Apple shines on wireless, iTunes updates
By Rex Crum, CBS.MarketWatch.com

Last Update: 2:43 PM ET June 7, 2004


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Apple Computer shares touched a new 52-week high Monday as the company unveiled a new wireless base station that, in addition to providing portable connections to the Internet, can also stream music from anywhere in a home.

Apple (AAPL) climbed more than 3 percent to reach $29.76 after Chief Executive Steve Jobs demonstrated the company's new AirPort Express at an industry conference in San Diego. The device uses the 802.11g wireless standard already used in Apple's AirPort Extreme wireless base station.

However, the Express product is specifically designed for portability, and can be plugged into any wall outlet. Its users can also plug their stereos into the device's audio outlet and stream music off their computers using a new Apple technology called AirTunes.

What's more, Express works with Microsoft (MSFT) Windows-based PCs, as well as Apple's Macintosh computers. The product weighs about 7 ounces and will cost $129. Apple said Express can be ordered now and will start shipping in July. Apple said the AirTunes streaming technology will be available later this week as part of a new, free version of the company's iTunes music store.

In addition, Apple is reportedly set to take the wraps off a long-awaited version of iTunes for Europe on June 15, but the company wouldn't confirm those plans.
Separately, in a CNBC interview, Jobs said Apple does not have plans for any corporate acquisitions. With $5 billion in cash, there has been speculation that Apple might seek to purchase other companies to help with overall growth.

AAPL alle porte del 30$ (High 29.98 )

Price 29.81 $

Trades 13,855 Traded Shares 5,284,805

Superati i $30, al momento $30.16 con max a $30.44.

cbs.marketwatch.com

Commentary: Four to grow on

By Jack Rothstein, Wealthcast
Last Update: 11:58 AM ET June 9, 2004

(...)

Apple Computer

The computer stocks are generating good money flow right now. That means they're attracting buyers. The stock that's performing better then any right now is Apple Computer (AAPL: news, chart, profile). The

numbers are factual and cannot be disputed concerning price action. This stock is currently up 40 percent this year based on a $30 current price. It is up 75 percent over the last 52 weeks so the brunt of the gain has taken place thisyear. Clearly AAPL leads the market.

So how do you play this stock as a trader and investor?

First, it's necessary to get involved. A good stock like AAPL ought to be accumulated as it breaks through areas of supply. You are wasting your time and energy scalping this one. So go easy right now because the stock broke out Monday as it crossed its 52-week high, established a few months ago.

The high of 29.50 was crossed and the stock is set to challenge higher price points. The stock is now free to fill a gap that occurred on Sept. 29, 2000 when it dropped from roughly 50 to 26 in a day. The decline lasted over 3 years and now the stock is very much benefiting from a powerful advance that will likely hit a wall near 50.

So if the stock is currently trading at 30 with virtually no supply above it, then it's free to spurt all the way to the 50 level -- and that is a good point to begin the process of letting it go. Tighten the stops at that point especially if a top is formed.

Right now the concern is getting involved on the long side and protecting with a stop loss at 26.99.

(...)

Ed eccola qui la "foto" di quel 29 settembre 2000 e di quel famoso gap che ha dimezzato in un giorno il valore del titolo. Aapl ha appena iniziato a chiuderlo, fin dove potrà arrivare?

Apple Launches ITunes in Three Countries
6/15/2004 7:08:00 PM

LONDON, Jun 15, 2004 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Apple Computer Inc. launched its highly anticipated iTunes Music Store in Europe on Tuesday, expanding the popular digital music service to users in Britain, France and Germany.

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said iTunes would be available without subscription. The charge for downloading a single track would be 79 pence ($1.43) in the United Kingdom and 99 euro cents ($1.20) in Germany and France. Jobs boasted that more than 85 million songs have been downloaded from iTunes in the United States. Along with the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom account for 60 percent of global music sales.

Apple plans to launch a pan-European iTunes store, covering those countries not involved in Tuesday's launch, around October, Jobs said at a news conference. The iTunes unveiled in Europe will feature new technology including free print-out CD inserts and allow iTunes users to share music through a wireless Internet server.

