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• Judge dismisses shareholder backdating suit against Apple execs - A California judge on Wednesday granted Apple's motion for dismissal in a stock options backdating lawsuit brought against chief executive Steve Jobs and thirteen other current and former members of the company's leadership, but is allowing the investors to refile an amended complaint as part of a derivative suit. AppleInsider
• Four states dominate Apple's retail store revenues - (ifoAppleStore) Not all states are created equal when it comes to Apple Inc.'s retail store operation, both in the number of stores in each state and their contribution to nearly $1 billion in revenues each quarter. AppleInsider
• Apple wins dismissal in shareholder suit - Options backdating continues to cast a long shadow Insanely Great Mac
• Apple wins dismissal of options backdating lawsuit brought by shareholders - Apple Inc. won dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit claiming company officers... MacDailyNews
• U.S. stocks retreat after Macy’s cuts sales forecast - The U.S. stock market resumed its weeklong descent, led by department stores... MacDailyNews
• Judge Dismisses Shareholder Backdating Case Against Apple - U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel dismissed a shareholder suit against Apple on Wednesday over improperly backdated stock option grants. The case was filed by the New York City Employees' Retirement System and alleged that the improperly backdated grants diluted the company's stock by more than 200 million shares. Mac Observer
• Apple wins dismissal of shareholder backdating lawsuit - Apple has won dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit claiming company officers including CEO Steve Jobs were overpaid with illegally backdated option awards, reports Bloomberg. MacimumNews
• Apple wins dismissal of lawsuit - As Apple's stock options saga drags on, company wins small victory in dismissal of one shareholder lawsuit Macworld UK
• Apple's Retail Revenue Driven by Four States - You might recall Apple COO Peter Oppenheimer touting the company's retail mojo this past October during its Q4 earnings call. In all, the company claims its retail stores managed to attract some 100 million people and helped bring in a... Wired
• Fake Steve to Google: AdSense Sucks - It took all of nine minutes for Fake Steve Jobs, a.k.a. Dan Lyons, to bash Google right in the rosy-cheeked Googlers' faces. Speaking at the search engine's Mountain View headquarters on Nov. 5, Lyons took a few minutes to highlight... Wired
  

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Mac Hardware

• THIS DAY IN APPLE HISTORY November 15, 1997: First G3 Systems Show Up - The iMac gets credit as the machine that saved Apple, but the machine that returned Apple to profitability was a dull platinum box.
  Of course, it wasn’t the box that (read more) Applematters
• Sonnet delivers 802.11n PCIe solution - Support for current shipping Macs running X.4.9 or higher Insanely Great Mac
• MWSF '08: "Launch Pad for Ultra-Portable MacBook" - The PowerBook 2400 reborn? Insanely Great Mac
• University of York assembles world’s first laptop orchestra using 50 Apple MacBooks - 50 music students from the University of York will perform three orchestral pieces... MacDailyNews
• Apple patent applications involve flash memory - Nine Apple patent applications concerning Flash memory have popped up at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Instead of Apple being a passive buyer of NAND memory the patents seem to indicate Apple researching Flash memory, memory controllers and circuit boards and their applications. MacimumNews
• Apple hardware contributed for Worldscape multimedia project - Worldscape is a new multimedia entertainment, created entirely by students of the Department of Music, University of York, working in conjunction with composer and music department lecturer Ambrose Field. MacimumNews
• Apple could build Penryn into Xserve - Apple could first plug Penryn processors into its Xserve line of Unix-based servers. Macworld UK
• Apple TV goes to the movies - May be useful after all The Register

