Starting today, you can pre-order your iPad from the Apple Online Store and have it delivered free to your door. Or buy it at your favorite Apple Retail Store starting April 3.

FileMaker, Inc. announced this week the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 11. Packed with new and innovative features led by charting, ?on the fly? reporting, a new Quick Find capability, and a host of productivity tools for easier database creation, FileMaker Pro 11 makes using databases easier and quicker than ever.

CNET News reports that 9 out of 10 of this year?s nominees in the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short categories used Final Cut Studio to make their films, including category winners ?The Cove? and ?Music by Prudence.?

For the third year in a row Apple has been named the World?s Most Admired Company by Fortune Magazine ? this year by the widest margin ever. What makes Apple so admired? Fortune explains: ?Product, product, product. This is the company that has changed the way we do everything from consume music to design products to engage with the world around us.? Apple also ranked #1 in Innovation among all companies.

The New York Times caught up with 10 billion song download winner Louie Sulcer and asked him about his prize, a $10,000 iTunes gift card. Says the 71-year-old Sulcer,?I don?t think I?ll have to worry about buying birthday and Christmas presents anytime soon.?

Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over 10 billion songs from the iTunes Store, the world?s most popular online music, TV, and movie store.

Apple today introduced Aperture 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software. Aperture 3 offers more than 200 new features including Faces, Places, and Brushes. A 30-day trial is now available for download.

In its offices from Baltimore to Shanghai, international architecture firm RTKL uses iPhone to stay in touch, access apps that enable creative collaboration, and travel with ease.

Apple today introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, playing games, reading e-books, and much more. Its high-resolution Multi-Touch display lets you interact with content ? including 12 innovative new apps designed especially for iPad and almost all of the 140,000 apps available on the App Store. At just 0.5 inches thick and 1.5 pounds, iPad is thinner and lighter than any laptop or notebook. iPad will be available at the breakthrough price of just $499.

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 first quarter. The company reported its highest quarterly revenue and profit to date and outlined new accounting standards.

Last week?s update of Logic Pro to include 64-bit support is getting rave reviews at the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show, according to The Loop. Music industry professionals like audio engineer CJ Vanston tout Logic Pro 9.1 as ?a game changer,? noting that ?the 64-bit gauntlet has been thrown down by Apple with Logic.?

A clever new infographic from gigaom.com shows how the App Store puts more than 100,000 apps at your fingertips ? and generates millions of dollars for app developers worldwide.

?Design USA: Contemporary Innovation? at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York offers visitors an iPod touch on which to access exclusive exhibition content. The iPod touch supplements the physical exhibition with ?a wealth of interviews, slide shows and snippets of performances, all related to the 78 architects and designers represented in the show. Available free, this device sends the traditional audio guide the way of the one-horse buggy.?

Today, MobileMe introduced a new Gallery app for iPhone and iPod touch. The app features iPhone- and iPod touch-optimized controls and beautiful gallery displays that make browsing photos and videos easier and more interactive than ever before. The Gallery app is free for MobileMe members and available now on the App Store in iTunes.

Now available for download, FileMaker Bento 3 Contact and Customer Manager is the fast, free, and easy way to get instant access to contact and customer details. View call history, notes from meetings and conversations, upcoming to-do items, related documents and files, important emails, sales opportunities, receipts, and more. This download includes a free trial of new Bento 3 for Mac.

Julio Ojeda-Zapata (twincities.com) reports that the iPod touch ?has taken classrooms by storm? in several Minnesota K-12 schools, increasing student enthusiasm and engagement and offering new ways to teach children with special needs.

Thomas Houston (switched.com) reports that Pro photographer Chase Jarvis has created Best Camera, an iPhone app ?that lets you shoot, apply multiple filters and effects, and share via Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, and the Best Camera photography community.? In an accompanying video, Jarvis discusses mobile photography, shooting, and his new app.

As one of the largest research universities in the United States, the University of Washington brings together 65,000 students, faculty members, and administrative staff. From the laboratory to the dormitory, this thriving academic community stays connected with iPhone and the university?s proprietary m.UW app, which gives students and staff mobile access to campus maps, news, directories, course schedules, and lectures.

Brian X. Chen (wired.com) reports that Abilene Christian University has just finished the first year of a pilot program in which 1,000 freshman students each received a free iPhone or iPod touch to explore how the always-connected devices ?might revolutionize the classroom experience with a dash of digital interactivity.? Says Bill Rankin, a professor who helped plan the initiative: ?I think this is the next platform for education.?

Reviewer Peter Cohen (loopinsight.com) writes that ?iPhone and iPod touch both make great handheld gaming systems? and offers thirty reasons why in a select roundup of racing, action, and strategy games available in the App Store.

DLA Phillips Fox, founded 145 years ago, is one of Australia?s largest legal firms, providing services in 29 countries around the world. With iPhone in the hands of almost every partner in the 1,300-person firm, they can offer faster, more flexible responses to their clients? legal needs. John Dockett, General Manager of IT, says choosing iPhone was ?one of the smarter things we ever did.?