"We are trying to marry the music and technology to bring it to people in a creative way," Jobs said. Apple also plans to introduce its iPod mini, the smaller version of its iPod MP3 player, in the United Kingdom, France and Germany next month.

Shares in Apple rose 57 cents to close at $30.69 Tuesday on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

On the eve of Apple's overseas entry into the online music market, Napster UK Limited, a subsidiary of Roxio Inc., announced an exclusive, three-month marketing deal with Britain's leading broadband service provider, ntl Inc. Napster said its month-old British online music offering would be bundled with ntl's Broadband Plus service package beginning in July.

Microsoft Corp. also announced an expanded relationship with British-based OD2, a leading distributor in Europe's small but growing legal online music business. Microsoft MSN's music product, powered by OD2's SonicSelector jukebox, is already available in the UK, France and Italy but was expanded to Germany on Monday and soon will be offered in Belgium and Spain.

OD2, meanwhile, also announced special promotions, cutting song prices in half to about 60 cents apiece for new customers and charging only 1 pence per song if users want to just stream the music via Microsoft's plug-in for Windows Media Player 9.

All are jockeying for position in a battle that began in earnest a year ago with Apple's successful iTunes download service in the United States. While iTunes currently has deals with five major U.S. record companies, many smaller, independent labels have refused to sign contracts, leaving Apple unable to use and sell their music.

In Europe, where about 22 percent of artists are signed with independent labels, the lack of these local favorites could dim iTunes' appeal. Jobs said these artists were offered the same contracts as the larger labels, but that he was unable to comment further on the current negotiations.

The Association of Independent Music said Apple approached many companies only in the last few days, and some independents have had little contact with the company.

"We welcome the arrival of iTunes in the U.K., but are disappointed that our members have been unable to agree terms for licensing their repertoire to the service," said Alison Wenham, chairman and chief executive of AIM.

Musicindie, AIM's new media arm, has agreed collective deals with Sony Connect, Yahoo, OD2, Wippit, O2 Music, Sony Computer Network Corp. Japan and Napster.

Aapl si avvia verso i $32, ora $31.75, +3.45%, registrato $31.89 di max, vol. 132%.

$32.09

E' alle porte dei $33 ... però.

Aapl, 4 anni, weekly con linee di regressione, mentre veleggia all'interno del famoso gap ...

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Apple to launch OS X update next year
'Tiger' will ship in first half of 2005, Mac maker says

By Michael Paige, CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last Update: 3:24 PM ET June 28, 2004


LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- Apple said Monday that it plans to launch the fifth major update to its Mac OS X operating system in the first half of next year and announced a new line of high-end flat-panel displays aimed at creative-industry users. Apple's (AAPL) latest operating system -- version 10.4, dubbed "Tiger" -- will carry some 150 new features, including a new document-search function and new accessories called "widgets," it said. The updated software is slated to retail for a suggested $129 through Apple stores and resellers.

Apple's updated operating system is also to include an update of its Xcode developer tools software used to create applications for Mac OS X. The new line of flat-panel monitors includes a 30-inch display that the company claims is the largest high-resolution display ever made.

"We think we're going to be able to satisfy our creative professionals" with the new displays, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said at Apple's World Wide Developers Conference, under way in San Francisco. The new line of displays includes 20- and 23-inch Apple Cinema Display models that are scheduled to be available in July for $1,299 and $1,999, respectively, at retail.
The 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display will retail for $3,299 and will be available in August, according to the company.

In afternoon trading, shares of Apple were lower by 4 percent at $32.34.


AAPL a due ore, ultimi 20 giorni con regressione. Max odierno $34,19 con scambi pari al 160% del volume medio.

Per essere bello ... è proprio bello :D. Costicchia ... ma è bello.

AAPL in difficolta' nell'A.H ...dopo un close sopra 32$
torna ai prezzi dell' otto giugno...
in wacht di nuovo azzsx


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07/01/04 23:47:39 31.00 30.90 31.12 500
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07/01/04 23:48:15 31.00 30.90 31.10 0
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07/01/04 23:48:54 30.90 30.90 31.09 0
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07/01/04 23:57:43 30.53 30.50 30.75 0
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07/02/04 00:06:28 30.40 30.14 30.50 0
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Scambia in totale oltre 6 milioni di pezzi in
perfetta media volume (100%).
Quel gap sulle due ore a 30,20$
aspettava solo questo. smjf-mjd.. r-w-a-z-az-

Anche questa non scherza, - 5%
11:15:39 10000 30.51 + NASD

Shares in Apple Computer fell 5 per cent to $30.64 in New York on Friday after the company revealed delays in the introduction of a new line of iMac desktop computers. The delay will will leave Apple Computer supplies of one of its main products.


