Apple Now Worth more than IBM  —  After the good news today Apple’s stock price is going up, up, up into the $186 range - putting its market cap($161 Billion) above IBM ($156.45 Billion) for the first time in history.  —  Not bad Apple.  Not bad.

Source:   9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
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Verizon Hints At FiOS Announcement Tomorrow - ‘Groundbreaking’ service to be unveiled…  Verizon just dropped a media advisory into our inbox, stating that the company would be unveiling a “groundbreaking” new FiOS Internet service tomorrow afternoon.

Source:   DSLreports - front page
Author:   Karl
Link:   http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Hints-At…

Firestorm 2.0 - Using Social Media Services to Track The California Fires  —  Today my thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the fires in California.  The pictures show a scene straight out of a war movie.  I thought it would be interesting to look at how the popular social media services …

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Welcome to the audio webcast of Apple’s conference call discussing Q4 - 2007 financial results.  To listen to the conference call, click on the button below.  —  2pm PT/5pm ET  —  This transmission is the property of Apple and protected by U.S. copyright law and international treaties.

Source:   Apple
Link:   http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq407/

Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results  —  Quarterly Mac Sales Set New Record  —  Quarterly iPhone Sales Exceed One Million  —  Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2007 fourth quarter ended September 29, 2007.  The Company posted revenue of $6.22 billion …

Source:   Apple
Link:   http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/10/22results.html

The Vista wow becomes a whisper  —  I wasn’t a big fan of the “Wow” campaign around Windows Vista.  But its newest incarnation — “100 Reasons Why Everyone’s So Speechless” — might be even worse.  —  The new site lists 100 reasons users should take a closer look at Windows Vista.

Source:   All about Microsoft
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Home-made helicopters hit northern Nigeria  —  KANO (AFP) - Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, a 24-year-old physics undergraduate in northern Nigeria, takes old cars and motorbikes to pieces in the back yard at home and builds his own helicopters from the parts.  —  “It took me eight months …

Source:   Agence France Presse
Author:   Aminu Abubakar
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Bikinis And Bums On Cue  —  Here’s a story line that M.C. Escher could appreciate: Four fresh-out-of-college girls share an apartment in Los Angeles and star in a reality show filmed by a guy who is their friend.  Except—this isn’t a reality show.  All the dialogue is scripted.

Source:   Forbes
Author:   Erika Brown
Link:   http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/10/21/myspace…

Free My Phone  —  Suppose you own a Dell computer, and you decide to replace it with a Sony.  You don’t have to get the permission of your Internet service provider to do so, or even tell the provider about it.  You can just pack up the old machine and set up the new one.

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Free My Phone  —  Suppose you own a Dell computer, and you decide to replace it with a Sony.  You don’t have to get the permission of your Internet service provider to do so, or even tell the provider about it.  You can just pack up the old machine and set up the new one.

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