In an in-depth review of Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server, Ryan Faas (computerworld.com) cites ?performance gains, improvements to several collaboration tools introduced in Leopard Server, enhanced simple administration for non-technical users and new features designed for mobile access and for supporting the iPhone.? Adds Fass: ?Snow Leopard Server is a tremendous value.?

Reviewer James Galbraith (macworld.com) gives the new quad-core 27-inch iMac computers with Intel Core i5 and Core i7 ?Nehalem? processors 4.5/5 mice, calling them ?worth the wait.? In performance tests, writes Galbraith, the 2.55GHz Core i5 iMac was ?the fastest standard configuration Mac we?ve ever tested? and the Core i7 ?showed even greater performance prowess.?

A custom coffee table book by co-author and publisher Rick Smolan takes you back to ? and into ? the story of Obama?s rise to the presidency. Says co-author and publisher Rick Smolan: ?Every component of this project, from photo editing to design to video, was created entirely on a Mac.?

Using a Mac Pro as the keystone of his rural radiology practice in Bemidji, Minnesota, Dr. Hilton Bakker is able not only to reduce the costs of his own practice but those of the hospitals who use his services. Says Bakker: ?If hospitals can use Mac technology to do radiology cheaper, that?s my goal. Health care costs too much. If I can do my little bit to make it cheaper, that?s cool.?

Reviewer Jason Snell (macworld.com) awards Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server 4.5/5 mice, calling it a ?fantastic product for workgroups, small businesses, and even schools to use.? Emphasing value, Snell adds: ?Mac mini server is just too good a deal to pass up.?

Jim Dalrymple (loopinsight.com) reports on one-year-old non-profit organization Nuru, formed by ex-Marine platoon leader Jake Harriman, who ?served two tours of duty in Iraq where he realized that the key to ending terrorism was to end extreme poverty.? To that end, Nuru educates communities in impoverished nations using technology, particularly Mac Pro and MacBook Pro computers, iPhone, Final Cut Studio, iChat, and MobileMe.

Apple opens its newest retail store on New York?s Upper West Side on Saturday, November 14 at 10:00 a.m. Set beneath a breathtaking all-glass arched roof, the street level of the Apple Store Upper West Side will offer more Macs, iPods and iPhones than any store in the world and feature the largest area ever created by Apple for personal training and technical support, including a 45-foot Genius Bar.

At DOER Marine, a California company that designs and builds subsea vehicles, engineers are working to create a manned vehicle that can explore the ocean floor. VP of Operations Ian Griffith credits iPhone for keeping their engineering team responsive and nimble enough to make it happen ? no matter where they are in the world. ?The iPhone accelerates how we perform as a team,? says Griffith.

Reviewer Mark A. Kellner (washingtontimes.com) calls the new Magic Mouse ?transformative,? ?supereasy and very fast,? and ?really, really worth it.? Kellner concludes: ?After decades of using computer input devices, I think this is the finest mouse ever.?

Reviewing the new MacBook, Michael DeAgonia (computerworld.com) calls it ?a solid laptop that feels sculpted instead of assembled and has the processing power users need.? DeAgonia concludes that the MacBook ?is a compelling computer at a compelling price,? with ?beauty that is more than skin deep.?

Fans of platinum-selling R&B artist John Legend bring the same high expectations for each new album to every live concert. On his current tour, Legend, music director Eugene ?Man-Man? Roberts and his band meet and beat those expectations by playing their best studio sounds along with fresh live riffs through MacBook Pro laptops running Logic Studio and MainStage.

After carefully considering the competition, Senior Editor Donald Bell (cnet.com) makes iPod touch the CNET Editors? Choice among top MP3 players, writing that it ?remains king of the hill.? Adds Bell: ?Whether you?re buying one for yourself or giving it as a gift, the third-generation iPod touch does not disappoint.?

Apple today announced that developers have created over 100,000 apps for the App Store, the largest applications store in the world. iPhone and iPod touch customers in 77 countries can choose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories, including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. App Store users have downloaded well over two billion apps, continuing to make it the world?s most popular applications store.

Technology Editor Peter Ha (time.com) includes both the MacBook and iPod touch among Time Magazine?s Best Travel Gadgets of 2009. Ha lauds new MacBook features like the stylish, durable unibody enclosure, efficient LED-backlit screen, built-in 7-hour battery, and consumer friendly glass trackpad. And reviewing the 32GB iPod touch, he concludes that its larger memory capacity, speedier processor, longer battery life, and useful Voice Control feature make it ?perfect for long-haul flights or everyday commutes.?

What do Jimmy Page, Jack White, The Edge, and Kings of Leon have in common? You can download them in the new Music Movies area on iTunes. This week you can pre-order Davis Guggenheim?s electric guitar documentary, ?It Might Get Loud,? and Kenny Ortega?s box office hit, ?Michael Jackson?s - This Is It.? Also available this week: a home video exclusive from Kings of Leon, ?Live at the O2 London, England.? These three films, plus hundreds more musicals, music documentaries, and live concert films, are available now on iTunes.

