CNET News Daily Podcast: What Jobs' liver transplant means for Apple

In Monday's podcast, CNET editor Rafe Needleman interviews CNET News reporter Tom Krazit, who covered Apple for several years, on Steve Jobs' liver transplant and the strange way Apple told the world about it.

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Today's stories:

Report: Steve Jobs had liver transplant

Jobs: Over 1 million new iPhones sold

Viliv, the future of Intel handhelds?

Report: FTC to go after blogger freebies

Bozeman to job seekers: We won't seek passwords

Yahoo rolling out DIY display ads

New Facebook blog: We can hack into your profile

LHC restart pushed back again

[elllroy]

will the hyaenas never get tired of this? it is so disgusting. please talk about microsoft, open source or the cheapest netbooks you can find or any of your other topics but leave the man alone. don't you have any decency left? i am so ashamed of you.

[viper396]

While I agree that the personal health of any person is not something that should be splashed all over the news, I'm sure that if the headlines were someone from Microsoft or any other Apple competitor having a medical problem there'd be more then one hypocritical Apple user running with it.

[groink_hi]

However, that does not make it all right for the anti-Jobs camp to jump all over the man. This eye-for-an-eye business I've been seeing on the 'net has got to go. The logic "if Y can hate on X, then X can hate on Y" is playground BS. The best thing someone can do is to not respond! That's how people deal with trolls, and therefore that's how people should handle any negative comments. It seems that Internet people can't shut up, and they must have the last word on any matter. I think the logic here is that for some people the outcome on any matter must be on their side - otherwise they'll feel that they lost the battle on words. Believe me, everyone - you will gain more respect if you simply just don't respond.

[rrod182]

Yeah people talk about how stupid Steve Ballmer is, I often speculate if he had a lobotomy. So it's not just Jobs.

[stigmattaman]

No. Sorry. This is an important issue and story. He's the larger-than-life figure who leads a multi-billion public company, and he's made billions that leadership position. Additionally, the company is an innovator in the tech world and Jobs has had a strong impact on that.

[Eddie-c]

As of 4:11pm Pacific, 6/22, the original "breaking news" (story) @ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10269685-37.html has NOT been updated with anything FACTUAL, therefore unless there are REAL sources cited, this is nothing more than CONJECTURE/SPECULATION/GOSSIP.

cnet, if it is it true at least state so *somewhere*.

[The_happy_switcher]

Fake Steve Jobs is back thanking David Pogue for donating half of his liver. lol

Isn't it a little ridiculous for a company like Apple to rely so heavily on the health of ONE person?
What's going to happen to the company in about 20 years when they no longer have their Messiah?

[ikramerica--2008]

What happened to it when they dumped him. A decade of falling apart.

Many, many successful companies have really been about the leadership of one man. When that man leaves, the "magic" goes away. Some would argue that Gates leaving MS was the beginning of their decline. Jack Welsh leaving GE, Gordon Bethune leaving Continental, Dave Thomas leaving Wendy's, Alan Mullaly leaving Boeing (and then joining Ford, where he is turning that company around without bailout money), and watch as the fortunes of each of those companies have declined and continue to do so.

One man, for better or worse, does make a difference.

[Inconnux]

Its too bad that Ballmer didnt get a brain transplant

[seven7dust]

no need for insults we can all just get along !

[Sviergn]

Apparently that's in the works: http://4bow.blogspot.com/2009/06/bill-gates-will-get-liver-transplant.html :-)

I'm curios about the hospital where Steve Jobs had his liver transplant, and the doctor that performed the operation. When totaling all administrative, lab and surgical assist computers that were involved, how many were PC's and how many were Mac's? I'm betting that there were few if any apple products used. Can one of the CNET writers or editors find out and write an article about it please?