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Was Steve Jobs trying to send an unofficial message to Adobe Systems? Something on the order of "get it in gear, guys, if you want to stay on my VIP list"?

As my colleague Tom Krazit reported Tuesday afternoon, Jobs used the Apple shareholders' meeting to publicly dismiss the the full-blown PC Flash version as "too slow to be useful" on the iPhone. He then went on to describe the mobile version--Flash Lite--as "not capable of being used with the Web."

That's an unusual--albeit refreshingly frank--way to talk in public about a business … Read more

If the CEO is sick, do the shareholders have a right to know?

That's the question raised, but not exactly answered, by a Fortune profile of Apple CEO Steve Jobs released Tuesday, the day of Apple's annual shareholder meeting. The story reveals that after learning he had a rare form of pancreatic cancer in October 2003, Jobs kept his diagnosis secret for nine months--outside a small group of confidantes--while he attempted to seek alternative methods of treatment for a tumor.

Fortune says Jobs and Apple's inner circle debated whether they had to reveal news of his diagnosis … Read more

Apple CEO Steve Jobs fielded several wide-ranging questions from Apple shareholders Tuesday at the company's annual meeting, covering ground from the iPhone to the plans for a post-Jobs Apple.

For the most part, Apple's shareholder meeting is just as boring as anyone's. This year was a little more interesting, as a non-binding shareholder proposal was approved advocating that the board of directors give shareholders input into executive compensation. But the most compelling part of the meeting was the hour or so in which Jobs, COO Tim Cook, and CFO Peter Oppenheimer fielded questions from a wide range … Read more

CUPERTINO, Calif.--Apple shareholders approved a non-binding resolution Tuesday asking the board of directors to give shareholders input on executive compensation.

Preliminary results of the voting were not immediately available following the close of Apple's annual meeting of shareholders, but the proposal required a simple majority to pass. Another shareholder proposal to create a board committee on sustainability and environmental protection was rejected.

Scott Adams, representing the AFL-CIO, urged shareholders to demand a "say on pay," bemoaning the runaway surge in executive compensation. "The U.S. system for paying the CEO is broken," he said. … Read more

Open Season Episode 12 was a very special session for us, as we got Fake Steve Jobs (aka "Dan Lyons") to join in. We spent a fair amount of time talking with Dan about his position on open source and why he gets so much flak for his coverage of the open-source community. Dan is hilarious and often insightful. It was a pleasure to have him on the podcast.

One of our best. Have a listen. (Also, the link provides my coconut cream pie recipe, which is definitely worth having.)

This week's episode of Open Season is our worst technically but probably the most entertaining content-wise.

When I first read the FSJ blog I knew the writing was too good for it not to be a legit journalist. And the amazing thing is he is still cranking out great, completely absurd blog posts. It's like Monty Python for the valley crowd.

In the podcast Dan is really funny and very candid about his work. I think I was the first one in this episode to give him a hard time about some of his previous comments about open … Read more

Jowba is a new and pretty svelte looking job classifieds service. It's been designed specifically to help people find and post jobs for many of the companies we blog about here on Webware. Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows I'm a sucker for well designed Web sites, and Jowba is no exception--it's got both form and function going for it.

What makes the service particularly useful compared with Web sites such as Craigslist or Monster is that information about each company is a mandatory aspect of posting, making it a partial directory for all things Web … Read more

Despite myriad technical difficulties we just got through recording Open Season Episode 12 with special guest Dan Lyons aka. Fake Steve Jobs.

It's a good one and Dan is really entertaining. We talk about freetards, how he may or not have been a Microsoft shill and why Novell can't get it right.

Browsing the headlines on Yahoo Finance this morning was enough to make anyone briefly consider jumping out the window. To wit:

• Job worries sink consumer confidence • S&P: U.S. home prices down sharply • U.S. home foreclosures soar in January • Harsh light shines on iPhone, iPod sales

So here's the multiple choice test: Which headline does not fit with the rest? If you chose letter "D" you win a dream date with my colleague Michael Kanellos (No worries: Kanellos is off reporting on start-ups in Ireland this week, and so you'… Read more