Reviewer Ken Mingis (computerworld.com) writes that ?Apple?s new 27-inch iMac can be described in one word: stunning.? Citing its super-high-resolution LED-backlit display, speed, and industrial design, Mingis concludes: ?With an absolutely stunning screen, a lot of under-the-hood performance improvements, the wireless keyboard and the new mouse, and flexibility that makes it fit in at work or at home, this new iMac could lead to a resurgence in desktop sales for Apple.?

The new Apple TV 3.0 software features a redesigned main menu that makes navigating your favorite content simpler and faster, and makes enjoying the largest selection of on-demand HD movie rentals and purchases, HD TV shows, music and podcasts from the iTunes Store even better on your TV. You can now enjoy iTunes Extras and iTunes LP in stunning fullscreen with your Apple TV, as well as listen to Genius Mixes and Internet radio through your home theater system.

With thousands of doctors, nurses, and administrators, the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System depends on the latest mobile technologies to streamline its services and deliver better patient care. iPhone and state-of-the-art medical apps like AirStrip OB let Memorial Hermann physicians keep their fingers on patients? pulses even when they can?t be at their bedsides.

Reviewer Jonathan Rougeot (computershopper.com) rates the new 27-inch iMac 8.7/10 and makes it an Editors? Choice, noting that ?no one?s yet been able to match both the style and performance of Apple?s flagship desktop line.? Calling out the ?stylish? new Multi-Touch Magic Mouse, ?slim, wireless keyboard,? and ?jaw-dropping? edgeless LED-backlit display, Rougeot concludes: ?Apple has cemented the iMac?s reputation as the all-in-one to beat.?

Comparing the new Logic Express to other digital audio workstation apps, reviewer Christopher Breen (macworld.com) writes: ?There just isn?t a better DAW deal than Logic Express 9.? Citing its inclusion of ?marquee features? like Flex Time editing, Amp Designer, Pedalboard, and Varispeed from Logic Studio, Breen suggests that ?once GarageBand users discover some of these features they?ll wonder how they made music without them.?

Apple today unveiled an all new iMac line featuring brilliant LED-backlit 21.5 and 27-inch widescreen displays in a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure. The new iMac line, starting at $1,199, is the fastest ever with Intel Core 2 Duo processors starting at 3.06 GHz, and Core i5 and i7 quad-core processors for up to twice the performance. Every new iMac ships with a wireless keyboard and the all new wireless Magic Mouse, the world?s first mouse with Multi-Touch technology.

Today Apple introduced the new wireless Magic Mouse, the first mouse to use Apple?s revolutionary Multi-Touch technology. Pioneered on iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpads, Multi-Touch allows customers to navigate using intuitive finger gestures. Instead of mechanical buttons, scroll wheels or scroll balls, the entire top of the Magic Mouse is a seamless Multi-Touch surface. Magic Mouse comes standard with the new iMac and will be available as a Mac accessory at just $69.

Apple today updated its popular MacBook with a new, durable polycarbonate unibody design featuring a brilliant LED-backlit display, a glass Multi-Touch trackpad and Apple?s innovative built-in battery for up to seven hours of battery life. Inheriting technology and design features from the MacBook Pro line, the new MacBook is an ideal consumer notebook for students and new Mac users, and is available for $999.

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter ended September 26, 2009. The Company posted revenue of $9.87 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion, or $1.82 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $7.9 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.14 billion, or $1.26 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. ?We are thrilled to have sold more Macs and iPhones than in any previous quarter,? said Steve Jobs, Apple?s CEO.

Reviewer John Welch (macworld.com) calls Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server an ?excellent? upgrade, awarding it 4.5/5 stars. Praising the unlimited client license (?Get more, pay less.?), new features like Address Book Server and Mobile Access Server, and improved scaling from refinements in the OS, Welch concludes: ?For an all or mostly-Mac network, this isn?t an if upgrade, but a when, especially if you have iPhone users clamoring for push services.?

Snow Leopard Server makes it easier than ever for people to collaborate, communicate, and share information. In one afternoon, you?ll learn about exciting new features and enhancements and see how Snow Leopard Server is transforming organizations like yours using Macs, PCs, and iPhone devices. Space is limited, so reserve your seat today.

Jefferson Graham (usatoday.com) writes that musicians are increasingly recording first and even final tracks at home in GarageBand and Logic Pro, which guitarists can operate hands-free using the new foot-controlled Apogee GiO for Mac. Writes Graham: ?Apple has cranked up its offerings for musicians of all kinds ? especially guitarists.?

Reporting the results of PCMag?s 2009 Cell Phones Service & Reliability Survey, Sascha Segan (pcmag.com) writes that ?our readers? love affair with the Apple iPhone abides, as it was the only phone brand they rated significantly better than average, making it the clear Readers? Choice with a SBA 9.0 out of 10.?

Dan Moren (macworld.com) reports that the iPhone has maintained its ?head-of-the-class standings? in the latest J.D. Power & Associates customer satisfaction studies and that ?its lead has only grown more dominant in the latest numbers.? Writes Moren: ?In the consumer market, Apple scored 811 points out of a possible 1000, handily besting the industry average of 765. On the business side, Apple?s lead was equally impressive. The company scored an 803-point ranking, 79 points above its second-place rival, RIM?s BlackBerry.?