New and Noteworthy: Head of Mac product engineering departs Apple; Apple shares hit four-year high; more

Head of Mac product engineering departs Apple CNET reports that Tim Bucher, who became head of Mac product engineering earlier this year, left the company on Nov. 15. Also departing in recent weeks was Mark Wilhelm, the vice president in charge of the company's AppleCare support unit. "Apple has not named a successor for Bucher but said a team of workers is overseeing engineering efforts and reporting to executive vice president Tim Cook, the leader of Apple's Mac unit and also the head of the company's overall sales and operations." More.

Apple shares hit four-year high Shares in Apple Computer Inc. surged to a four-year high yesterday, as one analyst predicted the stock would hit $100 and that the popularity of the iPod would lead to bigger sales for the Mac. As reported by ZDNN, at one point shares hit a high of close to $63, before falling back to around $60 at the end of the morning. More.

Browser wars back on eWeek reports: "The Mozilla Foundation's release of Firefox 1.0 earlier this month reignited the browser wars on consumer desktops. But on corporate machines, the free open-source browser faces an uphill battle in its effort to challenge Microsoft Corp.'s dominant Internet Explorer. eWEEK Labs spoke with a number of IT managers who applaud Firefox 1.0 as a viable competitor to IE. But citing a lack of support from application vendors and deployment costs, most said they are sticking with IE-for now." More.

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