gizmodo.com - 12/31/2008
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According to a previously reliable source, Apple misrepresented the reasons behind Macworld and Jobs' keynote cancellation . Allegedly, the real cause is his rapidly declining health. In fact, it may be even worse than we imagined: Steves health is rapidly declining. Apple is choosing to ...
apple.com - 1/5/2009
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apple.com —
January 5, 2009 Letter from Apple CEO Steve
Jobs Dear Apple Community, For the first time in...
a decade, I m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote. Unfortunately, my decision to have ...
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Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs
cnbc.com - 12/31/2008
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cnbc.com —
You want to know how skittish Apple investors
are and how little conviction they have in the...
company, or trust in its message, look no further than today's Gizmodo rumor fiasco. The blog reports a serious decline in Steve Jobs' health as the real ...
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Jim Goldman's Tech Check: Apple's Jobs is (Still) Fine ...
apple.com - 1/5/2009
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apple.com —
January 5, 2009 Statement by Apple s Board
of Directors It is widely recognized both inside and...
outside of Apple that Steve Jobs is one of the most talented and effective CEOs in the world. As we have said before, if there ever comes a day when Steve ...
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Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors
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Apple Stock Drops After Another Steve Jobs "Poor Health" Rumor
Tech-Ex —
You can predict it: anything negative about Steve Jobs, whether its his health, or (sometime) in the future, his retirement, and Apple stock tanks. There was yet another ill health rumor today, and you can probably see from the intraday stock graph above exactly when it hit the wire. This rumor, from Gizmodo, stated that the reason Steve Jobs dropped out of Macworld was his declining health. Steves health is rapidly declining. Apple is choosing to remove the hype factor strategically vs letting the hype destroy apple when the inevitable news ...
New Rumors about Steve Jobs failing health
TweakTown News RSS Feed —
... they will not attend after 2009, any rumors about Jobs health seem to take on a more true tone. The guys over at Gizmodo have an article up that cites a previously reliable source stating the real reason behind Apples departure from MacWorld and why Sr. Saint of Jobs will not be speaking. Yep you guessed it; they claim the real reason is Steves failing health. To cover up the company decided to pull out of MacWorld completely. No more Steve means no more hype Read more at Gizmodo . This source has repeatedly been 100% correct before. Those times, however, were always ...
Steve Jobs: I'm not dying, relax
The Tech Report: News —
... problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I've already begun treatment. But, just like I didn't lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple's CEO during my recovery. Jobs goes on to say he'll be "the first one to step up and tell [Apple's] Board of Directors" should he be unable to fulfill his duties. The rumor mill kicked into high gear last month after Gizmodo quoted a "previously reliable source" as saying Jobs' health was "rapidly declining," and he ...
"Fake Steve" Rips Jim Goldman Over Jobs' Health Reporting
DriverHeaven.net —
... In response to the announcement of a medical leave by Steve Jobs, a group of analysts was assembled to discuss the issue on CNBC. Key among them was Jim Goldman, CNBC's Silicon Valley Bureau chief, and Dan Lyons, who formerly played the "role" of "Fake Steve (Jobs)," on a satiric blog. The exchange between the two was contentious, and included Lyons asking Goldman to apologize to Gizmodo, whom he mocked when they said Jobs' health was "rapidly declining."
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'Fake Steve' chides CNBC's Goldman in source foofaraw
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... bureau chief Jim Goldman for withholding information from sources inside Apple about Steve Jobs' health.
The sparks fly in this video around the 3:30 mark.
Lyons, on CNBC Reports, said Goldman had become the kind of reporter that gets "played and punked" by Apple, and that he should have released the information he knew on Monday, before Apple's announcement yesterday. Lyons also demanded that Goldman apologize to Gizmodo, for criticizing their December 30 story about Jobs' declining health.
Goldman said that he had contacted two ...
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Apple Stock Drops After Another Steve Jobs "Poor Health" Rumor
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 12/31/2008 — You can predict it: anything negative about Steve Jobs, whether its his health, or (sometime) in the future, his retirement, and Apple stock tanks. There was yet another ill health rumor today, and you can probably see from the intraday stock graph ...
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