A congrats are in order for Former Vice President Al Gore as he has officially won the Nobel Peace Prize. Apple.com has posted another picture of Gore at work.

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A congrats are in order for Former Vice President Al Gore as he has officially won the Nobel Peace Prize. Apple.com has decided to post an interesting congratulations on their front page as well.

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Close followers of Apple’s Online Store may have just found the latest sign of an October 26th release of Leopard. The store is now delaying the shipping of Tiger (OSX 10.4) until October 26th. Coincidence? We think not.

For weeks now, rumor sites, including MarketMatador.com, have been hinting at an October 26th release of Leopard. Only two weeks from the supposed release, the Apple Store has decided to delay the shipment of OS X Tiger until October 26th.

Update: Within minutes of the story getting out, the Apple Store changed it back to: “Ships Within 24 hours.” 

While still unconfirmed by Apple (AAPL), The Sydney Morning Herald has released information about the first Apple Store to reach the southern hemisphere. The store may be open as soon as mid-2008.

The new Apple Store in Sydney is set to have three floors and be set on the corner of “King Street and George Street.” As with many of Apple’s flagship stores, it will have transparent storefront glass with a white Apple logo in the center.

The store takes obvious design cues from the famed Fifth Avenue Apple outlet in New York City, which was designed in part by Apple CEO Steve Jobs and inspired by I. M. Pei’s glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris.

Source: SMH

Plans have also included a glass staircase and a “Genius Bar.” Look below for the design picture:

Engadget.com recently published an article discussing the recent “jailbreak” that has set the iPod Touch free. Now, the iPod Touch, through the power of Wi-Fi, can run mail programs, Google Maps, and much more.

From the beginning of Apple’s creation of the iPhone, and now the iPod Touch, hackers have been looking for a way around the company’s stronghold on their products. Users have demanded instant messaging capabilities, a full-function mail application, and various other ways to take advantage of the Wi-Fi enabled devices. Unfortunately, Apple has yet to respond and create their own programs of this nature. In the meantime, hackers have officially accomplished their goal of opening the device to 3rd party apps.

The hacking of any of the Apple products means only one thing for the company, more money. Once these devices are hacked, there’s always an increase in sales. Potential customers like the idea of “hacking” the products, as well as using considerably more features then the regular user. Heck, having a more advanced mail system is just one more reason to consider an iPod Touch a little more worthy of our attention.

Keep an eye out for Apple over the next few days, they’re set to report earnings on October 22nd.Estimates: 0.99 | 0.84 | 0.72

Apple (AAPL), in what has been well-rumored for quite sometime, has officially launched the Apple.com Webapps Directory. While these apps are often very interesting and offer a wide variety of choices, they’re still Safari based.

The Webapps Directory is an enormous leap over having no method of downloading any free Safari-based webapps. The Webapps Directory can be found at: http://www.apple.com/webapps/

Apple (AAPL) has literally sold tens of millions of iPods since they first debuted. Some people have purchased more than two and some have purchased different versions (nano, shuffle, etc.). With all the excitement surrounding the iPhone, there seems to be a euphoria that’s blocking the future outlook. Will previous customers eventually buy new iPhones, like they did iPods?

iPods have been a craze, year after year, it’s been on the top of lists and consistently selling far more than other MP3 Players (i.e. Zune). Currently, the iPod product lineup varies in price from $79 to the all-new iPod Touch’s top-of-the-line price of $399. There isn’t any plan attached to these Apple products, and no necessary additional costs.

Most iPhone purchases cost $599 (for 8GB model), alongside about a $60 a month voice and data plan from AT&T (T). Put the costs together and it is a phone/iPod that will cost over $2000 in total charges in the first two years. This price isn’t necessarily an unusual number for phones that need intensive data packages.

The question comes into play when you factor this exceptional amount of money alongside the possibility of Apple updating the product with 3G and more flash memory in the future. What will users do when the possibility of getting a new iPhone becomes a reality? Will they simply buy the new model and sell the old one, or will they hold out, and keep the phone for two to three years?

If this happens, the market could see a saturation of iPhones and the supply will outweigh the demand. Then, new model iPhone sales could quickly dry up. We’re hoping for the iPhone to continue to sell like the iPod did, but there could be trouble in the next couple of years.

Disclosure: Long Apple Inc. (AAPL)

Apple just released a new firmware update for all MacBooks. The update solves a variety of issues including boot camp problems.

This update improves the performance and reliability of Intel Core 2 Duo processors and fixes issues with Boot Camp for MacBook computers.

After the firmware is successfully applied to your computer, your BootROM Version will be:
MB21.00A5.B07

Source: Apple.com

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Check out the screenshot below: