Apple Store down since two hours - a weird time to do maintenance

It is maintenance. In the US everybody en theire dog is asleep now…

Belgian and other european stores are up.

Not exactly breaking news but important

Wall Street Journal para lead this morning

Technology stocks are posting big gains after years of being scoffed at by the market. Three of the best-known tech stocks—Google, Apple and Research in Motion—finished at all-time highs Tuesday. And the tech-dominated Nasdaq-100 index is now up 18% so far this year, reaching its highest level since February 2001. Some money managers say the recent rally is just the beginning.

bolding mine

options backdating again

http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nN9P405619

stock drops $10 in early PM.

NOT!

[quote author=“mtjsTMO”]options backdating again

http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nN9P405619

stock drops $10 in early PM.

NOT!

This dog don’t die

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[quote author=“roontoon”][quote author=“mtjsTMO”]options backdating again

http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nN9P405619

stock drops $10 in early PM.

NOT!

This dog don’t die

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Here is my take on the matter, posted on the IV board.
BS is the short version, if you don’t want to bother reading it:

[quote author=“mtjsTMO”]options backdating again
http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nN9P405619
stock drops $10 in early PM.
NOT!

This story is nothing but a rehash of the story from days ago with no updates, yet the San Jose Mercury News seems to be re-issuing it as an “update” and thus getting all the newswires to re-iterate the story. Pure unadulterated whoring for hits.

[quote author=“SNIPUS”]Not exactly breaking news but important

Wall Street Journal para lead this morning

Technology stocks are posting big gains after years of being scoffed at by the market. Three of the best-known tech stocks—Google, Apple and Research in Motion—finished at all-time highs Tuesday. And the tech-dominated Nasdaq-100 index is now up 18% so far this year, reaching its highest level since February 2001. Some money managers say the recent rally is just the beginning.

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Wall Street has been saying this since year .dot com bust.  Some ?  Seem to be Most .

Apple adds two new NBC series to iTunes Store

Sep. 26, 2007 [iPod lounge article]

Despite its previous announcement that it would not offer any of NBC’s fall lineup, Apple has added two new fall series, Chuck and Jouneyman, to the iTunes Store, as both individual episodes and season passes. A Season Pass for Chuck runs $39.99, while Journeyman eschews the Season Pass for a “Buy All Episodes” option. Gizmodo reports that the Season Pass has 13 episodes, which might indicate that the full season will be finished before the December contract deadline.

Apple has decided to hide its numbers further.

Now on the Apple Store Best Sellers are no longer listed in order but rather category.  This makes it harder to tell how well a product is selling.

I can not believe how secretive this company is.

i really wanted to see how the iPhone was doing overall.  It moved from 9th place to 4th after the price drop.  Now it must have dropped again so Apple wanted to hide it.

Newton to return? ... Appleinsider believes it will:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/09/26/up_next_for_apple_the_return_of_the_newton.html

[quote author=“Derrick”]Newton to return? ... Appleinsider believes it will

The Newton was a revolutionary product for it’s time. The problem was that people weren’t ready for the product. I would love to see the resurgence of the Newton brand in a UMPC. Apple has the technology now to truly make the Newton a fantastic tool. With Palm about to take it’s last breath, a new product could step in. Not everyone who needs a PDA needs a phone.

The PDA rumor linked above is terribly exciting. A fifth business leg for Apple would launch the company beyond what I can even imagine—especially since it’s based on OS X and thus not a huge stretch/gamble for Apple given the iPhone and the touch. I can see hospitals and clinics (among others) clamoring to buy such a device in ridiculously high quantities.

Apple is simply the most innovative company in the world and its stock price will reflect this fact for years to come.

[quote author=“lumi”]The PDA rumor linked above is terribly exciting. A fifth business leg for Apple would launch the company beyond what I can even imagine—especially since it’s based on OS X and thus not a huge stretch/gamble for Apple given the iPhone and the touch. I can see hospitals and clinics (among others) clamoring to buy such a device in ridiculously high quantities.

Apple is simply the most innovative company in the world and its stock price will reflect this fact for years to come.

Wouldn’t it be better if Apple just added the PDA features to iPhone?  All useful PDAs are also phones these days.  Who wants to carry an iPhone, an Apple PDA, AND an iPod?

[quote author=“beccairene”][quote author=“lumi”]The PDA rumor linked above is terribly exciting. A fifth business leg for Apple would launch the company beyond what I can even imagine—especially since it’s based on OS X and thus not a huge stretch/gamble for Apple given the iPhone and the touch. I can see hospitals and clinics (among others) clamoring to buy such a device in ridiculously high quantities.

Apple is simply the most innovative company in the world and its stock price will reflect this fact for years to come.

Wouldn’t it be better if Apple just added the PDA features to iPhone?  All useful PDAs are also phones these days.  Who wants to carry an iPhone, an Apple PDA, AND an iPod?

I second this idea. I see the touchPod or iPhone having the features to become a PDA, not just communications devices.

[quote author=“awcabot”] I see the touchPod or iPhone having the features to become a PDA, not just communications devices.

Bingo!
                               
. . . . . and along comes Leopard.