New & Noteworthy: Apple Q3 results; new stores; Now Up-to-Date updated; MDJ Power 25

Apple third quarter results due at 5pm ET today Apple will release its third quarter financial results after the market closes today. The announcement will be webcast in QuickTime. The financial analyst meeting will be webcast tomorrow at 11 am ET.

Apple readies next round of stores ZDNet/eWeek on Apple's soon-to-open retail locations: "Two months after launching its first brick-and-mortar retail outlets, Apple Computer Inc. is on track to kick its efforts into high gear." More.

Now Up-to-Date & Contact 4.0.2 PowerOn Software has released a minor update to this calendar and contact database application that fixes is a bug that would cause a -1 error when printing contact lists. PowerOn will be in Macworld Expo Booth #1539.

MDJ names top 25 most influential people in 2001 Number 23: Ted Landau MacFixIt Founder and Director of Content. The complete list is headed by Steve Jobs and Avie Tevanian.