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• Apple retail update: 200th store, more to follow - October 26th will mark more than just the release of Mac OS X Leopard: the day will signal the launch of Apple's 200th store and a new wave of retail openings. AppleInsider
• No Rotten Apples Here? - A recent report has claimed that Apple has dropped in quality and their consumer image has been slightly tarnished. I am not defending Apple—no company is immune to bad customer (read more) Applematters
• Yet Another Silly Lawsuit - We hope Apple asks for costs on this one. Insanely Great Mac
• Apple number 3 PC vendor in US after Q3 sales surge - The Apple Macintosh is the clear number 3 selling PC in the US market, posting a 15.9% year on year gain in unit sales for the third quarter 2007, according to IDC figures. Meanwhile HP, with an even more impressive sales gain of 16.9% is fast closing in on US market leader Dell, which suffered a year on year shipment drop of 4.8% for the quarter. itwire
• Cringely: What’s going on with Apple/Google relationship? - I wrote many years ago that the best start-ups are composed of symbiotic combinations... MacDailyNews
• Apple to webcast Q4 07 earnings results conference call on Monday, October 22 - Apple will webcast the company's FY 07 Fourth Quarter Results Conference Call... MacDailyNews
• A Real Interview With Fake Steve Jobs - Since it was launched in the summer of 2006, "The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs" has fascinated Silicon Valley. Purportedly offering the innermost thoughts of the mercurial Apple chief executive, the Fake Steve Jobs blog is actually a viciously funny parody by Dan Lyons, a Forbes technology writer who lives in the Boston area. Lyons has never met the real Jobs, but he was having so much fun pretending to be him that he spun the idea into a short novel, "Options: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs, a Parody," which goes on sale Monday. MacNewsWorld
• Slate: Apple Still Has Cards to Play Against Big Media - iPodObserver - Much has been made lately of the occasional friction between Big Media and Apple. Labels and networks are developing their own delivery systems. However, in the long term prognosis, Apple isn't going away and still has plenty of cards to play, according to Slate. Mac Observer
• Analyst: Apple to Beat Q4 Guidance - American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu anticipates Apple will report strong earnings during its fourth quarter conference call on Monday, and that the company will likely beat its own guidance by a significant margin. Mac Observer
• Apple’s market value soars past Dell’s - Sometimes your words can come back to haunt you. Ten years ago this month, Dell founder Michael Dell said Steve Jobs should “shut down’’ Apple and return the money to shareholders. Dell then had a market value of $4 billion to Apple’s $700 million. MacimumNews
• Yet Another Silly Lawsuit - We hope Apple asks for costs on this one. Insanely Great Mac
• Apple market value soars past Dell’s, HP’s on Mac, iPod strength - Ten years ago this month, Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell said Steve Jobs should "shut down" Apple... MacDailyNews
• RBC Capital Markets predicting strong Mac sales - RBC Capital Markets raised its price target on Apple from US$S175 to $205, saying it expects a stronger back-to-school season for the company’s Macs, reports Reuters. MacimumNews
• Apple faces capacity class action - A Canadian law student has filed a class action against Apple arguing that actual capacity on its products is on average 7.5 per cent less than the advertised amount. Macworld UK
• Apple to webcast FY 07 result news - Strength in all markets and across its product range anticipated to bring positive Q4 and FY results to Apple Inc. Financial Results to be revealed on Monday. Macworld UK

