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Updated Tuesday, October 23, 2007 05:00 PST

Tim Cook

• Apple estimates 250,000 iPhones sold to SIM unlockers
  Filed under: Cellphones Interesting. Were you at all curious to know how many of the 1.4m iPhones Apple's sold went to US T-Mobile customers...
  (Engadget)
• Update: Apple Q4 profits boosted by iPhone and Mac sales
  (InfoWorld RSS Feed)

Steve Jobs

• Jobs: Mac has 'momentum,' nearly-annual OS updates will continue
  Filed under: Apple As of Friday, Apple will have released five major updates to Mac OS X since its introduction in 2001 (unless you...
  (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))
• Rumor: 800 Apple Employees Out of iJob
  (CyberNet)
• Apple Juices Up China, Retail Stores
  (Home:blogs)
• Frigtards: "People don't understand that we've invented ...
  (Valleywag)

Steve Ballmer

• 'Profound' effect seen from Microsoft's EU compliance
  Changes Microsoft will make to its business practices to comply with the 2004 European Commission antitrust ruling will "profoundly affect the software industry," European competition...
  (InfoWorld RSS Feed)
• Microsoft unveils remote mobile management software
  (InfoWorld RSS Feed)
• Microsoft throws in the towel in EU antitrust fight
  (Microsoft News Tracker)
• Open Season exposes the real price paid for Radiohead's new album
  (The Register)

Robert Anderson

• Former TorrentSpy collaborator turns to MPAA
  Wired has posted an interesting story about a hacker named Robert Anderson, in which he gives details about his association with the MPAA and how...
  (TechSpot News)
• I Was a Hacker for the MPAA - Promised fame and fortune...
  (DSLreports - front page)
• How Far is the MPAA Willing to Go?
  (CyberNet)

Nolan Bushnell

• Games All Downhill Since Pong?
  In a recent article Nolan Bushnell laments the current state of gaming, stating that modern games are nothing more than a "race to the bottom"...
  (Slashdot)
• Atari founder hates on FPSes, calls game industry ‘race to bottom’
  (CrunchGear)
• Apple Profits Skyrocket
  (Dvorak Uncensored)

Om Malik

• Something new in News
  (Scripting News)
• YouTube Ain’t Screwed
  (Mashable!)

Mike Arrington

• It pays to mull things over
  (Scripting News)
• TechCrunch brings in $240k p/m in advertising - signs of a profitable blog
  (The Blog Herald)

Peter Oppenheimer

• Earnings: Apple Q4 Revs Jump 28 Percent; Earnings Up 67 Percent; iPhone Sales Hit 1.1 Million
  (paidContent.org)
• Update: Apple Q4 profits boosted by iPhone and Mac sales
  (InfoWorld RSS Feed)
• AAPL Q4 earnings announced, $1.01 per share
  (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

Dave Winer

• A new way to surf the New York Times
  (Scobleizer)
• Something new in News
  (Scripting News)

Chi Minh

• Photos: Vietnam confabs mix tech fever with restraint
  (CNET News.com)