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Registration for Macworld 2009 Officially Begins; New Cinema Displays?

According to MacWorld.com, the IDG World Expo has opened attendee registration for MacWorld Conference & Expo 2009, set to take place (once again) in San Francisco, California at the Moscone Center, on January 5-9, 2009.

The MacWorld Conference & Expo is an annual even for Apple where, historically, important announcements have been made. It’s where Steve [...]

Steve Jobs & Apple Execs Settle to Pay $14 Million for Backdating Lawsuits

In the midst of all the iPod hoopla, The National Law Journal revealed court documents that confirm Apple CEO Steve Jobs, along with other members of Apple’s current and former management team, have agreed to pay up to $14 million to resolve the 20 outstanding investor derivative law suites over backdated stock options.

Derivative law suites [...]

Steve Jobs Is Perfectly Healthy, Blames Hedge Fund Manager for Health Scare Rumors

Knowing that Wall Street and a majority of Apple shareholders would be scrutinizing Steve Jobs’ physical appearance, the Apple CEO met the crowd with a sense of humor, and a hilarious first slide that read “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”

Jobs’ health has been under heavy discussion since his last public appearance [...]

Steve Jobs’ Physical Appearance to be Intensely Scrutinized Come September 9th

Next Week’s “Let’s Rock” event may be the prime platform for Apple CEO Steve Jobs to unveil updated iPods and iTunes enhancements, but the media function may serve as a calculated opportunity for the Apple boss to show off positive signs of his physical health.

As many of you are already aware, Steve Jobs’ health concerns [...]

Breaking: Tactless Forbes Writer Gets Slammed By Community For Steve Jobs Article

Steve Jobs and his health concerns have been a much debated topic within the last few months. Many blogs, websites and news publications respect Steve and Apple so much, that they edit each article written about the topic with a fine-tooth-comb. Others simply go for that shocking, tactless, headline to get you to read their [...]

Steve Job’s Obituary, Accidentally Run by Bloomberg

The financial newsletter Bloomberg was updating its 17-page Steve Jobs obituary yesterday, and in the process accidentally published it.

With all of the recent scare around Steve’s health, this caused a bit of a “gasp” moment. Some investors were downright shaken up and confused when they saw the Apple CEO’s obituary cross the Bloomberg wire and [...]

WWSJD License Plate; New Church of Steve Going Strong

What Would Steve Jobs Do? A question we ask ourselves daily around here.
This amazing license plate paying tribute to our mighty overlord, was found deep inside a Microsoft parking lot. Well, not really, but that would be amazing if it was!

Check out some other funny comments on this flickr thread, or have a look [...]

Microsoft Retains Jerry Seinfeld as Part of $300 Million Ad Blitz

In order to combat the battered reputation that Microsoft has been receiving over the past several years, they are going to begin a $300 million ad campaign that is set to star known Mac user Jerry Seinfeld.

The decision follows in the wake of Apple’s, “Get a Mac” campaign, a series of humorous ads aimed at [...]

Steve Jobs: 60 Million iPhone App Downloads; $30 Million in Sales First Month

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Steve Jobs explains the iPhone App Store’s profound success, and how he has never seen anything like it for software in his career.

The article reports that the iTunes App Store has delivered more than 60 million downloads to customers during the first month of its [...]

Steve Jobs; The Man, The Myth, The Catch Phrase Machine!

We love Steve Jobs (and his catch phrases)… Don’t you?

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Leaked: The Full Steve Jobs Mobile Me “Mistake” E-Mail

After getting an “outpour of requests” ArsTechnica has revealed the entire leaked internal email that Steve Jobs sent Apple employees on Monday afternoon.
The following was sent from Steve Jobs to the rest of the Mobile Me team:
Team,
The launch of MobileMe was not our finest hour. There are several things we could have done better:
MobileMe [...]

Steve Jobs Doesn’t Call all the Shots; Well When it Comes to Disney

One of Disney CEO, Bob Iger’s strongest moves since taking office was the acquisition of Pixar, bringing the animation studio in-house.
The biggest perk of the deal may not just have come through keeping the award winning firm under one roof, but rather keeping a close connection with former Ceo Steve Jobs. As the [...]

Steve Jobs Doesn’t Owe You Anything; His Health Should Stay a Private Matter

I am sick of hearing analysts and whiny Wall Street pundits clammoring about how Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ health is not a private matter. The bottom line, in fact: His health is entirely a private matter, and should remain that way.

For the sake of a fair disclaimer, let me start off by stating that I [...]

Steve Jobs is cruising the skies…yet again

Back in May we reported that there may be a possible correlation between Steve Jobs’ flight expenditures and big plans for Apple. Basically, the more he spends, the more steam the Apple machine picks up.

The bill for Jobs’ Gulfstream certainly doesn’t go unnoticed, as it is included in each quarterly report. Towards the [...]

Jobs + Gates + light sabers = best game ever

Feeling bored? Well there’s no better way to spend your long and arduous day at work then to play this game. Stick it to your boss and have some fun.

Steve Jobs Reassures Associates that he is in Great Health

The New York Times is reporting that Rumors of Apple CEO Steven P. Jobs’s ill health have been greatly exaggerated.
“That is what Mr. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, has been telling a number of his associates, even as concerns about his health have weighed on the company’s stock price.”
“The latest flurry of talk was set off [...]

Source Close to Apple Says Steve Jobs’ Cancer has NOT Returned

Arik Hesseldahl reports on BusinessWeek.com that he has spoken with a source very close to Apple, who has been very well informed about Apple’s Senior Executive members in the past. The source states that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has in fact, not had a return of pancreatic cancer.
After the earnings call last night I talked [...]

Steve Jobs Loves Apple and Has No Plans to Leave; Health a Private Matter

In Apple’s Q3 Financial Results – Conference Call moments ago, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer was asked for his official statement regarding Steve Jobs’ health.
An earlier post today raised the concerns about Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ health. While the company was reporting quarterly financial reports, a question regarding Steve’s health was asked.
Oppenheimer answered the obviously awkward [...]

Steve Jobs’ Health Still a Major Concern

“Industry and investor concerns about the health of Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Chief Executive Steve Jobs have not dimmed more than a month after he appeared dramatically thinner at the firm’s annual developers’ conference, The New York Post said on Monday,” Dhanya Skariachan reports for Reuters.
She continues to say that “While [...]

New Apple Flasghip Store in Beijing; Sneak Peak

Apple’s new flagship store will be a two-level store store opening July 19 in Beijing’s Sanlitun entertainment district at 10am, Apple’s first in China and its 219th worldwide. Lucky visitors were given a sneak peak of their new flagship store in China today.

The store will offer Genius Bar services in Chinese and English with support [...]