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Mac Hardware

• Apple preps major Mac Pro update featuring Intel’s 45nm Penryn processors - For the second time in as many years, Mac maker Apple Inc. is awaiting... MacDailyNews
• Analyst estimates up to 2.2 million Apple Macs sold this quarter - One of the season's most-anticipated tech earnings reports is set to be delivered Monday when Apple Inc... MacDailyNews
• Sporadic missing letters while typing: Not just MacBook Pros; watch for trackpad interference - We previously reported that Apple has apparently acknowledged an issue with some MacBook Pros where the first typed letter in a new text field is sometimes missing. For instance, when filling out a Web-based form, typing the word "dog" in an address field may result in only "og" being typed. MacFixIt
• Mac Pro update for November? - Speculation moves to Apple's professional Macs, with rumours suggesting new and faster Mac Pros could make their debut as soon as November. Macworld UK
• 640GB laptop drives for 2010 - Hard drive manufacturers turn to technology and storage capacity as flash memory impacts on the storage market. Macworld UK

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OS X & Software

• Road to Mac OS X Leopard: Dashboard, Spotlight and the Desktop - It's not just major applications that are getting updates in Mac OS X Leopard. Apple has updated and expanded the Desktop, Spotlight, and Dashboard, adding new features, graphical flourishes, and new performance enhancements that add functionality and polish to every app running on the system. Here's a look at what's new in the overall desktop environment of Leopard. AppleInsider
• AppleInsider Comic: Steve Jobs and Gabe Newell talk Half-Life 2 - Apple recently met with Valve Software to discuss porting Valve's Half-Life 2 gaming title to the Mac. The two parties failed to reach an agreement, however, as Valve co-founder Gabe Newell reportedly demanded a whopping $1 million advance just to get started. Our Joel Watson takes a behind-the-scenes look at how the negotiations between Newell and Steve Jobs may have played out in this week's AppleInsider comic. AppleInsider
• THIS DAY IN APPLE HISTORY October 19, 1989: America Online Launches - What started as Q Link for Commodore machines (by ex Apple Employee Steve Case) morphed into America Online.
  The service would go on to become the de facto standard for (read more) Applematters
• Apple Remote Desktop 3.2 - Improved reliability, asset management, remote control Insanely Great Mac
• MacTuneUp arrives - A $30 app to back-up, optimize and protect your Mac Insanely Great Mac
• Leopard Pre-Orders Double Tiger's - Perhaps not since OS X 10.0 release have we seen this level of interest. Insanely Great Mac
• .Mac: Pre-Tiger syncing limited - Improved feature cutting off legacy OS users Insanely Great Mac
• Apple Mac OS X Leopard pre-orders double those of Tiger, some VARs say - Some solution providers say pre-orders of Apple's forthcoming Leopard... MacDailyNews
• Apple makes Mac OS X Leopard-specific .Mac enhancements - Apple reports via a support document that improvements were made to .Mac... MacDailyNews
• Gathering ‘Storm’ superworm poses grave threat to Windows PCs; Apple Macs unaffected - The Storm worm first appeared at the beginning of the year... MacDailyNews
• Take Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard guided tour - Apple has posted a 27:37 minute online movie... MacDailyNews
• Leopard-related .Mac enhancements made, Mac OS X 10.3.9 support degraded - In preparation for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)'s ability sync Dashboard widget preferences, Dock items, application and system preferences, and Mail notes across Leopard-based Macs, Apple has (as of October 19th) made some back-end enhancements to the .Mac sync infrastructure. Along with the changes, Apple is upping the OS version requirements for Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4.x) users and degrading some functionality for Panther (Mac OS X 10.3.x) users. MacFixIt
• Apple Remote Desktop 3.2 (#2): Some international keyboard layouts don't work - It appears that Apple Remote Desktop 3.2 has broken compatibility with some international keyboard sets -- so far we've received reports concerning Norwegian and German layouts. MacFixIt
• Apple Remote Desktop 3.2 released, required for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) - Apple Remote Desktop 3.2, a new release of the software for managing Macs on a network, has been released. Apple says the update is "recommended for all users and addresses numerous issues related to overall reliability, usability and compatibility." MacFixIt
• Apple posts first Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) support document: iChat system requirements - Apple has posted the first Knowledge Base document for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), detailing the system requirements for iChat. Some of the requirements are surprisingly steep. MacFixIt
• Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard): Processor upgrade compatibility, Time Machine and AirDisks, No Classic - System requirement questions Some readers have raised interesting questions about the recently published system requirements for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). MacFixIt
• Leopard's Little Known Sweet Sixteen Features - Apple's marketing machine has been focusing on the major new features of Leopard like Time Machine, Spaces and the new Dock. However, Jon Henshaw has compiled a list of lesser known but very useful features that are included in Leopard. Mac Observer
• Apple Posts Leopard "Guided Tour" Video - Apple has posted a Guided Tour of Mac OS X 10.5, Leopard. The video can be viewed online or downloaded for later viewing. Mac Observer
  
