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iTunes 9 Improves Sharing and Syncing

Apple introduced the newest version of iTunes today in version 9. It has a number of new features including:

Google's CEO Leaves Apple's Board Of Directors

This morning, a strong tie between Google and Apple was dissolved.  Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, resigned from Apple's board of directors. This development doesn't necessarily mean that Google and Apple are becoming hostile.  The two companies have been good corporate friends for many years, with Schmidt serving on Apple's board of directors since August of 2006.

Steve Jobs Receives Liver Transplant

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs received a liver transplant about two months ago and is expected to return to the company by the end of June. Jobs underwent the liver transplant operation at a hospital in Tennessee, according to the Wall Street Journal. He has been on medical leave from Apple since January and when he returns to the company he may initially work part-time.

Steve Jobs To Be Back at Apple in June

Steve Jobs, who has on separate occasions been reported dead and to have had a heart attack (neither of which were true), said goodbye to Apple back in January. He took a leave of absence from the company due to well-publicized health issues. Upon his departure, Jobs wrote a letter to the Apple staff. In it, he wrote:

Apple Shareholders Live Blog In Press's Absence

Before Apple’s shareholder meeting began today in Cupertino, Calif., members of the press were upset about it being more of a “prevent” than an event. Apple barred the press from live-blogging or even carrying laptops or smartphones into the meeting—the gag rule didn’t apply to shareholders themselves apparently.

SEC Is Investigating Apple's Profits

With all the bad economic news flying around including massive Microsoft layoffs, Intel’s first performance concerns in a long time and IBM job cuts, Apple had its best quarter ever as reported in the WSJ.

SEC Scrutinizing the Apple Steve Jobs Situation

Bloomberg (who once prematurely posted Steve Jobs's obituary) is reporting that the Securities and Exchange Commission is now examining Apple's disclosures about his h

Fake Steve Jobs Rips Apple's Media 'Lapdogs'

First Ann Coulter, now Newsweek’s Dan Lyons, otherwise known as Fake Steve Jobs. The former cried banishment from NBC before clawing her way back onto the Today show. The latter confirmed to WebProNews he was banned from CNBC after a fiery tirade against Silicon Valley Bureau Chief Jim Goldman for getting “bullied,” “played and punked” by Apple about CEO Steve Jobs’ health. “It’s true I’m banned,” Lyons said via email.

Jobs Says Goodbye to Apple Team

Steve Jobs is taking a leave of Absence from Apple due to health issues.

Does Steve Jobs Have Nine Lives?

Although I have ruthlessly defended new media's potential for legitimacy as a news source, nobody said citizen journalism was a flawless concept. Today a story was posted at iReport.com claiming that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a severe heart attack. He did not.