Steve Jobs Probably Won't Come Back to Apple
Steve Jobs' medical leave from Apple is likely to be permanent, analysts say. — In a letter to Apple staff on Wednesday, Jobs said he was taking a five-month medical leave because his health issues ...
Apple's Cook Pushes Staff in Lieu of Jobs's Magic
A A A — Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. founder and Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is prone to fits of passion, table pounding and screaming. — Tim Cook, who will oversee the company while Jo...
It's Time for Apple to Come Clean
Last week, when Steve Jobs announced that his recent weight loss was due to “a hormone imbalance,” I got calls from reporters and others (which, I must admit, I ducked) asking me if that was the medic...
Fake Steve Jobs Banned From CNBC*
Newsweek's Dan Lyons — “Fake Steve Jobs” — is banned from CNBC because of his appearance on the cable network earlier this evening, a source close to the situation tells us. — Update: CNBC denies ba...
Best Buy to be Palm Pre's exclusive retailer
We received news from a credible source that BestBuy Mobile will be getting an exclusive deal with Sprint for the Palm Pre release. For 60 days the number one consumer electronics retailer will be th...
The Exacting Standards Of Carol Bartz
The turnaround at automated design software firm Autodesk gives hints of how Bartz will manage Yahoo! — When Carol Bartz swept into the chief executive's suite at tech firm Autodesk in 1992, she too...
Departing Yahoo President Has History of Missteps
On Monday night, outgoing Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang delivered some tough news to Yahoo President Susan Decker: The Yahoo board had picked someone else as its new CEO. On Tuesday, Ms. Deck...
Coming Up Next... YouTube on Your TV
Have you ever wanted to just sit on your couch and watch YouTube on your TV? Well, now that's possible via YouTube for Television, initially available through the Sony PS3 and Nintendo Wii game conso...
Wikipedia Celebrates 8th Birthday With New Tech for the Future
Few websites have made a bigger impact on the world than Wikipedia has and today the organization is celebrating its 8th birthday. Not content to rest on its laurels, Wikipedia is gearing up for the ...
Leaked: First Office 14 screenshots
It didn't take long this time, either. Earlier this week, testers received alpha builds of Office 14, the codename for the successor to Office 2007. One tester from Russian site wzor.net has now lea...
Judge calls RIAA objections “specious,” will stream hearing
A federal judge has agreed to a novel request: streaming parts of an upcoming file-sharing trial over the Internet. Judge Nancy Gertner has granted the request of Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson...
Apple seeks trademark on “OS X” without the “Mac”
Seemingly cementing a move first hinted at during the World Wide Developers Conference, Apple has filed for a trademark for its OS X operating system but without the “Mac” prefix that has accompanied ...
Mozilla delays third Firefox 3.1 beta
Pesky bugs stall progress — Mozilla Corporation has pushed back the release of the third, and possibly final, beta for Firefox 3.1 by a week to allow the firm to fix some bugs in the upcoming versio...
Dream G2 Shows “Android” with Graffiti Text, Stylus Support (VIDEO)
We happened across a video this evening which shows the Dream G2 phone. You know, the one coming from China... The one that looks like it would end up more fantasy or nightmare. Well it looks like i...
PerfectStorm theme makes your iPhone look like the BlackBerry Storm
Here's a cool theme for BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM)-to-iPhone switchers. The so called PerfectStorm brings the BlackBerry Storm look and feel to the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone. And while I don't personal...
How Warner Music Killed Facebook Music
Facebook's ongoing effort to launch a free streaming music service is stalled, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. The company was close to a deal that would bring free streami...
Confirmed: Apple Mac Mini Based on Nvidia Ion
A large portion of the Apple Mac community is waiting for Apple to refresh the Mac Mini line. We learned today that the next generation of Mac Mini computers will be based on Nvidia's Ion platform. ...
Bartz Says ‘Gut’ Against Microsoft Search Deal. Nicely Played ...
and that her “gut” tells her it isn't a good idea anyway.
Tim Cook: the man in Steve Job's shoes
Apple Inc. founder and chief executive Officer Steve Jobs is prone to fits of passion, table pounding and screaming. — Tim Cook, who will oversee the company while Jobs takes medical leave, never ra...
Social Networks Grow: Friending Mom and Dad
The share of adult internet users who have a profile on a social networking site has more than quadrupled in the past four years — from 8% in 2005 to 35% now,1 according to the Pew Internet & American...
Gartner Says In the Fourth Quarter of 2008 the PC Industry Suffered Its Worst Shipment Growth Rate Since 2002
In the fourth quarter of 2008, the worldwide PC industry suffered its worst growth rate since 2002 as worldwide shipments totaled 78.1 million units, a 1.1 percent increase …