The California-based computer company said on Thursday that it had stopped taking orders for current models of the iMac but that the launch of the new line, originally planned for this month, would not be until September.

The iMac delay means that Apple will be without one of its mainstays during the start of the crucial back-to-school selling season.

"We planned to have our next generation iMac ready by the time the inventory of current iMacs runs out in the next few weeks, but our planning was obviously less than perfect," the company said in a statement.

An Apple spokesman declined to specify the reason for the delay or comment on whether the delay would affect the company's financial performance.

iMacs are known for their distinctive design, featuring a bulbous white base connected to a flat screen by a single swivel arm. Sales have been on a declining trend as the iMac look, launched in 2002, has neared the end of its lifecycle.

In Apple's second quarter, the latest period for which financial details are available, iMac sales accounted for $252m of the company's $1.9bn total revenue.

Earlier, expectations had run high that Steve Jobs, founder and chief executive, would use this week's Apple Developers Forum in San Francisco to unveil either the new iMac or a revised version of the company's iPod digital music player.

However, the company focused instead on the new Mac OSX operating system, whch incorporates new search technology, and a new line of large flat-screen monitors.

Apple shares, which opened the week at $34.18, fell by about 4 per cent in after hours trading following the announcement to $30.98.

Sostanzialmente hanno annunciato un ritardo nel lancio del nuovo Imac che doveva avvenire questi giorni e invece l'hanno posticipato a settmbre, il che lascia Apple senza un nuovo prodotto per la stagione di riapertura delle scuole ( Agosto)

AAPL (aggiornamento ore 18.28 )


07/02/04 18:32:46 30.96 30.96 30.97 12.753.414

Sono transitati a meta' seduta oltre il doppio dei volumi di ieri
in tutta la giornata.
marca un minimo intraday a 29.73$ e dopo essersi mantenuta
in area 30.20$, tenta il recupero del gap down odierno.
Impresa difficile, Composite in difficolta'

AAPL, tre anni, weekly con regressione.

07/07/04 17:59:57 30.32 30.32 30.33 3260955


48% di nuovo la'...
B) attenzione

Apple sets iPod mini worldwide launch

By Rex Crum, CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last Update: 4:20 PM ET July 7, 2004


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Apple Computer said Wednesday that it would end the waiting and launch its iPod mini digital music player around the world on July 24.

The release ends a three-month delay of the iPod mini's debut outside the United States. In March, Apple said it would postpone the mini player's release because of stronger-than-expected domestic demand and slow production of the device's hard drives.

"We had planned supply to last through late June, [and] now we expect to be able to catch up with demand," said Greg Joswiak, Apple vice president of hardware product and worldwide product marketing.

Apple (AAPL) said the iPod mini would retail internationally for local equivalents of its U.S. price of $249. The music player is capable of holding 1,000 songs on its 4-gigabyte hard drive.

Joswiak said Apple has seen demand grow for the iPod mini over the past four months but would not give an update on its pre-release order figures, citing a company earnings update scheduled for July 14. In March, Apple said it had received 100,000 pre-release orders for the iPod mini.

Apple shares fell 56 cents to $30.39

se qualcuno mi bonifica 50euro vi faccio vedere un grafico g-o-ing- fef--a l-e-gg--e

MILANO - E' piccolo quanto un pacchetto di sigarette, permette di memorizzare fino a 1000 canzoni che vengono riprodotte con una qualità molto vicina a quella dei Cd. L'iPod mini, lanciato dalla Apple a febbraio negli Stati Uniti, sta per sbarcare in Europa. In Italia arriverà il 24 luglio e costerà 279 euro. Il cuore del piccolo riproduttore musicale è un hard disk, prodotto dalla Hitachi, dalle dimensioni di 1 pollice con la memoria di 4 Gb e da consumi di corrente estremamente ridotti. L'iPod mini è la versione ridotta dei modelli tradizioneli di iPod prodotti dalla Apple con hard disk da 15 e da 40 Gb.

