Apple stock up in after-hours trading
Shares of Apple rose to US$20.23 in after-market trading, after the regular session close of $19.87 on Nasdaq, according to Island ECN.
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Apple posts $19 million profit
Apple today posted a net profit of US$19 million, or 5 cents a share, for its fiscal third quarter ended June 28. These results compare to a profit of $32 million, or 9 cents, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue rose to $1.545 billion from $1.43 billion. Analysts had forecast Apple to report a net profit of 3 cents a share on revenue of $1.48 billion. Apple said it shipped 771,000 Macintosh units during the quarter.
Read MoreWiebeTech SATADock converts IDE drives to Serial ATA
WiebeTech today introduced the SATADock, a Serial ATA dock that allows the transfer of IDE drive contents to Apple’s new Power Mac G5 and compatible PCs. It offers ATA-6 copatibility, transfer rates up to 1.5GHz, and driverless plug and play installation. The SATADock will be available later this month for US$119.95
Read MoreNew York’s Mac ‘Freak Show’
Wired’s Michelle Delio has written an interesting and humorous piece about this year’s Macworld CreativePro Expo in New York City, which for many seems to be a disappointment. There have been no signifcant annoucements from Apple, attendance seems to be down (no figures have been released yet), and the mood seems glum.
Read MoreO’Reilly releases ‘Learning Web Design, Second Edition’
O’Reilly has announced the release of “Learning Web Design: A Beginner’s Guide to HTML, Graphics, and Beyond” (US$39.95), by best-selling author, designer, and teacher Jennifer Niederst. The book “starts from the very beginning — defining the Internet, the Web, browsers, and URLs.
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