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• THIS DAY IN APPLE HISTORY October 24, 1985: Sculley's biggest "Oops" - Nine months after the release and, despite what some call the best commercial ever, the Mac wasn’t selling well, In fact it was selling at a rate less than a (read more) Applematters
• Fake Steve Jobs' Book Has Kernels of Real Insight -"Dude, I invented the friggin' iPod. Have you heard of it?" If those words mean something to you, there's a good chance you've been eagerly awaiting Options: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs. If not, as the book's author might say, where the hell have you been? The book, by Forbes reporter Daniel Lyons, is a satirical novel written from the perspective of Jobs, Apple's megastar CEO. It's a rude tale purporting to chronicle the mercurial Jobs' life as he was caught up in a recent stock options backdating scandal. MacNewsWorld
  
• Blackfriars: Looking Behind the Apple Money Machine - Apple's fourth quarter earnings report revealed that European currency exchange rates, U.S. taxes on foreign earnings as well as software and peripheral sales are fueling the Apple money machine. Its assets are growing at a rate of 92 percent per year, according to Carl Howe of Blackfriars Communications. Mac Observer
• AAPL Closes Over $186 - Apple's stock continued to ride its fourth quarter earnings report wave to close on Tuesday at US$186.16 -- a new company high. The Mac and iPod maker's stock climbed 6.77 percent, or $11.80, from Monday's $174.36 closing price. Mac Observer
• Apple to open 200th retail store Friday - Apple will open its 200th retail store this Friday. It will be located at the SanTan Village shopping center in the Phoenix, Arizona, a suburb of Gilbert, reports ifo AppleStore. The mall will hold its grand opening at 10 a.m., but the Apple store won’t open until 6 p.m. to coincide with the debut of Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) MacimumNews
• Apple now bigger than IBM - Driven by aggressive FY2008 Q1 projections and record-setting FY2007 Q4 results, Apple's market capital yesterday eclipsed that of IBM. Macworld UK
• Record sales at Apple Stores - Apple's retail stores continue to gather steam, returning record revenues and Mac sales to the company's bottom line, Apple continues to attract Mac switchers. Macworld UK
• Analysts raise Apple 2008 estimates - Apple halo shines on Wall Street as analysts raise targets on company stock on strength of aggressive Christmas quarter prognosis from Apple management. Macworld UK
• Apple Hits a Grand Slam for Quarter - Apple announced financial results Monday that were the corporate equivalent of a grand slam. With the iPod, iPhone, and Mac computer on base, the company hit a home run in its fiscal fourth quarter. Yahoo! NEWS
• IPhone helps Apple earn juicy profit - SAN FRANCISCO - Apple on Monday reported its second-best quarter on record sales of Macintosh computers, iPod music players and its new iPhone. Yahoo! NEWS
• Apple nails another record-breaking year - SAN JOSE, Calif. - Apple Inc.'s financial juggernaut is showing no signs of waning. Yahoo! NEWS

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Mac Hardware

• Everyone Uses a Mac Nowadays - “Everyone uses Macs nowadays”. What chance you’ll ever hear that statement? Human nature has it that we generalize and exaggerate. So you look around, see white cars dominating the automobile (read more) Applematters
• Apple No 1 in reliability - Beat its closest competitor by more than 100 points Insanely Great Mac
• OWC boosts Xserve memory - Put up to 32GB in your rack for one-quarter of the price Apple charges Insanely Great Mac
• Matias Introduces iFold Portable Laptop Stand - Matias announced the immediate availability of its iFold laptop stand on Tuesday. The iFold is designed t be used with a keyboard and mouse, and lifts your laptop display to eye level. It is made from black acrylic with zinc alloy hinges, folds flat for travel, and is priced at US$59.95. Mac Observer
• Envision expands line of LCD displays - Envision has expanded its line of LCD displays with the introduction of the US$239.99 G2016wa 20-inch monitor. It’s equipped with a HDCP compatible DVI-D input, allowing it to work with cable, satellite and other set top boxes to accommodate a variety of multimedia options, including the ability to display High Definition (HD 720p/1080i). It also comes with built-in stereo speakers. MacimumNews
• Dell Launches XPS 420 Multimedia PC To Take On HP, Apple - The desktop is preloaded with Adobe's Elements Studio and Dell's Xcelerator technology, which converts video to a format suitable for uploading to social networking sites. Yahoo! NEWS