LANCIO POSTICIPATO - E' stato proprio il mini hard disk da 1 pollice a posticipare il lancio in Europa dell'iPod mini, precedentemente fissato per aprile. La Apple rinviò il debutto internazionale perché non riusciva a ricevere dalla Hitachi un numero di hard disk sufficienti a sostenere l'espansione del mercato da quello statunitense a quello mondiale.

Un mini hard disk
L'iPod mini pesa 108 grammi. L'hard disk da 1 pollice, poco più grande di una moneta da 2 euro, è racchiuso in un scatola di alluminio anodizzato su cui spicca la cosiddetta «Click Wheel», una ghiera cliccabile che ne migliora l'utilizzo con una sola mano. Il congegno può riprodurre canzoni in formato audio AAC, utilizzato dal negozio di musica digitale on-line iTunes Music Store di Apple, e file Mp3.

IN ITALIA IL PREZZO TRA I PIU' ALTI D'EUROPA - Il prezzo con cui da luglio l'iPod mini sarà disponibile in Italia (279 euro) è uno dei più cari in Europa. Anche se è di molto inferiore a quelli degli iPod tradizionali, con hard disk da 15 Gb che costano 349 euro e da 40 Gb a 549 euro.

Emanuele Bellano ( Corriere.it)

nessuno che si sia degnato di sborsare neanche un centesimo... co-cco

vabbè vi regalo questo sul day,ma quelli di lungo sono più interessanti g-o-ing-

IN ITALIA IL PREZZO TRA I PIU' ALTI D'EUROPA - Il prezzo con cui da luglio l'iPod mini sarà disponibile in Italia (279 euro) è uno dei più cari in Europa. Anche se è di molto inferiore a quelli degli iPod tradizionali, con hard disk da 15 Gb che costano 349 euro e da 40 Gb a 549 euro.

come al solito..qua i ladroni non li bacchetta nessuno...guarda wanna marchi....azzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Apple highlights tech earnings reports
Juniper Networks, Lexar Media also set to post results

By Rex Crum, CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last Update: 1:37 PM ET July 9, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Tech investors will have their hands full next week as quarterly earnings reports start coming in from Apple Computer, Juniper Networks and others.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call expect Apple (AAPL) to earn 15 cents a share on $1.94 billion in revenue when it delivers third-quarter results July 14. Investors and analysts will likely be most interested in any insight Apple gives into its fourth-quarter outlook.

On July 2, Apple said it would delay the release of the newest version of its iMac personal computer until September and would not take any more orders for its current line of iMacs. Such a move could hinder Apple's momentum during the summer back-to-school shopping season.

(...)

r-w-a-z-az-

ma quanto e' in gamba Simo a-nnu-s-a rice:-. da uno a mille ? si-mo-ne--tta..


[img]http://www.finanzaonline.com/forum/attachment.php?postid=5820578.gif[/img]


fu.m-a...

100 million songs have been LEGALLY downloaded from iTunes Music Store !
A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR ONLINE MUSIC !

CUPERTINO (California) - Cento milioni di canzoni vendute. E' questo l'invidiabile record appena raggiunto da iTunes Music Store, il servizio di Apple che permette di acquistare online brani musicali in formato digitale. "iTunes ha sbaragliato la concorrenza ed è di gran lunga il primo servizio musicale al mondo", ha dichiarato Steve Jobs, fondatore e amministratore delegato di Apple.

Quando iTunes venne lanciato, ad aprile del 2003, Jobs predisse che il servizio avrebbe raggiunto il record dei 100 milioni di canzoni entro un anno. Pochi pensavano che avrebbe sbagliato i suoi calcoli solo di misura: in un contesto dominato dai programmi per lo scambio gratuito di mp3, i servizi musicali a pagamento precedenti avevano dato pessima prova. iTunes è riuscita dove gli altri avevano fallito puntando sull'ampiezza del catalogo (ormai è possibile acquistare praticamente qualunque brano in commercio nei negozi di musica) e sull'economicità del servizio: 99 centesimi di dollaro per ogni canzone.

