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News In a rare open letter from CEO Steve Jobs, Apple has urged record companies to abandon DRM technologies. The letter, posted on Apple's website and entitled "Thoughts on Music", is a long examination of Apple's iTunes and what the future may hold... [07 Feb 2007]
Vodafone CEO warns of Apple, Google threat
News Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin has warned the industry to get creative about mobile services or risk becoming marginalised by the arrival of new kids on the block such as Apple and Google. Sarin also admitted Apple's iPhone has "raised the bar", showing... [12 Feb 2008]
Jobs to take the stand in options backdating case
News Apple CEO Steve Jobs will have to appear before federal investigators as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) lawsuit against Nancy Heinen, Apple's former head lawyer, Bloomberg has reported. [21 Sep 2007]
Jobs delivers Mactels "a little ahead of schedule"
News Addressing a packed crowd of the Mac faithful, Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday served up the first Intel-based Macs, introducing a new high-end laptop and a revamped iMac. That version will also come with an 80GB hard drive and a new infrared... [11 Jan 2006]
Apple takes wraps off next-generation OS
News Apple CEO Steve Jobs outlined the major features in the next release of the company's OS X operating system at the 2002 Worldwide Developers Conference yesterday. Jobs said Apple has secured a deal with AOL to allow users access to its 140 million... [07 May 2002]
Apple plugs Nike-Nano hook-up
News Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Nike CEO Mark Parker on Tuesday unveiled new products that connect the Nike+ Air Zoom Moire - a new running shoe outfitted with a sensor and receiver - with an iPod Nano to report running data in real time and track... [24 May 2006]
Steve Jobs bans books in biography 'revenge'
News Apple CEO Steve Jobs is thought to be so incensed about a new biography that he's forced Apple stores worldwide to remove all books by the same publisher as an act of revenge. Apple had previously spent time negotiating with John Wiley and Sons in... [27 Apr 2005]
Apple chief Jobs in cancer scare
News Apple CEO Steve Jobs underwent surgery at the weekend to remove a cancerous tumour in his pancreas, but told employees in an email that the surgery was successful and said he expects to be back on the job next month. [02 Aug 2004]
Jobs plays options brouhaha for laughs
News Apple CEO Steve Jobs shrugged off questions about stock option backdating and environmental policies at the company's annual meeting of shareholders on Thursday - something he can well afford to do, having presided over a 50 per cent rise in Apple... [11 May 2007]
Steve Jobs is no longer minding the Gap
News Apple CEO Steve Jobs has stepped down from the board of retail clothing company Gap, a move that could help lessen criticism over the independence of both companies' boards. Departing Gap CEO Millard Drexler serves on Apple's board, which had... [04 Oct 2002]
Disney splashes $7.4bn on Pixar buy
News Walt Disney announced on Tuesday it's paying $7.4bn in stock to acquire Pixar Animation Studios - a deal that puts Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Disney's board of directors. Things seem to have improved of late, though, as Disney has emerged as a major... [25 Jan 2006]
Apple stock options saga: Jobs back in the spotlight
News Former Apple chief financial officer Fred Anderson has issued a statement claiming he advised Apple CEO Steve Jobs of the accounting implications of backdating in January 2001, contrary to Apple's previous statements that Jobs had no idea of the... [25 Apr 2007]
Apple unveils online music store
News Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at the Moscone Convention centre in San Francisco and pronounced a new era for digital music consumption, saying that other online music services are either illegal or unattractive. [29 Apr 2003]
Apple puts upgraded iMac at heart of 'digital hub'
News Apple CEO Steve Jobs debuted the latest incarnation of the iMac to a raucous San Francisco MacWorld crowd last night. The Apple CEO said the iMac will sit at the centre of a digital hub. In other news at the show, Apple said its Mac OSX operating... [08 Jan 2002]
Minority Report: What would Apple be without Jobs?
Comment Apple is going from strength to strength and behind it all is CEO Steve Jobs. Jobs soon ousted solid but unspectacular Apple CEO Gil Amelio and set about dragging the company out of the mire. Likewise we've heard about his exit from Apple a year... [07 Oct 2005]
