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Video: CNBC anchor Dylan Ratigan takes Jim Goldman to task over Steve Jobs’ health, too

CNBC Silicon Valley bureau chief Jim Goldman is having a tough week. Goldman said in December that “sources inside [Apple] tell me that Jobs’ decision was more about politics than his pancreas.” Ah, but this week, Apple announced that Jobs was sick and would be taking a 5-month medical leave of absence as a result.

What to do when faced with such damning evidence that eviscerates your prior reporting? Get mad at anyone who calls you on… Continue Reading

Report: Steve Jobs’ health crisis not cancer, but does it even matter?

Several years ago, Steve Jobs was diagnosed with a treatable form of pancreatic cancer. After a short leave of absence, Jobs was pronounced healthy, wealthy and wise. Except now, Jobs is sick again. And taking a leave of absence. Again. But is it the big “C”?

Brad Stone in today’s New York Times:

Two people who are familiar with Mr. Jobs’s current medical treatment said he was not suffering from a recurrence of cancer, but a condition… Continue Reading

Video: Dan Lyons takes on CNBC’s Jim Goldman over Steve Jobs’ health

Newsweek columnist Dan Lyons takes CNBC’s Silicon Valley bureau chief Jim Goldman to task after Goldman swore that sources told him that Steve Jobs’ health was not the reason Apple marketing head Phil Schiller presented at Macworld instead of Jobs.

Goldman went so far as to slam Gizmodo after the gadget blog claimed its own sources said Jobs was having significant health problems. “Until Apple says something different, or I get my hands on something tangible… Continue Reading

Fark.com goes mainstream with Jeopardy appearance

What does news aggregator Fark have that Digg, Twitter and all the other fancy Web 2.0 sites lack? Aside from actual profits (which is no small feat), Fark has appeared as a category on Jeopardy twice. In November 2007, contestants had a little trouble with the headline-based questions, but tonight, when the second installment aired, one contestant (perhaps a Fark reader herself?) managed to get 4 out of 5 questions correct. How about you?

The questions —… Continue Reading

Jason Calacanis’ “Project A” is surprisingly compelling Mahalo Answers

Today, Jason Calacanis launches Mahalo Answers — the latest project from Mahalo, his “human powered search engine”. Mahalo Answers is a possibly clever cross between Yahoo’s free-wheeling Q&A bonanza at Yahoo Answers, and Google’s highly researched pay-to-play Google Answers service, which was closed down two years ago.

A year and a half ago on Valleywag, a Nostradamus-esque Tim Faulkner (disclosure: I worked with Tim at the now-semi-defunct tech tabloid) somehow predicted this particular product. In a… Continue Reading