La canzone numero 100 milioni è stata scaricata da Kevin Britten, un 20enne di Hays, nel Kansas. Steve Jobs gli ha telefonato personalmente per congratularsi e la Apple gli ha inviato un esemplare personalizzato di iPod, il lettore digitale portatile che permette di immagazzinare fino a 40 GB di brani scaricati da iTunes.

I business di iTunes e di iPod sono strettamente legati. Secondo gli ultimi risultati trimestrali, l'azienda di Cupertino ha già venduto oltre 3 milioni di iPod nel mondo. Il mese scorso, iTunes Music Store è stato lanciato anche in Europa. Le prime stime parlano di oltre 800 mila brani venduti in una settimana.

07/14/04 22:17:11 29.80 29.71 29.82 12.512.642


Tra poco i dati...

Forse sono buoni, il grafico in ah si è impennato verso i $31.00 ...

... per poi andare giù verso i $28.50 ...   

AAPL ... "piace alla gente che piace" ... si-mo-ne--tta..


07/14/04 22:29:04 30.69 30.68 30.69 12.611.246


..ma guardiamola tra mezz'ora. rice:-.
na-sc-on.d Vado a cena

e di nuovo a 29.30 $ ...

07/14/04 22:35:03 29.34 29.31 29.36 13378116

4:35pm 07/14/04
Apple Q3 results top Wall Street expectations (AAPL) By Michael Paige

LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- Apple Computer (AAPL) on Wednesday said fiscal third-quarter net income rose to $61 million, or 16 cents a share, from $19 million, or 5 cents a share a year earlier. Sales rose 30 percent to $2.014 billion from $1.545 billion. Excluding an after-tax restructuring charge, Apple's earnings were $67 million, or 17 cents a share. Wall Street analysts had, on average, expected the Cupertino, Calif.-based company to report earnings of 15 cents a share on sales of $1.94 billion, according to a Thomson First Call survey. The company's shares closed higher by 1.2 percent at $29.58 ahead of the earnings release.

AAPL ore 23.50 (aggiornamento grafico)



07/15/04 00:02:37 31.60 31.51 31.60 15.119.169




bene bene...
e soprattutto bravi a costruire tutte le nostre
ipotesi su quella soglia dei 30.20/25 $
(un vecchio gap orario lasciato aperto)
Anche stasera in A.H. si e' rivelata una soglia importante.

Marca un + 8.15% con il 217% degli scambi

In italiano ....

Milano. Apple computer ha archiviato il terzo trimestre dell'esercizio con un utile netto più che triplicato, a 61 milioni di dollari dai 19 milioni realizzati nello stesso periodo 2003. Il fatturato è cresciuto del 30% a 2,01 miliardi di dollari, il migliore risultato degli ultimi 8 anni.

I dati sono lievemente migliori delle attese. Le entrate sono state generate soprattutto dal segmento musicale (ipod e itunes music store), aumentate del 162%, e dai prodotti che girano sui sistemi Mac (+19%).

"Questo trimestre è stato eccezionale" ha detto il presidente, Steve Jobs. La società per il quarto trimestre prevede un giro d'affari di 2,1 miliardi e un risultato per azione di 16-17 cent, incluso 1 cent per la ristrutturazione.

Si può vivere di solo Apple ?? Bah ... +11%, circa 33$ ...

Beh ...

07/15/04 16:40:22 32.83 32.82 32.84 16.162.895


219% dei volumi un quarto d'ora fa ...(aggiornamento grafico)
con un max a 33.63$

Ora scambia 10/20 tick sotto, ma sempre sopra ema 10 (33.50$ transita)


07/15/04 16:58:09 32.72 32.72 32.72 17.213.225
con il 233%

Leggete, leggete che il tema è più che succoso ... l'iPOD è il walkman degli anni 2000 ....

NEW YORK - Apple Computer is "stunned," it says, by the behavior of RealNetworks.

Stunned that Real (nasdaq: RNWK - news - people ) wants to let its customers play their music on Apple's iPod. Stunned that someone would dare create--some would say, innovate--a method to convert digital songs from one format that Apple's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) iPod doesn't natively support, into one that it does.

