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“Using the closing price the day before events as a base, shares of AAPL have risen an average of 1 percent the day of an event, and rise 3 percent in the week after the event,” he said. “Using the closing price the week before events as a base, shares of AAPL have risen 6…

That number is substantially lower than the 10.5 million units Mr. Munster has been predicting, but it could change as additional sales data emerges. So far, there is only one month worth of sales data available. “The 9.5 million unit approximation is based on various assumptions and is an extrapolation of one month of data,”…

A final ship date has not been announced, although Mariner Software did reveal that the update will be free to version 1 users. Montage is priced at US$139.95.

Apple closed Thursday at $109.44, and continued to rise in after-hours trading. After Apple received FCC approval for the iPhone, a combination iPod and smart phone, on Thursday, its stock recovered from Wednesdayis losses and continued its upward momentum. The iPhone is scheduled to be officially launched some time in late June. Mac OS X…

To view WiFi networks by signal strength instead of alphabetically, simply hold down the Option key while you click the AirPort menu item. The list of networks will rearrange itself so that the strongest signal is at the top of the list and the weakest is at the bottom. Standard AirPort menu (left) and sorted…

I spent last week on my 6th annual Mid-Atlantic Mac User Group Tour, making stops in Princeton, NJ, and Hershey and Philadelphia, PA. As always, I had a great time visiting with other Mac fanatics, talking about Macs and Apple, and presenting this year’s edition of my “State of the Macintosh” address. One of my…

The companyis strong performance over the past few quarters has analysts seeing continued growth for the foreseeable future. “We believe shares can continue to surge into calendar year end on the back of new products,” said UBS analyst Ben Reitzes. “The thesis that Mac sales can surge is alive and well.” Apple also has a…

Crumpler bags are generally terrific products, and weive been fans of the companyis offerings at The Mac Observer for many years. Today weire going to look at the MacBook Pro School Hymn 15″, part of the broader School Hymn line for MacBooks and PowerBooks. The School Hymn is a fairly no-nonsense carrying case for your…

Both flaws could result in a heap buffer overflow triggered by a maliciously-crafted RTSP request. Once initiated, the buffer overflow could potentially cause Darwin Streaming Server to unexpectedly quit, or allow an attacker to run unauthorized code on the attacked machine. Darwin Streaming Server 5.5.5 is free and available for download at the Apple Developer…

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Steve Jobs made some blunt remarks to Greenpeace representatives at Appleis shareholder meeting Thursday, according to Computerworld UK. Despite the fact that representatives from Greenpeace congratulated Apple on their commitment to the environment, Mr. Jobs had strong words for the group. “I think your organization particularly depends too much on principle and not enough on…

When a product reaches the technological feasibility state, Apple typically ships it shortly thereafter. Apple stated that it “expects to begin shipping the iPhone in late June 2007.” The company previously stated that it will ship Leopard in October. Apple had previously planned on shipping Leopard in spring 2007, presumably at its World Wide Developer…

Apple has already given consumers a rare glimpse into upcoming versions of the MacBook and MacBook Pro by announcing that the display technology used in the laptops will be transitioning from fluorescent backlighting to more energy efficient and environmentally friendly LED backlighting. Come October, Apple will release the next version of the Mac operating system,…

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Also included in the new version is a progress dialog, a DataBrowser control (list view) support for nib dialogs, and dynamic contextual menu names. The full list of enhancements has been posted at Abracodeis Website. OnMyCommand

Buying a laptop computer requires a little more attention to details and features. New technologies on the way for laptops should be watched closely, and many may want to defer purchasing for awhile, according to Walt Mossberg at All Things Digital. Some new technologies to be aware of are the new hard disks that include…

Confucius One of the chief differences between film photography and digital photography is what goes on after the shutter button is pressed. In film photography images are recorded in the emulsion layer on plastic film, which has to be developed before you can see if what youive shot is what you wanted to shoot. In…