• Heavy Leopard Pre-orders Caused by Vista - Some solution providers have reported that the pre-orders for Apple's Leopard are more than double for the same time prior to Tiger's release. They cite Leopard's new features and customer dissatisfaction with Vista as key drivers, according to ChannelWeb on Thursday. Mac Observer
  
• Developer Reports Leopard Rock Solid, Ready to Go - Leopard is rock solid and ready to go, according to Scott Love, president of Aquaminds. Their flagship product, NoteTaker, and the new NoteShare, are complex products that exploit and stress many of Leopard's capabilities such as the QuickLook Generator. Mr. Love said he's very happy with the stability and speed of their latest version of Leopard, and he's ready to move in for daily use. Mac Observer
• Leopard Cache Cleaner 4 Adds Mac OS X 10.5 Support - Northern Softworks announced the immediate availability of Leopard Cache Cleaner 4.0, formerly Tiger Cache Cleaner, on Friday. The new version of the Mac OS X maintenance application added support for the upcoming release of Mac OS X 10.5, added the ability to create emergency boot disks, and more. Mac Observer
• XSan 1.4.2 Update Improves Mac OS X 10.5 Support - Apple released Xsan 1.4.2 updates for its storage area network product late Thursday. Apple stated the Admin, Filesystem, and Uninstaller updates improve Xsan overall reliability, usability and Leopard compatibility. Mac Observer
• Apple Remote Desktop 3.2 Improves Reliability - Apple released updates for Apple Remote Desktop Client and Admin late on Thursday. The version 3.2 updates improve overall reliability, usability, and compatibility for the remote Mac control software. The updates are available through the Software Update application, or as downloadable installers for both the client and admin versions at the Apple Support Web site. Mac Observer
• Printer Presets - TMO Quick Tip - If you spend any time modifying print settings before outputting a file, you know what a tedious process that can be. If you have to do it over and over, it's more than tedious -- it's a real pain. Luckily, someone at Apple agrees, so Mac OS X lets you create printer setting groups as presets. Mac Observer
• Apple Posts Mac OS 10.5 Leopard Guided Tour - Apple has posted a guided tour of Mac OS 10.5 "Leopard." MacRumors.com
• MacOSG: Leopard installation options - First, before you install Leopard, you want to back your drive up. This is extremely important incase something goes wrong during the installation process. With that being said, when you’re ready to install Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, you’ll notice that you have several installation options available to you when you boot from the Leopard install disc. MacimumNews
  
• Cache Cleaner ready for Leopard - Northern Softworks has updated Cache Cleaner, a Mac OS X maintenance and utility application, to version 4.0, which is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”), which goes on sale Friday, Oct. 26. (In fact, it’s now called Leopard Cache Cleaner.) MacimumNews
  
• Shutterbug update sports over 18 additions, enhancements - XtraLean Software has updated its WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) web site creation tool, ShutterBug, to version 2.3, which has more than 18 new additions and improvements. itimproves the quality of images with the new image processing engine and the addition of filter controls to adjust the sharpness, brightness, contrast and saturation of images. MacimumNews
  