Earlier this week Real stunned the digital music scene with the announcement that its software, "Harmony," would allow its customers to play songs purchased on Real's Rhapsody digital music download service and play them on an iPod or other player.

But it's not clear exactly why Apple is so upset. Does this not increase the potential market for iPod sales? Perhaps, yes. But it also opens up the possibility for an increase in the number iPod owners who don't use Apple's iTunes Music Store to buy their music, and that is a sore point with Apple.

While it's quick to brag about how its customers have paid to legally download some 100 million songs--making it far and away the most successful legal music download service in creation--the black market of songs downloaded from file-sharing services like Kazaa, eDonkey, Bearshare and others is much higher. One Yankee Group forecast suggests that by next year the number of songs downloaded from file-sharing sites could reach 7.5 billion. Those songs are typically MP3s that are universally playable on iPods and Rios and scads of other devices.

And it is on this issue that Apple is vulnerable. In this space we've railed against Apple rival Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) and its "walled garden" to digital music downloading and players (see: "The Won't Be IPod Killer"). Despite its success, Apple, because of its lack of flexibility, may in time find that consumers want a digital music experience that is as universally compatible as a CD. This week's move by Real appears to be an expression of that desire. Apple's iPod/iTunes combo isn't nearly as closed a system as Sony's, but it certainly could stand to be a bit more open.

Who would want to buy music in any form that can only be played on one brand of device? That is, in effect, what is happening with Apple's iTunes. When you download a 99-cent song, you download a digital file that is encoded in Apple's Advanced Audio Codec (AAC) format, which as yet only Apple supports. Sure, future mobile phones from Motorola (nyse: MOT - news - people ) will support iTunes songs too, but only a few at a time. But it's a sure bet that there are more MP3 files on iPods than AAC files.

This spat takes place against the backdrop of a struggle on the part of Real to remain relevant in the music download business. Its Rhapsody service is scoring some limited success with some 550,000 subscribers, according to its July 28 quarterly earnings report. What it doesn't appear to have is music player hardware that it can call its own. CEO Rob Glaser has publicly tried to pressure Apple CEO Steve Jobs to open up the iPod to more formats.

One would think Jobs and Apple would run the risk of looking like a villain opposed to consumer choice and innovation. And while that argument may have some merit, the bad vibes aren't likely to stick to Apple because of the iPod's pop culture status. Glaser and Real--right or wrong--are more likely to end up looking like the unpopular kid bitter about not being invited to the cool kids' party.

Appearances do matter. Apple should beware looking like it's too jealously guarding the door to the iPod party, and should ready a contingency plan under which companies backing other formats, like Real, can join the party, but only under terms that Apple lays out. It won't hurt Apple one bit over the long term. The market demands openness and flexibility, and Apple, of all companies, should have learned this lesson by now. There was a time Apple owned the personal computer business. We all know how that turned out.

Meanwhile Real is already in the midst of a legal fight with Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) (see: "RealNetworks Files Suit Against Microsoft"), which last quarter cost $2.8 million, or more than 4% of Real's revenue. The last thing Real needs is another major lawsuit, though Apple is clearly ready to go on the offensive, saying it is investigating the possibility that the Harmony software violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which heavily restricts the development of techniques to work around copy-protection technologies.

Apple has ominously suggested that a forthcoming upgrade to its iPod software will disable Harmony, which will no doubt prompt Real to find a way to work around that, which will in time turn the iPod into a technological battleground wherein consumers start to wonder whether other players and music services might be worth a second look.

We've seen these kinds of back-and-forth battles before. Time Warner's (nyse: TWX - news - people ) America Online and Yahoo (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people ) have fought an on-again, off-again battle to lock out users of Trillian, a third-party instant messaging software that seeks to unify several IM services under a single program. The only real losers were users. Both Real and Apple know this will be the result of a prolonged battle. One hopes this fight won't last.

Apple's Jobs has cancer surgery

By CBS MarketWatch
Last Update: 12:14 AM ET Aug. 2, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios, said Sunday he had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his pancreas and expects a full recovery, according to published reports.

