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• 'My meeting with Steve Jobs' - Apple said very interested in open-access WiFi Insanely Great Mac
• Apple (AAPL) is second-best performing stock of last decade, up over 3,500% - MarketWatch debuted the same year that Steve Jobs reclaimed the CEO slot at Apple Inc... MacDailyNews
• Undercover author explains how Apple Stores work - Alex Frankel spent two years working undercover in entry level jobs at... MacDailyNews
• Uncooking the books costs beleaguered Dell $92 million - Dell today presented the Securities and Exchange Commission... MacDailyNews
• AAPL Closes at New High: $187 - Apple's stock closed on Tuesday at US$187, a new all-time high for the Mac and iPod maker. The company's stock didn't sit idle after hitting its new high, and in early morning trading on Wednesday climbed up over $188. Mac Observer
• Steve Wozniak on Apple, Leopard and Jailbreaking the iPhone - Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, was interviewed by LaptopMag.com about various topics surrounding Apple. Wozniak provides his insight into Leopard, Mac Marketshare, as well as some disappointment at the direction computers have gone: MacRumors.com
• Apple shares hit record high on Leopard sales - Shares of Apple. ran up to an all-time high after the company said it sold more than two million copies of its Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) operating system in the first weekend, reports Thomson Financial. MacimumNews
  
• Steve Jobs' interested in WiFi sharing - Argentinian entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky runs the WiFi-sharing FON service and met recently with Apple CEO Steve Jobs to discuss the service. Macworld UK

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Mac Hardware

• Trans International Unveils miniXpress425S Triple Interface Hard Drive - Trans International announced the immediate availability of its new miniXpress425S portable external hard drive. The drive includes eSATA, FireWire 400, and USB connectors, a 2.5-inch SATA drive mechanism, and a heat dissipating aluminum shell. Mac Observer
• Intel's Penryn plant goes green - Intel green experiments prove investing in environmental design isn't just sensible - it also saves money, lots of money. Macworld UK

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OS X & Software

• An Introductory Mac OS X Leopard Review: Core Graphics and the New UI - Beyond the desktop and main applications in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, its most obvious advancements are related to graphics and the underlying performance improvements that speed up everything being displayed on the screen. There are a number of aspects to why Leopard's graphics feels faster, and some interesting notes on how the graphical user interface is changing in Leopard. Here's a look at how everything works. AppleInsider
• Where to Now for OS X? - Leopard is upon us and is described by most reviewers as a mature operating system. So where does that leave the future of OS X? Does OS XI beckon?
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• Lightroom update for Leopard users on the way - Adobe plans for mid-November update, says users not bothered by minor glitches could still use some functions. C|Net News
• Mac trojan appears in wild - Surfing for prøn? Think before you click... Insanely Great Mac
• PC Mag: 'The Best OS Ever' - Please, sir, curb your enthusiasm Insanely Great Mac
• Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard displays Windows PC on the network as BSOD on a beige monitor - Here's an example of the worst thing about Apple. There is simply nothing less attractive... MacDailyNews
• Free Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Screen Saver 1.3 for Apple’s Mac OS X - Killer Robots' "Jack-O-Lantern" is a Mac OS X Screen Saver that displays a carved 3D pumpkin... MacDailyNews
• Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard’s core to power new revolution in application design - "There's been a lot of brouhaha about Leopard, but the most exciting thing... MacDailyNews
• Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5): Repair permissions takes too long or does not complete - Several users have reported that the repair permissions function, performed by Disk Utility (located in /Applications/Utilities), takes an extremely long time or does not complete under Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). In some cases, the issue is accompanied by the error message: MacFixIt
• Removing Boot Camp from Tiger requires setting the date back - Users of the now-expired Boot Camp Beta under Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) have run into a problem: the Boot Camp environment cannot be easily uninstalled without the aid of the Boot Camp Assistant, which refused to run after September 30, 2007. MacFixIt
• Leopard: Incompatible third-party software and hardware - There are a number of third-party software and hardware products that are incompatible with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Incompatibility can mean many different things. It can mean: MacFixIt
• Leopard's 2,000,000 weekend - Apple sold two million copies of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on its first weekend, inc... itwire
• It's a Wonderful - and Disturbing - iLife - Whether you use iLife or not -- and there are millions of PC users who never will -- Apple's digital lifestyle suite will affect what you do and how you do it on your computer in the future. That's because iLife has always been a hothouse for ideas that influence the entire computer industry. In iLife '08, the latest version of the software, Apple has revamped the suite in some exciting and, for some users, disturbing ways. In the suite's photo handling program, iPhoto, a major effort was made to improve the application's navigation and organization. MacNewsWorld
• Apple Will Allow Leopard Server Virtualization - In what seems to be a notable about-face, Apple has changed its Mac OS X Leopard Server license agreement to allow multiple, virtualized copies of Mac OS X to run on Apple hardware, according to Adam Engst at Tidbits on Wednesday. Mac Observer
• Gartenberg: Leopard Redefines Personal Computing - Michael Gartenberg, a vice president at Jupiter Research, wrote that in his opinion Apple's Leopard redefines what personal computing looks like at Computerworld on Wednesday. Mac Observer
• 4-Sight FAX 7.0.5 Includes Leopard Support - Soft Solutions announced the immediate availability of 4-Sight FAX 7.0.5 on Wednesday. The updated version of the business faxing application added support for Apple's recently released Mac OS X 10.5 operating system. Mac Observer
• RouteBuddy Gets MacSpeech Support - RouteBuddy and MacSpeech announced the immediate availability of the RouteBuddy ScriptPak for iListen on Wednesday. The ScriptPak adds over 60 spoken commands to iListen so that users can control RouteBuddy with their voice instead of using a mouse and keyboard. Mac Observer
  
