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If put your Mac into sleep mode, why would it sleep when you are playing a movie? This KB article ecplains why your Mac might not go to sleep when you expect it to, or why it might not stay in sleep mode. More …

PRESS RELEASE: Apple and Think Secret have settled their lawsuit, reaching an agreement that results in a positive solution for both sides. As part of the confidential settlement, no sources were revealed and Think Secret will no longer be published. Nick Ciarelli, Think Secret’s publisher, said “I’m pleased to have reached this amicable settlement, and will now be able to move forward with my college studies and broader journalistic pursuits.

It is well known that Nick Ciarelli (aka Nick DePlume), a loyal supporter of Apple, wanted to pursue his continued education.

Not only was 2007 financially a big year, but it was also a year where Apple graduated to being a part of every conversation, said MacNewsWorld’s analyst Gene Munster. We had an Internet conference last week, and the number of times that Apple came up was surprising. They are in the center of this digital media storm of four major markets — computers, music, home entertainment and mobile. More …

Macworld SF 2008 should be one of best ever

AppleInsider reports Apple inventory at about 3 weeks instead of the normal 5 to 6 weeks. While reported to be another underestimation of demand, MacWorld is just around the corner. Another alternative would be new products to compliment the sub-notebook, a certain announcement.

Apple is still predicted to exceed analyst expectations.

The Chicago Tribune (free registration) interviews Paul McCartney. His description of Steve Jobs makes it clear why McCartney’s albums are available at the ITunes Music Store. This is in spite of McCartney’s preference for the radio, ether in the home or car. The delay of early Beatles’ albums appearing on iTunes may be due to the time it takes to digitally remaster the catalog rather than the assumed legal battle between Apple Corps and Apple, Inc. More …

After Apple’s stellar results, Bits gives advice as to how to maintain it. As of Tuesday night, Apple shares are at 186.16 (up 11.86). This should move Apple much closer to Cisco, third most valuable technology company. While Bits labels Apple as a software company, it is has been demonstrated before that Apple is a computer company, thus deserving their title. Still an interesting read. More …

In a rare projection, Apple chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer predicted what would be excellent results, as reported by Macworld UK.

I’d give you guidance each quarter that we believe we have a reasonable chance of achieving. Apple has been working incredibly hard for a number of years and now things are just really coming together quite well for us and I couldn’t be happier. More …
This only means Apple will likely exceed $10 billion in revenue.

The iPod was a chance, in the beginning. How long did it take for Apple to see a connection to increased sales? All the time marring each generation of iPod and iTunes to the OS. The iPhone was a given, a direct result of the iPod and Mac OS X.

NY Times’ John Markoff who, includes quotes from an interview with Steve Jobs in an article on the rise of Apple.

“The Macintosh has a lot of momentum now,” said Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, in a telephone interview last week. “It is outpacing the industry.”

In a possible look to the future:

“People don’t understand that we’ve invented a new class of interface,” he said. More …

In a related article, Alex Frankel, was Apple Store trained in order to conduct research in to just how Apple employees interface with customers. More …

The Company posted revenue of $6.22 billion and net quarterly profit of $904 million, or $1.01 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $4.84 billion and net quarterly profit of $542 million, or $.62 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 33.6 percent, up from 29.2 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 40 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

Apple shipped 2,164,000 Macintosh® computers, representing 34 percent growth over the year-ago quarter and exceeding the previous quarterly record for Mac® shipments by 400,000. The Company sold 10,200,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 17 percent growth over the year-ago quarter. Quarterly iPhone™ sales were 1,119,000, bringing cumulative fiscal 2007 sales to 1,389,000.

We are very pleased to have generated over $24 billion in revenue and $3.5 billion in net income in fiscal 2007,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’re looking forward to a strong December quarter as we enter the holiday season with Apple’s best products ever.”

Apple ended the fiscal year with $15.4 billion in cash and no debt,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “Looking ahead to the first quarter of fiscal 2008, we expect revenue of about $9.2 billion and earnings per diluted share of about $1.42.” More …

Apple will provide live streaming of its Q4 2007 financial results conference call utilizing QuickTime®, Apple’s standards-based technology for live and on-demand audio and video streaming. The live webcast will begin at 2:00 p.m. PDT on Monday, October 22, 2007 at www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq407/ and will also be available for replay.

American Technol0gy Research’s Shaw Wu thinks Apple will meet or beat the analysis predictions. More …

Lehman Brothers Raises Apple Price Target by $30 to $190, Expecting Strong Fiscal 4Q. More …