In an e-mail message to employees released by Apple, Jobs said he will be take time off to recuperate during August and expects to return to work in September. The message did not specify where Jobs underwent the surgery, according to the Associated Press.

Jobs said his cancer was caught early and would require no chemotherapy or radiation treatment. He specified that it was a rare islet cell neuroendocrine tumor and not adenocarcinoma, the far more deadly and common form of pancreatic cancer.

"I mention this because when one hears 'pancreatic cancer' (or Googles it), one immediately encounters this far more common and deadly form, which, thank God, is not what I had," he said in the message, the AP said.

During Jobs' absence, Apple will be run by Timothy Cook, the company's executive vice president of worldwide sales and operations, the reports said.

"Steve is an extremely hands-on CEO," Cook was quoted as saying. "We have some very clear priorities for the company for months to come.''

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Al momento Vol. 4,600,000 pz circa


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RealNetworks bites Apple
Commentary: The fight is over songs on cell phones

By John C. Dvorak
Last Update: 12:36 PM ET Aug. 4, 2004  


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The flap over the announcement by RealNetworks that it has hacked the iPod has some people baffled.

RealNetworks (RNWK) announced last week that its new product, dubbed Harmony, will allow iPod users to access and buy songs using its digital rights management service and file system called Helix. This gave users a new source for downloadable music and put Apple (AAPL) in a tizzy. See related story. Despite the success of Apple's iTunes, a pay-per-tune music service, the sales of the iPods is what puts money in the bank for Apple. You'd think the Real announcement would mean more iPod sales, not less. And you'd think Apple would be happy about that. So what's wrong with this picture?

It's not about the music and the player. It's about a scheme afoot to monopolize music delivered to cell phones. Although the online music business is expected to grow to $1.7 billion by 2009, few people realize that the dopey cell phone ringtone market is already past that with $2.3 billion worldwide sales in 2003 according to the Yankee Group. And this is for an idiotic product -- a funny phone ring for your cell phone.

Apple and Motorola (MOT) are working on a deal to put iPod technology on Motorola cell phones. According to published reports, the hope is to create a cell phone/iPod sub-platform that can be licensed to other makers such as Nokia and Samsung. The idea is to develop a proprietary music delivery system with the phone carriers. This gives them a new opportunity to add additional fees to the already burgeoning cell phone bill, this one for music.

Billed as either a monthly service or pay-per-tune, everyone expects a bonanza. We already know that cell users will pay a dollar for a ring tone. They'll pay a dollar for a catchy tune, too. The potential sales could dwarf the music business if the ringtone business is any indication of potential. You could even make these songs your ringtone. Currently any pop songs selling as a ringtone go for as much as $4 each.

This grand scheme only works if the platform is secure. You can't sell an iPod phone and lock in all this easy money if people can buy from just anyone or just use bootleg music, can you? So along comes the RealNetworks hack, which screws up this scheme. Suddenly the iPod looks a lot like any other MP3 player except for its good looks, and those go away when it's in the phone.

This explains why Steve Jobs and Apple wouldn't let RealNetworks license any of its technology when asked last April. You can be certain that the Apple-Motorola scheme hatched before that and probably right after Ed Zander, Jobs' friend, took over Motorola in January. With this scheme they had to keep the iPod locked down and that meant no licenses for interlopers and potential competitors.

Now it's not even a matter of Apple changing some of its software code to prevent Harmony from running on the iPod. The damage has already been done. The iPod has been hacked and no matter how insignificant the hack, it's a bad thing by definition. The Recording Industry Association of America music moguls and the phone moguls just see that it's been hacked and that can't be good. They're freaky that way.

I suspect that the efforts to put music streams on cell phones will go ahead with Apple just one player among many, RealNetworks included. If the ringtone business is any indication, there will still be plenty of money for everyone, just no monopolies.

Editor's note: John C. Dvorak is a regular contributor to CBS MarketWatch. Dvorak is a longtime technology industry observer and columnist.

AAPL mensile

Intraday in questo momento con il 20% della media volume
si mantiene in "territorio" positivo
e con un + 1.13% staziona sopra 32 $


08/05/04 17:24:28 32.16 32.16 32.17 1.506.734

Ciao Simo si-mo-ne--tta..

