http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/15/apple.spends.to.lobby/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0808/applelogo-black.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />During the second quarter of 2008, Apple reportedly spend $450,000 on lobbying within the federal government, under a broad spectrum of interests in energy conservation, education, and intellectual property rights. Forbes writes that a disclosure form ñ which Apple filed July 21st ñ shows Apple dividing the aforementioned figure among patent reforms, consumer product safety, No Child Left Behind, ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/15/apple.spends.to.lobby/ Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:10:00 GMT