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Report: Fake Jobs heart-attack story posted by teen

The fake Internet report posted to CNN's iReport site earlier this month claiming Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack was posted by a teenager who doesn't appear to have posted it to manipulate the company's stock price, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

| News | Legal | 10/23/08 at 7:37 pm |


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Jobs: The iPhone is Apple's netbook

Apple Inc. has no imminent plans to compete in the growing market for "netbooks," the small, inexpensive laptops that accounted for 5% of all U.S. notebook sales last quarter, CEO Steve Jobs said Tuesday. But the company already participates in the category, Jobs argued, citing Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch as devices that have much of the same functionality as the ultra-light, low-cost notebooks.

| News | Hardware | Personal tech | 10/22/08 at 2:18 pm |


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Why do pundits want to be Steve Jobs so badly?

I know that pundits are paid to tell companies they don't work for what to do; but when it comes to Apple, it seems to get personal.

| Opinion | Business | Personal tech | 10/16/08 at 11:24 am |


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Report: SEC investigating false Jobs heart attack rumor

A false report of a Steve Jobs' heart attack that caused Apple's stock to momentarily plunge on Friday has piqued the interest of the SEC, according to reports.

| News | Business | 10/07/08 at 9:55 am |


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