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OS X & Software

• Road to Mac Office 2008: Excel '08 vs Numbers 1.0 - The planned mid-January release of Office 2008 offers a significant overhaul of the productivity suite's look and features. The previous segment described new features in Word 2008, with some comparisons to Apple's Pages 08. This article examines what's new in Excel 2008 and contrasts Microsoft's oldest application to Apple's newest: the Numbers 08 spreadsheet included with iWork. AppleInsider
• Apple announces Final Cut Express 4, slashes pricing - Apple on Thursday unveiled Final Cut Express 4, a significant upgrade to its consumer-oriented video editing software based on Final Cut Pro 6, for a reduced price of just $199. AppleInsider
• Apple releases Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update for Tiger users - Apple on Wednesday finally released Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update, which is recommended for all users running versions of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. The update includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac, the company says. AppleInsider
•  Apple updates Final Cut Studio, iPhoto, Pro Apps and Panther security - Alongside Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update, Apple on Wednesday also unleashed nearly a dozen other software updates targeting the various components of Final Cut Studio, iLife 08's iPhoto application, Pro Applications, and Mac OS X 10.3 Panther security. AppleInsider
• Using MacFuse on OS X: Part 3 - In this part of my series on MacFuse, I will discuss the installation and use of two very innovative implementations of FUSE filesystems. The first involves mounting your GMail storage (read more) Applematters
• Why Adobe's CEO suddenly quit - Fortune's Jon Fortt talks to Bruce Chizen about his swift exit and looks at the challenges his successor faces. CNN Money
• Apple pro apps get Leopard bump - Soundtrack, Final Cut, DVD Studio, Motion, Color, Cinema Tools, etc Insanely Great Mac
• iPhoto 7.1.1 - Delivers Leopard compatibility, stability updates Insanely Great Mac
• X.4.11 Update ships - There are also Panther Security and Server Admin Updates available... Insanely Great Mac
• Free Hierarchy 1.0: hierarchical menus for Mac OS X Leopard folders via Dock-like palett - Charles O'Rourke has released the freeware Hierarchy 1.0 application... MacDailyNews
• Apple releases Final Cut Express 4 with AVCHD support and iMovie ‘08 Integration for $199 - Apple today released Final Cut Express 4, a significant upgrade to its powerful video editing software... MacDailyNews
• Apple updates slew of pro apps - Apple today released Pro Applications Update 2007-02 which includes fixes... MacDailyNews
• Apple releases iPhoto 7.1.1 - Apple today released iPhoto 7.1.1. This update supports compatibility... MacDailyNews
• Apple releases Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11 - Apple today released Mac OS X 10.4.11 which is recommended for... MacDailyNews
• Tired of your Mac OS X Leopard Dock? Change it! - LeopardDocks.com is a free website that lets you... MacDailyNews
• Gmail slowness: A possible solution - Gmail! We asked, you answered!! (Is the MacFixIt reader community cool or what?) First, it appears that while we were sleeping, the Google folks have quietly replaced the Gmail Web interface with a different interface. It is not at all hard to believe that this new interface does things with JavaScript that might be giving WebKit a hard time. A quick survey of Google Groups suggests that lots of people are having trouble with the new interface. MacFixIt
• A small bug in Apple's Mail program - In Leopard's Mail program, there's a new formatting feature: Format > Indentation. A MacFixIt reader, Tom, has pointed out that this feature has a bug. MacFixIt
• Some early difficulties with Mac OS X 10.4.11 - We've received several reports from Tiger users that after updating to 10.4.11, Safari 3 (which is now included "for real" and no longer an optional beta add-on) crashes constantly. But in every case, so far, third-party add-ons have been present. It is perfectly believable that there is some serious crashing bug in Safari 3 on Tiger, but before testing, please do make sure you are not using anything that might cause an incompatibility. MacFixIt
• Ramblings on FireWire and Leopard - We've received a couple of comments about using many FireWire devices at once. A recent note from reader Peter says: MacFixIt
• Apple releases updates to Panther, Tiger, iPhoto, and many pro applications - Apple has released what we may presume are the final updates to Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4.11. There are two downloads, one for Intel and one for PowerPC machines. MacFixIt
• Quick Look, Transmission, and fans - First, readers are reminded that when some process cranks up and starts taking over your computer's ability to get anything done - a phenomenon often signalled, especially on a portable, by the noise of the fans whirring up, to keep those overworked logic board components cool - you can usually finger the responsible party by opening Activity Monitor (in the Utilities folder). Switch the pop-up menu to All Processes, if necessary, and then click on the CPU column header so that processes using the highest percentage of your CPU(s) come to the top. Taking 10% or 20% of the CPU is fairly normal, but if a process is using 70% or more of the CPU, and if it does this persistently, you might suspect that not all is well. MacFixIt
• RealNetworks Releases RealPlayer 11 Beta for Mac - RealNetworks announced on Thursday the availability of RealPlayer 11 Beta for Mac OS X, Tiger and Leopard, in concert with the general release of RealPlayer and RealPlayer Plus for PCs. Mac Observer
• FontAgent Pro Gets Adobe CS3, Leopard Support - Insider Software announced the immediate availability of an updated plugin collection for FontAgent Pro 3.3 on Thursday. The updated font auto-activation plugins add support for Mac OS X 10.5, and update support for Adobe Creative Suite 2 and QuarkXPress 6, 6.5, and 7. Mac Observer
• Leopard Upgrade Experiences - Hot Forum Topic - Today TMO readers are sharing their experiences with the upgrade process to Mac OS X 10.5. Mac Observer
• Final Cut Express 4 Adds AVCHD Support, Cuts Price - Apple Inc. announced the immediate availability of Final Cut Express 4 on Thursday. The new version of the video editing application added AVCHD camera support and received a price cut to US$199. Mac Observer
  
