkin nano three-pack ($20, shown at right), a set of protective covers designed specifically for iPod nanos.

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