In-flight broadband; Morgan Stanley on Apple financials; TurboTax; more
In-flight broadband; Morgan Stanley on Apple financials; TurboTax; more
Morgan Stanley on Apple financials InPlay reports that Morgan Stanley says that AAPL discloses in their 10-K that net interest income will "decline substantially" in F03; for FY03, firm's model has EPS of $0.22 with $0.19 from net interest income, but based on their new analysis, firm believes net interest income could be as low as $0.14. "No change to estimates, as firm is waiting for more details from today's conference call." Apple is due to report results today after the market close, with earnings of $.03 per share anticipated. More.
Intuit to offer TurboTax uninstaller Responding to customer complaints regarding the anti-piracy measures that have caused a wide range of problems - including the inability of the financial software to run properly under Connectix Virtual PC - Intuit has created an uninstaller program for TurboTax. ZDNN reports "Intuit spokesman Scott Gulbransen said the uninstaller was created in response to customer concerns about SafeCast, which creates its own directory on the PC's hard drive and runs in the background whenever the PC is working. Customers have complained that SafeCast remains on their hard drive even after they've removed the rest of TurboTax, and they've accused the Macrovision software of slowing down their PCs." More.
Shoot video direct to DVD Forbes reports that Sony has released a new camcoder models in its Handycam line that records movies directly to DVD discs. The cameras use smaller DVD-R and DVD-RW discs that measure 3 inches. "Aside from the standard video, they'll also capture JPEG-format still images. The two higher-end cameras, the DVD200 and 300, can take images of 1,152 pixels by 864 pixels, while the DVD100 can handle images of 640 by 480." All three will be available this summer, with the entry-level model starting at less than $1,000. More.
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