• Landline voicemail delivered to all Apple portable devices - Parliant Corp. has updated PhoneVale, software that turns a Mac into a multi-line virtual call center, to version 5.3, which provides playback of voicemail and call recordings on all iPods and iPhone products. MacimumNews
• Countdown to Leopard - By this time next week Leopard will be out in the wild. But don’t wait for October 26 to get ready for Mac OS X 10.5—Joe Kissell talks about what you can do to get your Mac ready for the upgrade. Rob Griffiths continues to explore the Safari 3 beta and discovers a much-improved Reset Safari feature in the next version of Leopard’s built-in browser. Also, with OS X 10.5 adding the Time Machine back-up feature, will that spark a surge in storage sales? Macworld
• Firefox updates for Leopard - Mozilla last night release the latest update for Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard', new release is available for all platforms and recommended for all users. Macworld UK
• MacLive extends opening for Leopard launch - MacLive show attendees will be able to get their hands on a copy of Leopard at the stroke of 6pm, 26 October as organisers extend show opening times for the moment. Macworld UK
• Apple updates Xsan, ARD software - Xsan and Apple Remote Desktop get point upgrades as part of scheduled maintenance patches, available for download now. Macworld UK
• Viacom exec not satisfied with Google plan - Viacom President/CEO Phillipe Dauman expressed a willingness to work with online media properties but was skeptical of the Google plan, called Video Identification. Macworld UK
• Media companies unveil copyright guidelines for 'Net content - Some of the world's biggest Internet and media companies have joined together to offer a set of guidelines aimed at protecting copyrights online. Macworld UK
• Google continues to boom in third quarter - Google's hird-quarter revenue reached $4.23 billion, up 57 per cent over the same quarter last year. Macworld UK
• IT: Apple Adds Memory Randomization To Leopard - .mack notes a ZDNet blog outlining some of the security features added to OSX Leopard (10.5). Here's Apple's brief description of all 11 new security features. Slashdot
• Symantec: Attackers exploiting new RealPlayer flaw - Symantec is warning users of the RealPlayer media software to be extra careful while surfing the Web. Yahoo! NEWS
• Apple Woos Business With Unix-Friendly Mac OS X Leopard - Beyond its Unix credentials, Leopard comes with a preinstalled version of Bootcamp -- software that allows users to run Windows applications on a Macintosh. Yahoo! NEWS

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iPods & iTunes

• Apple grows iTunes edu offerings - From arguments before the Supremes to public radio broadcasts Insanely Great Mac
• Canada to tax legal digital music downloads - Canadians may soon pay a small tax on every legal music store download... MacDailyNews
• iTunes U Expands Curriculum - Apple is expanding the free educational content available on its online iTunes Store beyond lectures and videos from universities. Materials ranging from recordings of Supreme Court arguments and public radio broadcasts on the civil rights movement to video interviews with sculptor Richard Serra are among the offerings under a new category called "Beyond Campus." MacNewsWorld
• Law Student Sues Apple Over iPod Capacity - iPodObserver - A law student in Montreal, Canada, thinks Apple has misled consumers with its iPod storage claims. David Bitton is so mad, in fact, that he filed a class action law suit against the company because his iPod nano holds only 7.45GB worth of data, and not the advertised 8GB, according to the Montreal Gazette. Mac Observer
• Report: Apple, Tesco to blame for music industry woes - A new report suggests that Apple and Tesco, not P2P file sharers, should take the most blame for the woes of the British music industry, reports The Register. MacimumNews
  
• Review: This iPod is a true classic - The iPod nano may be cuter and the iPod touch cooler, but when it comes to bang for the buck, the iPod classic is a great bargain. It’s available in an 80GB (US$249) or 160GB ($349) that can hold 20,000 or 40,000 songs, respectively. MacimumNews
  