• Syncing Multiple .Mac Accounts - Hot Forum Topic - Today TMO readers are discussing options for syncing multiple .Mac accounts. Mac Observer
• SpaceNavigator Adds ArchiCAD 11 Support - 3Dconnexion announced on Wednesday that its SpaceNavigator 3D pointing device new supports Graphisoft's ArchiCAD 11. The SpaceNavigator 3D supports panning, zooming, and rotating in the architectural design application without stopping to select commands in Mac OS X 10.4. Mac Observer
• Xcode 2.5 Addresses Security Issues - Apple released Xcode 2.5 on Tuesday evening to address security related issues in the Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 application development environment. The update patches security flaws relating to files that contain Tektronix Hex Format data, and the demo version of Xcode WebObjects. Mac Observer
• Deck Out Your Mac for Halloween - TMO Quick Tip - Halloween: It may come only once a year, but that helps keep the day -- or night -- special. Since this day is so important to goulies, goblins, and candy collectors everywhere, why not let your Mac share in some of the festivities? Mac Observer
• Leopard's Firewall Criticized - A security research firm is criticizing Leopard's security, namely the new system's firewall. MacRumors.com
• EyeTV gets Leopard update - For all EyeTV users who have installed the Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”), Elgato’s free EyeTV 2.5.1 update adds support for the following key new Leopard technologies: Quick Look, iChat, and Spaces. MacimumNews
  
• Intego issues a security alert - Intego, which specializes in computer security alerts, has issued a security alert for Mac OS X users. The company says a malicious Trojan Horse has been found on several pornography web sites, claiming to install a video codec necessary to view free pornographic videos on Macs. MacimumNews
  
• Upcoming iStopMotion update to take advantage of Leopard features - The folks at Boinx Software say that iStopMotion 2 customers will benefit soon from new features introduced in Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) when version 2.1 of the stop motion and time lapse tool is released. MacimumNews
  
• Peachpit announces new Leopard books - Peachpit has announced the launch of new titles covering Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”). The first two books to be available are: MacimumNews
  