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OS X & Software

• Intel chief a Mac user; Leopard retail teaser; iPhone in Canada - Intel chief executive Paul Otellini in a new interview concedes to being a Mac and iPhone user. Meanwhile, Apple has issued a Leopard retail teaser. And a new contest hints that iPhone could arrive in Canada as early as January. AppleInsider
• Road to Mac OS X Leopard: System Preferences - Many functions in Mac OS X are only exposed to the user via System Preferences, so as you might guess, a lot of new things in Leopard show up there. Among them are a few of the "secret new features" that have never been previously announced in demonstrations of Leopard, laying to rest the hopes of certain critics that Steve Jobs somehow failed to deliver upon his assurance that the new system would deliver a variety of other new features Apple was keeping under wraps so that competitors wouldn't copy them before they were released. Here's a look at where System Preferences AppleInsider
• Leopard Leaked - The cat is loose. Insanely Great Mac
• Mac OS X Leopard’s new System Preferences - Many functions in Mac OS X are only exposed to the user via System Preferences... MacDailyNews
• Warning: Do not run DiskWarrior or similar utilities on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) - DiskWarrior and other tools that modify or rebuild the directory of volumes should not be run after installing Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) until further notice or updates from the developers of these tools. MacFixIt
• CandyBar 3 to Support Leopard, Customize Dock - Panic announced on Wednesday that its upcoming release of CandyBar 3.0 will support Mac OS X 10.5, and will also include the ability to customize Leopard's Dock. The pending release of version 3 should be good news for users of the system icon customizer since version 2 will not run on Leopard. Mac Observer
  
• Remote Control Macs - Hot Forum Topic - Today TMO readers are discussing what's involved in remotely controlling their Mac. Mac Observer
• Preparing for a Leopard Installation - TMO Quick Tip - The official release of Mac OS X 10.5, or Leopard, is only a couple of days away, so it's time to start thinking about what to do before installing Apple's latest operating system. Here is a quick checklist of things to keep in mind when you are getting ready to perform your own installation. Mac Observer
• Apple Leopard Teaser: All Leopard, All Night - As noted by AppleInsider, Apple sent out a teaser email to mailing list members announcing the Leopard launch event at Apple Stores: MacRumors.com
• Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard First Impressions - Despite Apple's efforts to restrict seeding to select individuals, it appears that the final build of Leopard has made its way outside of Apple. One individual who has claimed to have installed the final version of Leopard on their iMac posted his experience. The Mac OS X upgrade took 30 minutes and these were his first impressions: MacRumors.com
• Mac OS X Leopard 9A581's Dock Visual Tweaks [Updated] - Apple's Gold Master (Retail) version of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has at least one visual tweak over the developer seeds. It appears Apple has listened to user feedback about the visual inconsistency with dock items appearing on a 3d shelf on the Left and Right side of the screen MacRumors.com
• Analyst: Leopard sales could hit $157 million by year’s end - In discussing Apple’s latest financial results, Chief Operating Officer Tim Book said that Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) could tally US$140 million in sales before the end of the year. However, Ezra Gottheil of Technology Business Research, thinks that figure will be more like $157 million, with another $50 million in the two following quarters. MacimumNews
  
• Ripcord wants to make your desktop phone more like an iPhone - Ripcord Networks is a new company that plans to transform the desk phone into a secure smart phone. In other words, according to a graphic on the company’s home page (shown), it wants to turn your desktop phone into a device more akin to the iPhone. MacimumNews
  
• Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Brave new canvas - I’ve used Graphic Converter for a lifetime. And I use PSElements 3 for extra text effects. But now there’s another contender—Pixelmator 1.0 (US$59) from Pixelmator. Can the new kid be worthy of hanging out with the boys? Does it have the chops? MacimumNews
• Cubase updates add redesigned Sample Editor, side chaining, more - Steinberg Media Technologies has updated its Cubase and Cubase Studio music production applications to version 4.1. New features include a redesigned Sample Editor, side chaining for VST3 plug-ins, MusicXML support, compatibility with Sequel project import and more. MacimumNews
  
