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Months into a federal investigation of stock options backdating at Apple, prospects for a criminal case against powerhouse CEO Steve Jobs appear dim. An examination of a massive 2001 stock-options grant to Jobs that was backdated through bogus documentation -- the central focus of the federal probe -- shows there is scant evidence, if any, to support criminal charges against the Silicon Valley icon.

Fed Backdating Probe: Is Jobs Off the Hot Seat

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Shares of Apple edged higher in the premarket trading session Monday after a news report stating it does not appear that Chief Executive Steve Jobs will be indicted in the federal probe of stock-option backdating at the Cupertino, Calif., company. Apple shares gained 68 cents to $91.65 in active premarket electronic trading, from their close Friday at $90.97 on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Favorable Outlook for Jobs Jolts Apple Shares

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On April 12, Apple announced that Mac OS X 10.5, or Leopard, will be delayed from the original spring 2007 ship date. Now it won't ship until October. Considering that Apple had until June 21 to ship Leopard, this is only a four-month delay. In terms of OS releases, in general, this is no big deal, some have said. Well, yes it is.

Time for Apple to Fatten Up

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iTunes is great at organizing and playing your music, but it isn't so hot at managing your album art and lyrics. Kavasoft's Curator fills that gap surprisingly well, and it manages song lyrics, too. Since the application works alongside iTunes, instead of inside iTunes, the interface is free to focus on on album artwork -- a feature that iTunes forsakes.

Curator Eases iTunes Cover Art Management