• Inside Leopard: Under the hood - There’s plenty going on above the surface in Leopard to grab your attention—from entirely new features to enhanced favorites. But don’t let that prevent you from taking a deeper look at the under-the-hood changes introduced by OS X 10.5. Terminal, X11, and Disk Utility may not be the stuff of headlines, but there are enough significant changes here to radically affect how you interact with Mac OS X. Rob Griffiths also compiles a list of pros and cons to see if this OS upgrade is right for you. And no matter what you think of Leopard, analysts agree the Mac OS remains a critical par of Apple’s overall strategy. Macworld
• Macworld Podcast: All about Leopard - Mac OS X 10.5: Leopard has been out in the wild for a weekend, and we’re sure you’ve got questions about the latest update to Apple’s operating system. We try to answer them in a free-ranging discussion on our OS X 10.5 experiences that features Chris Breen, Jason Snell, Kelly Turner and Rob Griffiths. Dan Frakes also joins in by offering a look at low-cost, third-party software that offered features now a part of Leopard. Macworld
• Gem replacements - One of the great things about writing Mac Gems is finding useful software that enhances Mac OS X. With the release of Leopard, Dan Frakes went through the Mac Gems Catalog to see which products have seen some—or all—of their features make their way into the latest version of the OS. Macworld
• Leopard will drive innovation in apps design - In future, Mac users can expect applications to act more like those on an iPod touch or an iPhone, explains Leander Kahney writing for Wired News. Macworld UK
• Latest Leopard apps growl - The latest batch of Leopard-ready applications have been announced by third-party developers. Macworld UK
• Google to launch FaceBook rival - Google will unveil an initiative this week to make it easier for developers to create applications for multiple social networking sites via a set of open APIs. Macworld UK
• British Mac speech accent update - New update adds extra voices and widens the vocabulary for users who want their Macs to speak to them in English. Macworld UK
• Mac Office 2008 offers many templates - Mac users promised new document design and layout tools in next major Office upgrade. Macworld UK
• Undercover 2 recovers stolen Macs - Get your Mac to call home if it's taken without permission using heavily-updated Undercover software from Orbicule. Macworld UK
• Security geeks say Leopard needs fixing - Security boffins complain at some perceived weaknesses in Leopard's security settings. Macworld UK
• Microsoft ships Remote Desktop Connection beta 2 - Microsoft updates its software that lets users control Windows PCs from a Mac. Macworld UK
• Apple to Allow Virtual Mac OS X Server Instances - Glenn Fleishman writes "Apple has changed its license for Mac OS X Server 10.5 (Leopard Server) to allow virtualized instances. VMware and Parallels are poised to offer support. This probably presages a thoroughly overhauled Xserve product with greater capability for acting as a virtual machine server, too. 'Ben Rudolph, Director of Corporate Communications for Parallels, told me, "Enabling Leopard Server to run in a virtual machine may take some time, but we're working closely with Apple on it and will make it public as quickly as possible." Pat Lee, Product Manager at VMware, concurred, saying "We applaud Apple for the exciting licensing changes implemented in Leopard Server. Apple customers can now run Mac OS X Server, Windows, Linux and other x86 operating systems simultaneously on Apple hardware so we are excited about the possibilities this change presents." Although neither company committed to specific features or timetables, it appears as though we should be seeing virtualization products from both that will enable an Xserve to run multiple copies of Leopard Server in virtual machines.'" Slashdot
• Apple's Leopard leaps into action - Two million copies and counting The Register
• Evaluating the Security of Apple's New OS - The conventional wisdom -- or at least the public perception -- is that Macs are more secure than Windows computers. For years, security researchers have said that this is chiefly because Apple's modest market share makes its systems a less attractive target than Windows. Yahoo! NEWS
  
• New Trojan Horse targets Mac users - Security research company Intego on Monday issued a security alert about a new Trojan Horse called OSX.RSPlug.A that specifically targets Mac users. The Trojan is a form of DNSChanger that changes the Mac’s Domain Name Server (DNS) address. Yahoo! NEWS
• Pirates of the Caribbean multiplayer game debuts - Disney Online on Wednesday announced the launch of Pirates of the Caribbean Online, a new massively multiplayer online game for Mac OS X and Windows users. It cost $4.95 for the first month and $9.95 for every month thereafter. Yahoo! NEWS
• Security geeks say Leopard needs fixing - San Francisco (IDGNS) - The security features introduced in Apple's Leopard operating system need work. That's according to security experts who have been putting the new version of Mac OS X through its paces since the upgrade was introduced last Friday. Yahoo! NEWS
• Analysis: Leopard a key part of Apple's business - Much has changed for Apple in the two-and-a-half years since it released the Tiger update to OS X. The company’s iPod music player and iTunes Store continue to enjoy a stranglehold on their respective markets. Apple also moved its hardware over to Intel-built processors and introduced a new mobile phone, the iPhone, that’s grabbed a tremendous amount of media attention. Yahoo! NEWS
• Disney’s ‘Pirates of the Caribbean Online’ sets sail - Disney Online’s Pirates of the Caribbean Online, an immersive massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) and virtual world inspired by the popular film franchise, has launched for Mac and PC platforms. In Pirates of the Caribbean Online, players create and customize their own pirate, captain their own ship, and assemble a crew of their fellow rogues in an effort to become the Caribbean’s most legendary pirate. MacimumNews

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iPods & iTunes

• THIS DAY IN APPLE HISTORY October 31, 2005: Apple Sells a Million Videos - The headline seemed convoluted, iTunes Music Store Sells One Million Videos in Less Than 20 Days iTunes selling videos, that didn’t make a lot of sense to those thinking that (read more) Applematters
• Zucker’s NBC places distant 4th in U.S. network ratings - Overall the week in U.S. network TV belonged to Fox, which scored big... MacDailyNews
• XtremeMac introduces SportWrap armband new iPods, iPhone - XtremeMac has announced new versions of its US$29.95 SportWrap armband, and introduced the SportWrap Pink, which will support the efforts of the National Breast Cancer Foundation. There are versions for the iPod classic, 3G iPod nano, iPod touch and iPhone. MacimumNews
  
• Apple offers new iTunes cards - setteB.IT—an Italian language web site for Mac users and one of Macsimum News’ partners)—has published an article about new iTunes Digital Album/Digital release/Essentials/TV Essentials cards, available in US only at Starbucks and Safeway stores. MacimumNews
  
• iSkin releases CERULEAN F1+TX package for iPod, iPhone - iSkin has released the US$189.99 Cerulean F1+TX stereo Bluetooth audio accessory for the iPod and iPhone. Previously sold separately, Cerulean F1 and TX have been combined to form a package that lets users listen to and control their iPods without wires. MacimumNews
• Marware announces Sportsuit Convertible cases for iPhone, iPod touch - Marware has released the US$34.99 Sportsuit Convertible for iPhone and iPod touch. The case offers a three-in-one solution that “converts” to an armband case, a clip-on case, or a slim-profile sleeve. MacimumNews
• EPICENTER - NBC Exec: 'Apple Has Destroyed the Music Business' Wired

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iPhone

• Google phone: No Verizon deal imminent - Verizon Wireless doesn't intend to announce a deal to carry a Google-powered cellphone any time soon, according to a source familiar with Verizon's plans, reports Fortune's Stephanie Mehta. CNN Money
• G'day iPhone - Australian carrier said to be in talks with Apple Insanely Great Mac
• Refurb iPhone for $299 - And Core Duo 17" PowerBooks $800 off. Insanely Great Mac
• Beware of phoneys at iPhone site - A new web site aims to put iPhone owners seeking custom applications in touch with programmers that can develop them. itwire
• iPup: Dog dressed up as Apple iPhone for Halloween - The annual Tompkins Square Park Halloween dog parade was yesterday... MacDailyNews
• Australia’s Telstra in talks with Apple to carry iPhone - Telstra Corp. has had talks with Apple Inc., which is planning to launch... MacDailyNews
• Australia’s Telstra talking with Apple over iPhone support - Telstra Corp.has had talks with Apple, which is planning to launch its iPhone handset in Australia next year, and is testing the device, a company spokesman says (as noted by MarketWatch. MacimumNews
• Google phone 'within weeks' - Google may announce within weeks that it will launch a mobile phone applications platform by mid-2008, according to The Wall Street Journal. Macworld UK
• Apple sends iPhone 'down under' - Australia's largest mobile network has begun testing the iPhone for launch in the country, but device would need to be modified for the network's network, reports claim. Macworld UK
  
• This Is Not a gPhone. Please, Tell Me This Is Not a gPhone. - Look askance at this story, wherein India Street claims that the Google Phone is not only an actual handset, but that it will be made by China's E28. Wired
  

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