• What’s new with Mac OS X Server - The client version of Mac OS X 10.5 isn’t the only Leopard release slated for October 26. There’s also the new version of Mac OS X Server. John C. Welch previews the latest version of Apple’s server software and lets you know what to expect. Macworld
• Google offers IMAP support in mail - Google publishes instructions for enabling IMAP mail in Gmail/Googlemail service, also offers information on enabling this for the iPhone. Macworld UK
• iChat collaboration for Tiger and Panther - Share images, video - even your desktop - using existing versions of iChat, rather than that of Leopard, thanks to ShowMacster software. Macworld UK
• Leopard could add up to $240m to Apple revenue - Apple expects Leopard to bring in $140 million between its launch this Friday and the end of the year, but analysts predict more than this. Macworld UK
• Google talks on web, search and mobile - Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of Search Products and User Experience chats about video search, semantic versus keyword search, Google's universal search effort and the challenge of indexing the "deep web." Macworld UK
• Apple Ready To Pounce With Leopard System Update - Can Leopard help change Apple's spot in the personal computer market? Yahoo! NEWS
• Line 6 brings inspiration to Mac guitarists - If you ask guitarists for a company that excels in the growing world of digital music creation, you’re likely to hear Line 6 more times than not. With its well known POD line of hardware, Line 6 has made itself into one of the goto companies for guitarists entering the digital age. Yahoo! NEWS

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iPods & iTunes

• Amazon Claims DRM-Free Success - But no threat yet to iTunes' 85% stranglehold. Insanely Great Mac
• Happy 6th Birthday, Apple iPod! - Apple's iPod has turned or will turn 6 years old, depending on which date you choose... MacDailyNews
• ITN to offer free, ad-supported news via Apple’s iTunes Store - ITN’s latest news and information will soon be available to download onto Apple iPods... MacDailyNews
• Jackie Mason ‘The Ultimate Jew’ releases stand-up recordings, iPhone ringtones on Apple iTunes Store - Comedian Jackie Mason is offering comedy routines for download in the Apple iTunes store... MacDailyNews
• C|Net Describes Hulu Countdown to Failure & NBC Return to iTunes - iPodObserver - The Hulu project developed by NBC and Fox as an alternative to iTunes will fail, according to Don Reisinger in his C|Net Blog. Neither company knows what viewers want, they have a legacy of giving them what they do not want, and Hulu, a diversion to put pressure on Apple, built with little Internet experience will end up frustrating the few viewers who use it. Mac Observer
• Apple iTunes Offers Led Zeppelin Digital Box Set - Apple announced today that they would be offering a special digital box set containing Led Zeppelin's entire discography, "The Complete Led Zeppelin," for exclusive pre-order on iTunes. MacRumors.com
• Apple Attracting Indies to iTunes Movies - NYTimes reports on Apple's efforts to bring more content and visibility to the Movie section of the iTunes Store. MacRumors.com
• ‘Purple Violets’ film to debut exclusively on iTunes - Purple Violets, the upcoming romantic comedy from writer-director-actor Edward Burns, will go on sale exclusively at the iTunes Store on Nov. 20. It’s the first time a feature film will make its commercial debut on Apple’s digital download service. MacimumNews
• ITN content coming to iTunes - ITN has reached a deal with Apple that will see ITN news and entertainment content made available through iTunes, reports the Press Gazette. MacimumNews
  
