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Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta now available for download

Per expectations, Adobe Systems on friday formally introduced a beta version of Adobe Photoshop CS3 software, the next release of its industry standard digital imaging software.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

Apple seen selling as many as 9 million Macs in 2007

Apple Computer could sell more than 9 million computers next year if its Mac market share continues to grow at the same rate seen during the 2006 calendar year, one Wall Street analyst says.

Katie Marsal | 18 years ago

Apple delays annual report due to options probe

Apple Computer said friday it was unable to file its Form 10-K for the 2006 fiscal year as a result of an ongoing internal probe into its stock options irregularities.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

Apple security finds leak inside Cupertino campus

Apple Computer this week was able to locate and do away with a leak at its Cupertino, Calif.-based campus thanks to some swift action by a night patrol security guard.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

Briefly: AirPort update; 16M iPods; MacBooks

Apple has released an update for its AirPort wireless software. Meanwhile, new NPD data suggests the company is on track to sell around 16 million iPods this quarter. And Apple is offering some significantly discounted previous generation MacBook models.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

iPhone to sport metal casing and virtual click-wheel?

Morgan Stanley analyst Rebecca Runkle in a research note released Wednesday said she is high in her convictions that Apple will launch an iPhone device in the first half of 2007 and offered some specific findings from unnamed sources.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

Apple offers developers new build of Leopard operating system

Apple Computer on Tuesday evening released to developers a new pre-release build of its Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system, AppleInsider has learned.

Prince McLean | 18 years ago

Morgan Stanley: Apple to trade higher in 2007

Morgan Stanley on Wednesday increased its price target on shares of Apple Computer to $110 from $90, saying it expects the stock will trade higher once again by year-end 2007.

Katie Marsal | 18 years ago

PiperJaffray refutes claims of 'collapsing' iTunes sales

Analysts for PiperJaffray are refuting claims recently made by Forrester Research that sales at Apple Computer's iTunes Store are declining rapidly, stating instead that their own analysis reveals strong growth.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

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Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta to drop this friday

Exclusive: Adobe Systems Inc. on friday will make available for download an early public beta of its next-generation graphics editor, Photoshop CS3, but will otherwise abstain from delivering pre-release copies of other Creative Suite 3.0 applications.

Kasper Jade | 18 years ago

CNBC poll predicts sales of 17M iPods this holiday

According to the second edition of CNBC's Holiday Central survey, some 8 percent of those polled expect said they expect to buy one of Apple Computer's iPod digital music players this holiday shopping season.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

Are Apple's iTunes music sales plummeting?

Apple Computer's industry leading iTunes digital download service has experienced a collapse in sales revenues this year according a recent analysis from Forrester Research.

Slash Lane | 18 years ago

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Briefly: Apple releases Aperture 1.5.2 update

Apple Computer on Monday released the latest in an ongoing series of maintenance updates to its post-production photography workflow application, which it recommends for all users of the software.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

Adobe After Effects 8.0 tracking for mid-2007 release

Exclusive: Adobe Systems Inc. plans to introduce a major update to its After Effects motion graphics and visual effects production software in the spring of 2007, according to a company roadmap viewed by AppleInsider.

Kasper Jade | 18 years ago

Apple ends mail-in repair service in the UK - report [updated]

Apple Computer has quietly discontinued its mail-in repair service in the UK without notifying its customers or resellers, according to a report.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

Apple extends SoHo hours; posts holiday shipping deadlines

Apple Computer in an email to customers this week announced that it will hold "twelve days (and nights) of shopping" at its Manhattan-based flagship retail stores leading up to Christmas.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

Apple's number of 'new-to-Mac' buyers growing

A recent survey of twenty Apple Specialist retailers shows that approximately 25 percent of customers buying Macs are new to the platform and that the figure is likely to keep rising due to the iPod "halo effect" and Apple's Boot Camp software.

Katie Marsal | 18 years ago

Public beta of Adobe Creative Suite 3 may boost Mac sales

Exclusive: Sales of Apple Computer's professional Mac line could receive a shot in the arm later this month if Adobe Systems proceeds with plans to release an early public beta of its Creative Suite 3.0 software bundle.

Kasper Jade | 18 years ago

Caris praises Apple but shares slide on iPhone rumors

Caris & Company on Thursday initiated coverage of Apple Computer with an "Above Average" rating and $100 price target, calling the company a clear "winner in the consumer electronics space."

Slash Lane | 18 years ago

Source: Three iPods on Apple roadmap for 2007

As it stands, Apple Computer hopes to introduce three new iPod models during the 2007 calendar year, AppleInsider has learned.

Kasper Jade | 18 years ago

Apple well prepared this holiday shopping season

Having learned from past miscues, Apple Computer appears to have more aptly prepared itself for this year's critical holiday buying season, research and investment firm PiperJaffray said Thursday.

Katie Marsal | 18 years ago

Microsoft: We'll eventually 'be the leader' in digital media players

Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday that it expects to sell 1 million of its new Zune music players by the end of next June, roughly the same amount of iPods Apple Computer has been selling each week.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

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Renovated London store now Apple's largest

Apple Computer last week completed a series of substantial renovations to its London retail shop, helping it regain the accolade of the company's largest retail store from the recently opened Fifth Avenue location in New York City.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

Apple's new general counsel awarded hefty gratuity

Apple Computer, which last month lured Donald Rosenberg away from a 30-year tenure at IBM Corp. to fill its general counsel vacancy, appears to have done so with the help of approximately $18 million.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

"Proximity" key to Apple's advance into the enterprise

Apple Computer's purchase of Proximity Corporation may be part of broader push by the Mac maker into the enterprise market, one Wall Street analyst says.

Kasper Jade | 18 years ago

Prudential: iPhone to sport click wheel; video iPod by Q2

Apple Computer's much anticipated iPod cell phone will look like an iPod with a small screen and a click-wheel interface, according to one Wall Street analyst.

Slash Lane | 18 years ago

Apple smart phone project rests on Mac OS X tie-ins

For several years now, an elite squad of engineers at Apple Computer have been working diligently to perfect an intuitive smart phone concept that would both conform to the company's integrated model and oblige chief executive Steve Jobs.

Kasper Jade and Prince McLean | 18 years ago

Apple launches iTunes, online stores in New Zealand

Apple Computer on Tuesday launched the iTunes Store in New Zealand, giving New Zealanders access to local music and the same features, pricing and seamless integration with iPod that have made iTunes the most popular music jukebox and online music store worldwide.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

Apple rumored to be eyeing video game market

A recent series of checks by Prudential analyst Jesse Tortora indicate that Apple Computer has hired video game designers and may have aspirations of entering the video game market in long-term.

Prince McLean | 18 years ago

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Briefly: Foxconn to build 1.5m MBPs; 100GB iPod drive

Apple Computer manufacturing partner Foxconn is reported to have landed a contract to deliver 1.5 million of the Mac maker's MacBook Pro notebooks in calendar year 2007. Meanwhile, Toshiba has introduced a "short" 1.8-inch form factor hard disk drive that may pave the way for a 100GB iPod.

AppleInsider Staff | 18 years ago

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