It would appear that Apple has become a victim of its own success. The company suffered major outages to it iTunes site over the Christmas period has shoppers logged in to buy and give music.

The company also suffered outages to its normal store, as many people logged into to spend vouchers on iPods.

2007 may not be a good year of Apple, as analysts such as Gartner and Hasenmark are predicting as much as 5% of its market share could go to rivals.