• DLO releases HipCases for new iPods - Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) has expanded its HipCase product family with three new styles for the current iPod models: the HipCase leather folio for the iPod nano, iPod classic and iPod touch; and the HipCase nylon holster and HipCase leather sleeve for iPod touch. MacimumNews
• XtremeMac introduces MicroShield cases for new iPods - XtremeMac has introduced MicroShield Plus cases for Apple’s new iPod models: the iPod touch, the iPod classic and the third generation iPod nano
  The cases are made of clear, impact-resistant plastic. MacimumNews
• ITN strikes iTunes deal - ITN has reached a deal with Apple to distribute the broadcaster's news and entertainment channel, ITN ON, available for free through iTunes, reports Press Gazette. Macworld UK
• Apple bypasses movie studios - While film distributors remain resistant to iTunes because they fear a replication of the music industry P2P experience, Apple is turning to the people who make films to populate iTunes movie content. Macworld UK
• Yamaha iPod and DAB surround sound speakers - Yamaha has introduced two 5:1 surround sound speaker systems for the iPod - featuring built-in digital radio tuners. Macworld UK
• Learning with the iPod touch - DominKnow has announced the beta version of its iPod touch and iPhone-optimized Touch Learning Center portal for the dominKnow Learning Content Management System (LCMS). Macworld UK
• iTunes scores Led Zep 'digital box' exclusive - Apple on Tuesday announced that iTunes Store users can order an exclusive “digital box set” containing Led Zeppelin’s entire discography. Entitled “The Complete Led Zeppelin,” it’s a 165-track collection of all 13 of the band’s albums, together for $99. Yahoo! NEWS

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iPhone

• In search of the Google phone - news analysis Experts see Google partnering with a handset maker for bundled software that will let you do everything from IM and maps to monitoring blood pressure. C|Net News
• Apple and AT&T: Who's exploiting whom? - Sure, AT&T is reaping plenty of new subscribers thanks to the iPhone, but it's also paying Apple monthly for each one of them. CNN Money
• AT&T rises on iPhone - It's good to be friends with the mothership Insanely Great Mac
• Nokia: "Every click you make. Every step you take, we'll be watching you." - Nokia has installed an application on a number of its S60 smartphones that repor... itwire
• Microsoft's vision for universal mobile platform a little blurred - The keynote address of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday at the CTIA Wireless conference in San Francisco in which he outlined a grand vision of emulating Windows' desktop computer dominance in the mobile devices space sounded nice in theory. Does the vision bear any relation to reality or is it merely a delusional fantasy? itwire
• Unlocked Apple iPhones may total 250,000-300,000 units - Apple Inc. said that almost one out of every six iPhones sold may have been unlocked... MacDailyNews
• Google offers IMAP for Gmail, Apple iPhone support - Google has finally begun offering IMAP access for users of its free email service... MacDailyNews
• iPhone 1.1.1 Special Report -Native apps, unlocking/unbricking, troubleshooting MacFixIt
• Apple COO: Users Unlock 1 in 6 iPhones Sold - Apple has sold more than a million iPhones, but more than a sixth of them may never get hooked up to AT&T, the gadget's exclusive U.S. cell phone service provider. About 250,000 of the nearly 1.4 million iPhones that Apple has sold have gone to customers who don't have any intention of signing up for AT&T's service, Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook said Monday. MacNewsWorld
• Gmail Gets IMAP, iPhone Support - iPodObserver - Google has been quietly rolling out IMAP support for its Gmail email service so users can see the same messages in their email client and on portable devices including the iPhone. The company also detailed exactly how to configure an IMAP-enabled Gmail account on an iPhone in an easy to follow video. Mac Observer
• One in six iPhones being ‘unlocked,’ sold overseas - Apple has said that almost one out of every six iPhones sold may have been unlocked to run on unauthorized wireless networks, surprising analysts who had estimated the problem wasn’t as widespread, notes Bloomberg News. MacimumNews
  
• Inside iPhone 1.1.1 - Lost in the clamor over how the iPhone 1.1.1 software update disabled unlocked phones and third-party applications were the features and enhancements delivered by this update. After nearly a month of using iPhone 1.1.1, Dan Moren looks at what Apple added with this update and whether it will make your iPhone more powerful. Plus, as always, we have ongoing coverage at iPhone Central. Macworld
  
• Sybase brings enterprise email to iPhone - Sybase has confirmed plans to offer full client support for the iPhone within its information Anywhere Suite, which also supports Palm, Windows and Symbian-powered devices. Macworld UK
• Operators say 'told you so' on iPhone security - Handset security report hits the streets The Register
• AT&T profit up on strong wireless sales - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. phone company AT&T Inc posted a 41.5 percent rise in quarterly net profit on Tuesday, as Apple Inc's iPhone helped boost wireless subscriber growth above market expectations. Yahoo! NEWS
  

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