• Apple's Pro Apps Get Performance Updates - Rounding out Apple's slew of updates on Wednesday, the company's pro-level applications received revisions to improve overall application performance. The application updates were accompanied by Pro Applications Update 2007-02 with fixes for the underlying frameworks and shared components in the Final Cut Studio 2 applications. Mac Observer
• iPhoto 7.1.1 Improves Leopard Compatibility - Apple rolled out iPhoto 7.1.1 Wednesday afternoon. The update to the company's digital image management and editing application improved support for Mac OS X 10.5, and addressed a number of unspecified minor issues. Mac Observer
• Apple Issues Security Update 2007-008 for Mac OS X 10.3.9 - Apple hasn't forgotten Mac OS X 10.3.9 yet. On Wednesday the company released Security Update 2007-008 for both the client and server versions of the older operating system to address several security related issues. Mac Observer
• Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.4.11 with Security Fixes, Safari 3 - Apple released Mac OS X 10.4.11 on Wednesday to fix a long list of Tiger related issues. The update addresses several potential security threats and includes Safari 3. Mac Observer
• Apple Releases Final Cut Express 4 - Apple has released Final Cut Express 4 today. Apple describes the new version as a "significant upgrade" to the previous version of Final Cut Express. MacRumors.com
• Safari 3.0.4 Beta for Windows - Alongside the Mac OS X 10.4.11 updates today, Apple also released a new beta of Safari for Windows as detailed in this tech note. MacRumors.com
• Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update - Apple released the Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update today through Software Update: MacRumors.com
• Apple Releases iPhoto 7.1.1 Update - Apple has released an update to iPhoto 7, part of iLife '08. MacRumors.com
• Apple Releases Updates to Final Cut Studio 2 - Apple released a number of updates to applications contained in the Final Cut Studio suite, providing bug fixes as well as Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard support. MacRumors.com
• Leopard Overtakes Windows OS Sales In Japan For October - Apple's Mac OS 10.5 Leopard launch will go down in history as record-breaking, both internal and external. In Japan, sales went up to 60.5% market share year-on year in the month of October, which was enough to bump Microsoft from the top spot (reports Macworld.co.uk citing a Japanese Business Computer News report) MacRumors.com
• Mac OS X 10.5.1 Update Finalized? [Updatex2] - ThinkSecret believes that Apple is about ready to release the first update to Mac OS X Leopard. MacRumors.com
• Final Cut Express 4 has AVCHD support, iMovie ‘08 integration - Apple has released Final Cut Express 4, an upgrade to its video editing software based on Apple’s award-winning Final Cut Pro 6. The price has been reduced to US$199 (from $299), and the update adds support for the latest AVCHD cameras, allows mixing of standard and high definition content on a single timeline. MacimumNews
• Apple patent involves workflow widgets - An Apple patent (number 20070266093) for workflow widgets have appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. They refer to graphical user interfaces and the Dashboard technology introduced in Mac OS X 10.5 (“Tiger”). MacimumNews
• Swift 3D 5.0 Mac to add Papervision3D support - Electric Rain has updated Swift 3D, a 3D tool for Flash, to version 5.0 enabling export to the Papervision3D format. This new feature will be available in conjunction with the release of Swift 3D 5.0 for the Mac, as well as a free update to existing Swift 3D 5.0 Windows users. MacimumNews
• Apple patents involve metadata content, media content, media distribution systems - Several Apple patents regarding metadata content, media content and media distribution systems have appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Obviously, they involve, at least in part, the operation of the iTunes Store. MacimumNews
