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by Brian Caulfield

The company is still on a roll and doesn’t need to unveil a flashy new product at Monday’s developers conference.

BURLINGAME, Calif. — Some think Apple should build a television set. Others think Apple should consider a netbook computer. Maybe it will even build a gaming console. Apple doesn’t talk about its future products. But at least one developer creating software for the company’s iPhone thinks Apple may be in no rush to leap into new businesses.

And considering Apple’s ( AAPL – news – people ) shares are up nearly 70% this year, Tapulous Chief Executive Bart Decrem has a point. His take: Expect Apple to double down on its hits, rather than spreading its bets around. Tapulous is the company behind “Tap Tap Revolution,” one of the iPhone’s most popular applications (see “Tapping Into iPhone Games”).
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Apple has plenty to do with the iPhone right now. The

By Clare Baldwin

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A surprise appearance by Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs at the company’s annual developer conference could boost its stock on Monday, but his absence might trigger a bigger move in the other direction.

The Wall Street Journal kicked off speculation of an early return by the ailing Jobs, who had said he would be out until the end of June. Blogs and other media jumped on the report that the CEO could appear at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco on Monday.

Jobs, 54, the quintessential man in black, founded Apple, rescued it from mediocrity in the late 1990s, launched the iPod and the iPhone and is seen as its heart and soul.
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Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek sees a rally of 1 to 5 percent in Apple’s stock if Jobs makes an appearance, but no downside if he doesn’t.

Global Equities Research senior analyst

By Jacqui Cheng

It appears as if Steve Jobs will indeed return to Apple by the end of June after taking a six-month leave from the company. The world is watching to see whether he’ll make a surprise appearance at WWDC next week, though many believe he’s saving that surprise for another time.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is reportedly on track to return to Apple full-time later this month, right on schedule. Insiders speaking to The Wall Street Journal claim that Jobs’ recovery is “coming along” and that Apple’s directors have been receiving weekly updates since Jobs took leave in January. Whether or not we’ll see him at next week’s WWDC keynote, however, remains up in the air.

“He was one real sick guy,” one of the WSJ’s sources said. “Fundamentally he was starving to death over a nine-month period. He couldn’t digest protein. [But] he took corrective action.”

The iconic CEO has been