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08/25/04 21:06:51 33.00 33.00 33.00 6.735.126


..conferma la buona chiusura di ieri
e soprattutto l'importanza dell'area 31$
Uno dei migliori titoli del nasdaq 100 oggi.

Un daily e un saluto
a "quell'imboscata" vacanziera della Simo

Data: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:39:57 +0200
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08/26/04 21:40:58 34.83 34.84 34.83 15.786.787


...e' qua la festa?
oltre un + 5%

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Panning for Online Music Gold
By Ronna Abramson

TheStreet.com Staff Reporter
9/6/2004 8:23 AM EDT


The noise that surrounded Microsoft's (MSFT) launch of MSN Music last week underscores the opportunities many investors see in the online music market now dominated by Apple Computer (AAPL).

But scouting out the next big hit to take advantage of the growing popularity of music downloads and Apple's iPod, the top-selling portable media player, is no easy task for investors. Microsoft, for instance, has acknowledged that the launch of its music store last Thursday is unlikely to have any measurable impact on its financials. And investors may be loath to buy Apple shares, given the stock's recent run -- a whopping 66% climb since the beginning of the year.

Besides the other most well-known investment choice, RealNetworks (RNWK), only a couple of pure plays -- Roxio (ROXI) and Audible (ADBL) -- are taking advantage of this online music trend, investors and analysts say. And their story is a tale of two very different investments.

"One is a differentiated product, a subscription-based model [Audible] that has scale ... and is not facing a lot of intense competition," said Steven Frankel, an analyst with Adams Harkness, who has a buy rating on Audible and a reduce rating on Roxio. "The other is facing intense competition in a business where you have to spend a ton of money to get the consumers.

"One company is generating cash and profitable, and another is unprofitable," Frankel added. (His firm hasn't done investment banking with either company.)

Wayne, N.J.-based Audible allows users to download audio content from a range of sources -- including the The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio and Random House, which is a large Audible shareholder -- onto their PCs, iPods and other media players. Both a subscription and an a la carte service are available through Audible's Web site, and the company also supplies content to Amazon.com (AMZN) and Apple's iTunes music store.

Ciao Simo s-al-uu-t

Aggiornamento by staff

Ciao Dav.... rispondemi sulle Mace Ipix ecc... a dopo do.la-k

"Lo schermo è il computer.

... hanno eliminato il superfluo, miniaturizzato il necessario, concentrato le prestazioni e nascosto il risultato in una cornice di perfezione assoluta. iMac G5 “fluttua” a mezz’aria ..."


Ed oggi AAPL ha finalmente forato i $36, con un max pari a $36.19.
Chiude a $35.76, +1,50%. Non credo che riesca a chiudere tutto il gap, ma in area $40, con possibili estensioni fino a $41.80 (retta verde), dovrebbe farcela ad arrivare.

Raggiunti i $36.50

Apple downgraded on valuation
Bear Stearns cuts rating amid stock's rise

By August Cole & Michael Paige, CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last Update: 2:45 PM ET Sept. 9, 2004



NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Apple Computer's shares were downgraded Thursday by Bear Stearns as the stock has risen sharply for the year, pushing it past the firm's year-end price target.

Analyst Andrew Neff lowered his rating on shares of the Cupertino, Calif.-based maker (AAPL) of sleekly designed computers and popular iPod digital music players to "peer perform" from "outperform." Neff said he is "encouraged with Apple's execution, growth potential from music and strong balance sheet," but added that he doesn't see "compelling valuation upside even if we look out to next year."

On Wednesday, the shares closed at a new high for the year and above the analyst's year-end price target of $36.50.

"Our view is that the valuation already reflects multiple product catalysts and potential for strong December quarter results, given Apple's seasonal strength in consumer and leverage from several synchronized product cycles," Neff said.

The shares declined 77 cents, or just more than 2 percent, to $35.58 by midday Thursday -- but are still up around 70 percent for the year.

Apple recently rolled out the latest model of its iMac computer in Paris

Superati d'impeto i $37.00, con un max a $37.13, AAPL continua di buon passo l'ascesa all'interno del gap "storico". s-al-uu-t