• Smith Micro acquires Poser, Anime Studio, Manga Studio - Smith Micro will add the e frontier 3D graphic and animation solutions, Poser, Anime Studio and Manga Studio to its lineup of consumer-focused products. MacimumNews
• MacFreelance tweaked for Leopard - Macware has updated MacFreelance, invoice and billing software for Mac professionals. Version 2.0.5 adds support for Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”). MacimumNews
• Apple releases Final Cut Express 4 - Apple on Thursday updated its prosumer video editing application Final Cut Express. The new version adds many new features and allows users to import iMovie ’08 projects. With its new Open Format Timeline users can mix and match DV, HDV and AVCHD material in realtime. Macworld
• Apple ships Final Cut Express 4 - Apple has just announced that it is shipping Final Cut Express 4. New features include iMovie '08 projects import, advance editing tools and a new low price of just £129. Macworld UK
• Leopard eats Vista OS sales in Japan - Leopard prowls across Japan as October sales of Apple's latest OS eclipse those of Vista in Japan. Macworld UK
• Apple issues Panther security patch - Older systems get more secure with latest security update for Panther systems, which addresses many security vulnerabilities. Macworld UK
• Apple updates iPhoto and Server Admin tools - Stability and bug fixes abound in latest series of updated software applications from Apple. Macworld UK
• Apple updates Final Cut Studio apps - Professional users offered better performance and stability in wide range of upgrades for Apple's video suite, Final Cut Pro. Macworld UK
• Apple updates Mac OS X 10.4 - Apple released Mac OS X 10.4.11 last night, issuing a slew of bug fixes, stability improvements and the final working version of Safari 3.0 for non-Leopard systems. Macworld UK
• Mozilla won't fix many Firefox 3.0 bugs - Mozilla will fix just 20 per cent of the bugs now in Firefox 3.0 before the final version is released next year, the open-source developer's site revealed Wednesday. Macworld UK
• Leopard Claims Half the Japanese OS Market In October - hoagiecat writes "Is Apple like all those bands who claim to be "huge in Japan"? Leopard accounted for 53 percent of boxed operating systems sold in Japan in October — even though it was only on sale for the last six days of the month. 'The software went on sale worldwide on Oct. 26 with sales kicking off at 6 p.m. local time in each country. Users in New Zealand and Australia got their hands on Leopard first, but Tokyo saw the first launch at an Apple retail store. About 200 people lined up in light rain to buy the software at Apple's store in the ritzy Ginza district of Tokyo. Lines also formed at other Apple stores across the country and at major electronics retailers, where special events were held to mark the start of sales. Combined with other sales of other operating systems including Tiger, Apple had an overall 60.7 percent share of the market in October -- that's a big jump from the 15.5 percent share it had in September, which was itself the highest share Apple had managed to get so far in 2007. '" Slashdot
• Office 2008 Sneak Peak: Entourage - Office 2008 may offer a wealth of new features, not the least of which is Intel native code, but those looking for more impressive features will have to look elsewhere than Entourage, which stands alone as the sole Mac-only component of Office. Think Secret
• Safari on Windows, Now With Spell Check and Full Text Searching - Unlike its Mac cousin, Safari for Windows is still a beta, but that doesn't mean it isn't improving. A new update adds spelling and grammar check features, as well as full test history searches, better font smoothing, and an improved... Wired
• Apple Releases Godzilla-Sized Security Patch - Microsoft's Patch Tuesday was rather uneventful this month, but Apple's latest release of security fixes on Wednesday was anything but light. In all, Apple patched 41 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X and related software. Yahoo! NEWS