• ezGear introduces ezWake WK7 Alarm Clock for iPod - ezGear, a manufacturer of iPod accessories, has announced a new ezWake Alarm Clock for the iPod: the US$99.99 ezWake WK7. Its iPod dock not only allows you to play and control their iPod, but also charges it while connected. Multiple adapters accommodate various iPod models. MacimumNews
• iTunes U goes 'beyond campus' - Apple's education offering iTunes U gets new content from outside the US education sector, though available material remains US-dominated. Macworld UK
• Apple, Tesco 'most to blame' for music biz crisis - The great unbundling The Register
• Online music choices grow - LONDON (Reuters) - Whether at home, in the car or at his desk, designer Ben Robinson is surrounded by his favorite music -- via his iPod or a Web jukebox like Pandora. Like other fans all over the world, Robinson, 26, is benefiting from the music industry's drive to reinvent itself in the digital age. Yahoo! NEWS

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iPhone

• Apple's iPhone the No. 4 U.S. handset during third quarter - Apple Inc.'s iPhone ranked No. 4 amongst all U.S. handset for the third calendar quarter of 2007 in terms of sales and is on track to potentially take over the No. 1 spot sometime in the next two quarters, according to a new report. AppleInsider
• New directions for mobile Java - Sun sees the desktop version gradually replacing its stripped-down mobile cousin. Will that unfragment Java for gadgets? C|Net News
• Apple thinks differently with iPhone app plan - week in review Steve Jobs gives his blessing to a plan to enlist third-party developers. Also: Microsoft dials for telephony dollars. C|Net News
• No about face: Apple CEO Steve Jobs planned iPhone SDK all along - So Steve Jobs has finally announced the availability of the iPhone SDK... MacDailyNews
• Apple iPhone is AT&T’s top selling device and #4 handset in the U.S. - The latest Strategy Analytics data from its ProductTRAX program projected... MacDailyNews
• iPhone SDK: Pre-planned or Not? - Hot Forum Topic - Apple CEO Steve Jobs surprised iPhone developers and owners this week with news that an iPhone software development kit would be coming in February. Was this Apple's plan all along, or a reaction to customer demands? Take the reader poll and let us know what you think. Mac Observer
• Apple iPhone is 4th Top Selling Mobile Phone in U.S. - MobileTechNews reports on recent data from Strategy Analytics on 3rd quarter 2007 marketshare data for mobile phones. MacRumors.com
• IDC: iPhone may forever change mobile operator/device vendor relationship - Apple’s iPhone could forever change the institutionalized—and some may argue, fossilized—structural relationship between mobile operators and device vendors, tilting the balance in favor of the latter, according to the IDC research group. Elsewhere, an industry-redefining struggle is underway for control of the content to be viewed on the “third screen” of mobile devices. MacimumNews
• Apple turning iPhone into a smartphone? - Apple’s announcement that it will release a software development kit for the iPhone in February will, in effect, turn the communications device into a smartphone, iPhone into a smartphone, Joseph Palenchar writes in a TWICE article. MacimumNews
  
• iPhone dominates US mobile sales - Apple's iPhone continues to grab market share with Motorola the most affected by the Apple mobile multimedia device's ascendancy, researchers at Strategy Analytics say. Macworld UK
• iPhone excels in US customer satisfaction - An unprecedented 82 per cent of iPhone owners describe themselves as 'Very Satisfied' with their purchase, new research shows. Macworld UK
• Lotus Notes for iPhone, iPod touch - CommonTime promises support for Lotus Notes using the company's mNotes solution will be made available in 2008. Macworld UK
• Apple iPhone is AT&T's top-selling handset - analyst - Kids and oldies love it The Register
• Apple to open iPhone for developers - SAN JOSE, Calif. - In an apparent about-face, Apple Inc. will allow third-party applications to work directly on the iPhone, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in a posting on the company's Web site Wednesday. Yahoo! NEWS
• Review: Accessorizing the iPhone - Anyone who owns Apple Inc.'s iPhone knows that it can be mighty difficult to keep the sleek smart phone shining. But is it necessary to shell out more money to keep the gadget in pristine condition? Yahoo! NEWS
  

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