Sometimes there is a reason why companies break large projects into multiple facets, each managed by a specialist and overseen by an overall PM. This can work provided the teams consist of high quality professionals (A-list players). I've seen many projects doomed because there is a lack of strong and competent leadership overseeing a project (the last company I worked for was shut down because of this). If your company gets a lot of specialists and consultants who don't listen to input from the staff working on it, there is a high chance of failure. If leadership is too passive and doesn't get people on task and on target, there is a good chance for failure. Finding people who have a vested interest in the success of the project is vital and finding people who take pride in their work is vital. Having husks sitting at a desk doing their part without passion or caring is a recipe for disaster.
You've done your part. You've built the specs and now it's time for the other folks to do their part. Hopefully your company has quality people and strong leadership so that your project will succeed.

The share value was not tied to this (or just to this report) There are other silly reasons out there which apparently fed this.. People continue to be short sighted and to be honest, these market fluctuations are normal and if people worry over these dips, then they should not own stock. Those who invest for the long term are quite fine with such things as stocks always fluctuate.
Instead of focusing on the minor issues, analysts should keep in mind how much profit margin Apple has on everything they sell compared to other manufacturers. Look at the PC market. Apple has always focused on high quality and high margins. They have never been interested in the low margin purchasers and it has worked well for them. Look at smart phones and tablets and it's the same thing. I'd rather have stock in a company with a healthy profit margin than one which cuts it so low that they need to count on volume of sales to make it worth while. This makes for a far healthier company. If company A's margins are super low and a competing product hits the shelves which is superior and customers flock to that instead, Company A will suffer greatly.

I don't understand how people can look for reasons to justify that stuff like this is nothing to worry over and vigorously fight to discredit people who raise it as a concern. Even if there was a small chance that global warming due to human activities was to blame for this, shouldn't we all be concerned? The predictions of the impact to global coastlines due to land-based ice sheets melting is pretty much the same across the board; many millions of people will be directly impacted and displaced. I'd say that a slim chance of that happening is quite concerning and is reason enough to take action to try to get this under control. If this does impact the world as many fear, I hope that those who fought to discredit the vast majority of scientists are remembered in history accordingly.

Uh, did you know that Canada is the USA's largest source of foreign oil? In fact twenty-one percent of the oil imported to the United States in June of 2009 came from Canada, making Canada the largest single-country source of foreign oil for the United States. America even imports more oil from Canada than it does all Persian Gulf countries combined; nations from the Persian Gulf region supplied just 13 percent of America's oil in June of 2009 [source: Energy Information Administration].

I'm sorry but documentation must always be accounted for when working and planning projects. Much of the documentation should have been drawn up even before the project starts with the rest of it being completed once the project is completed. I have a hard time finding pity for those who build a server and don't document it or add on a service or recurring task through a scheduled script without writing it all out on paper. I have on several occasions had to sort out the resulting mess when moving into a new job. (in fact, I am working through such a situation now).
Any manager who does not allow time for documentation is either incompetent or lacks experience. When I leave a position with a company, I always leave a wealth of documentation behind. Don't forget how much time is saved trying to troubleshoot a problem because you have some documentation available. It sucks being in a position of trying to figure out how something is configured and is supposed to work when it is down and you have people crowding around you waiting for it to be fixed.

To the original poster, the reality is that you failed to properly document the environment. Now you have to suffer by being available to constantly answer questions as your replacement tries to sort out the mess he has inherited from you. The organization suffers because it is exposed to risk as the administrator does't know how everything works and has no resource (documentation) to refer to. Your replacement has to suffer as he tries to sort out what you've left behind. If I left a mess like that behind me, I would be embarrassed and take steps to ensure that it does not happen again. Since you'll still be working there (in a different position) you'll have the pleasure of walking around knowing that your co-workers know what a mess you left behind. If you want a solution, spend a lot of time going through each system and write up detailed documentation and prepare an overview or summary of the entire environment which shows how it all interconnects etc. From now on, take some pride in what you do by doing it properly.

This is just an end-run to get the consumer to pay more money. Any fees which the developer has to pay will be passed along to the customer. So, in the end, the customer is paying AT&T directly and then paying AT&T via the developer. The developer will simply pass along the added costs to the customer.

I see this as a means of targeting services which compete with AT&T such as streaming video and voice. AT&T does not want to just be a pipe, supplying raw bits as they make met of their money through premium services.

You can take AT&T from the above and change it to Verizon, Comcast, etc. as well because I know that they will follow suit if AT&T gets this in place. I am certain also that these companies are already working on resolving how best to deal with the loss of customers who are paying for premium services as these customers turn towards the internet for content and services.

What a bunch of BS! Using this logic, let's sue the car dealerships for selling cars which were used to conduct crimes. Let's sue the book stores for selling books and magazines which contained details which criminals could use to their advantage. Let's sell merchants who sell cell phones because they were used by criminals..

The various P2P networks and programs are used for more than just piracy. They are a legitimate means of distributing files.

So, what's the big deal with this? The only problem is the fact that it was left unencrypted. If anyone is upset that a company knows where they are due to their device which they carry, they should keep in mind that the cell phone carriers already know this information and keep it in a database. These databases are made readily available to law enforcement without any requirements for a subpoena or court order. They just log onto a portal, select what they want and pay a nominal fee to the telco. I would think that this is of greater concern than Apple's screwup in not encrypting the file.

"Can you imagine what's on Osama bin Laden's hard drive?"

I'm going to guess pirated copies of Different Strokes and The Cosby Show... Osama probably loved walking around his compound saying "what you talkin' 'bout Ahmed" while wearing some loud, multi-colored sweaters...

I've been using my iPhone app to pay for my Starbucks purchases for a few months now in Florida (so this is hardly new). It has been in the Target stores for a while and in many (but not all) standalone Starbucks stores. It works quite well and I prefer it to using my Starbucks card. I always have my iPhone with me and it's more convenient to use it. Also, it's great because I can reload my card from the same app (which I have done while waiting in line). I'm not concerned about someone stealing my phone and retrieving anything. My phoen is password protected, I can easily wipe the phone if it is stolen and can contact Starbucks to report the lost / stolen cards so that transactions are blocked.
I had originally thought it to be a waste of time and pointless until I decided to try it out. It's actually quite nice.