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iPods & iTunes

• Warner Music chief has epiphany, praises Apple - Warner Music boss Edgar Bronfman this week conceded that the music industry is partly to blame for the proliferation of illegal music sharing and -- in an apparent change of heart -- suggested that his peers in the mobile industry could learn a lot from Apple. AppleInsider
• Bronfman sings a new tune - Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman, Jr., who once likened Napster to communism, now admits that the music industry was asleep at the wheel. Fortune's Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports. CNN Money
• Buy a New Zune and Join the Other 5 Users - No more brown. And avoid the pink ones. Insanely Great Mac
• Real gets iPod support - Not music, but video. iPhone, iPod touch support next year Insanely Great Mac
• Sir Paul says, 'Next year' - Contractual issues held up Beatles' catalog, deal is being fined tuned Insanely Great Mac
• Zeppelin now available - Their entire catalog can now be downloaded. Page hints that band may tour... Insanely Great Mac
• PRODUCT REVIEW The iPod Touch, aka the iPhone Killer - When Apple introduced its highly marketed and -- at the time -- much-coveted iPhone this summer, I was not among the masses waiting in line or standing by on the Internet to buy one the minute the clock struck 6 pm ET. I had concluded, quite reluctantly, that at $600 it was too expensive. Besides, the Internet access would be too slow for my FIOS-spoiled taste, and I would have to pay a hefty fee to leave Verizon. Still, I longed for the device: I'm a sucker for anything iPod. MacNewsWorld
• John Carmack: don’t look for id games on iPod, iPhone anytime soon - Video game developer John Carmack of id (the company behind such games as Doom and Quake) told GameDaily that there’s little chance of the company bringing games to the iPod or iPhone. MacimumNews
• Ten smart playlists - As your iTunes library gets bloated with tons of songs and videos, organizing them and finding what you’re looking for can become difficult. Regular playlists can impose some order, but if you really want to get a grip on your library, smart playlists are the way to go. Here are some of our favorites. Macworld
• Warner boss dances to iTunes beat - Warner CEO shocked mobile industry executives with a song in praise of Apple and an admonition that mobile firms must put the customer first. Macworld UK
• Real ships Mac beta with iPod support - Latest version of RealPlayer supports Macs and iPods, and the company promises support for the iPhone and iPod touch early in 2008. Macworld UK

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iPhone

• Don't start holding your breath... - iPhone isn't likely to go on sale in China any time soon Insanely Great Mac
• Analyst: Google Android phone OS seen complementing, not competing with Apple iPhone - Google Inc.'s Android cellphone initiative doesn't appear to be quite the rival to Apple... MacDailyNews
• Open-source 3D game engine in development for Apple iPhone - Gregory Ray, lead organizer of LivingArcana.com announced today that he has hired... MacDailyNews
• Dopey ‘study’ conjures up Apple iPhone typing ‘errors’ - In a November 13, 2007 press release headlined... MacDailyNews
• Apple Hit with Predictive Text Patent Suit - Autotext Technologies filed a lawsuit against Apple and several other companies claiming they are infringing on its patent covering predictive word processing in applications and devices. Mac Observer
• Maya: Temple of Secrets game available on iPhone - Ojom Mobile Games has released Maya: Temple of Secrets, its first game for the iPhone. It’s a puzzle game with each puzzle made up of a cluster of triangles with a different color in each corner. To solve the puzzle you need to flip or rotate the triangles to form a pattern where all the corresponding colors are connected to each other. MacimumNews
• Smartphone usage set to skyrocket - The number of smartphones in use throughout the world will increase by an average of 33 per cent each year through 2012. Macworld UK
• Predictive texting in the dock - Apple, IBM and many more leading technology companies have been hit with a lawsuit which alleges they have deliberately abused a patent seemingly covering patent used in predictive texting. Macworld UK
• Berners-Lee calls for open mobile net - Sir Tim Berners-Lee offers wide-ranging speech on future of mobile internet, urges manufacturers keep it open to grow the market. Macworld UK
• Vodafone responds to iPhone rip-off - Can we charge more than that? Oh, yes we can The Register
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