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Steve Jobs Taking Medical Leave of Absence 471

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday January 17, 2011 @10:42AM from the zomg-everybody-panic dept.

Uttini writes "Apple CEO Steve Jobs has just announced that he is taking a medical leave of absence, according to a release issued by the company today. While it's unclear what the reason is for the medical leave, Jobs' previous medical history includes pancreatic cancer as well as a liver transplant. While Jobs is out, Tim Cook is to be responsible for all of Apple's day to day operations."

Comment Re:The real question... (Score 1) 309

by spikeb on Thursday August 26, 2010 @09:49AM (#33380562) Attached to: Drunken Employee Shoots Server

haha yes :)

Comment Re:Using these now (Score 1) 316

by spikeb on Tuesday August 17, 2010 @07:06PM (#33282428) Attached to: Linux Wall Warts Small On Size, Big On Possibilities

why would you cross-compile anything that debian has a package for? ;)

Comment Re:sweet! (Score 1) 202

by spikeb on Friday August 06, 2010 @11:34PM (#33171406) Attached to: Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" Frozen

not true of GNOME (see the GNOME census)

Comment Re:No protection for consumers (Score 1) 100

by spikeb on Friday July 30, 2010 @11:07PM (#33092654) Attached to: Justice Department Joins Fraud Lawsuit Against Oracle

they expected the treatment of their contract. that is not special. so shame on you for misrepresenting the facts.

Comment Re:Oh Good (Score 1) 578

by spikeb on Sunday July 11, 2010 @11:17PM (#32871170) Attached to: Claimed Proof That UNIX Code Was Copied Into Linux

the same amount of time it spends propping up the more outdated concept of "property"

Comment Re:So, you get it when you get it? (Score 4, Insightful) 154

by spikeb on Saturday May 22, 2010 @08:02PM (#32309932) Attached to: Installing Android 2.2 "Froyo" On the Nexus One

like any other carrier locked phone

Comment Re:Can Google get good browser support for this? (Score 1) 312

by spikeb on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @08:15PM (#32272380) Attached to: Theora Development Continues Apace, VP8 Now Open Source

Will Google support VP8 on Android?

yes

Will Microsoft support VP8 in IE9?

yes, if the user has the codec installed

Will Apple support VP8 in Safari? (and Safari Mobile?)

good questions.

Comment Re:codec names (Score 0, Offtopic) 312

by spikeb on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @08:13PM (#32272334) Attached to: Theora Development Continues Apace, VP8 Now Open Source

you sir, are an idiot.

Comment Re:the point? (Score 1) 477

by spikeb on Sunday May 16, 2010 @04:44PM (#32229862) Attached to: Firefox With H.264 HTML 5 Support = Wild Fox

for further reference, the same machine using chromium plays the videos fine.

Comment Re:the point? (Score 1) 477

by spikeb on Sunday May 16, 2010 @04:41PM (#32229836) Attached to: Firefox With H.264 HTML 5 Support = Wild Fox

I'm using 3.6.3 and it plays html5 videos as slideshows :( any idea what I can do to fix it?

Comment Re:End of Firefox? (Score 1) 477

by spikeb on Sunday May 16, 2010 @04:39PM (#32229812) Attached to: Firefox With H.264 HTML 5 Support = Wild Fox

is it really theora that sucks, or is it FF playback of it that sucks? because teh second sucks even on higher end machines

Comment Re:End of Firefox? (Score 2, Insightful) 477

by spikeb on Sunday May 16, 2010 @02:44AM (#32225420) Attached to: Firefox With H.264 HTML 5 Support = Wild Fox

haha, right. it's still a resource hog and slow as molasses compared to chromium

Comment the point? (Score 1, Flamebait) 477

by spikeb on Sunday May 16, 2010 @01:41AM (#32225120) Attached to: Firefox With H.264 HTML 5 Support = Wild Fox

firefox can't even play back theora html5 videos (try it. slow as a dog), now they want to add something else it can't do?

Comment Re:I can't help but to notice that its Phoronix ag (Score 2, Informative) 572

by spikeb on Wednesday May 12, 2010 @04:02PM (#32186008) Attached to: Steam Client for Mac Launches, Linux Client On the Way

read one of the articles linked by phoronix: it was confirmed by the telegraph UK http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7715209/Steam-for-Mac-goes-live.html

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