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- In Statement About Steve Jobs, Questions of Anderson' Motive: NYT
In the Times, reporters John Markoff and Matt Richtel cast about for the motives behind Fred Andeson's statement on Tuesday that he warned Steve Jobs about the legal and accounting ramifications of the controversial 2001 "executive team" options grants. Markoff...
In the Times, reporters John Markoff and Matt Richtel cast about for the motives behind Fred Andeson's statement on Tuesday that he warned Steve Jobs about the legal and accounting ramifications of the controversial 2001 "executive team" options grants.
Markoff and Richtel say the statement against Jobs was "an extraordinarily sharp elbow" and a "shot heard round Silicon Valley." Speaking to various analysts and observers, they speculate that Anderson may be contributing to the "legal cloud remaining over Jobs."
There's a couple of interesting tidbits. It reveals that Anderson, when serving on Apple's board, volunteered to conduct an internal investigation into how the company handled options when the SEC first started investigating widespread backdating practices. He "did so at the time not because Apple was suspected of having a problem but because many major companies were trying to understand their practices in case they did face scrutiny or accusations," the Times says.
Irish rock star Bono, a co-founder with Anderson of Elevation Partners, a venture capital firm, said: "He is a man to whom you would give the keys to your life and know it would be calmer, tidier and better organized every day he was in it."
Another Elevation colleague, said Anderson had been" deeply hurt by insinuations from Apple that he was responsible for the option accounting problems."
He said the comments by Mr. Anderson's lawyer were an attempt to clear Mr. Anderson's name and "set the record straight in a way that has not been possible because of the pending legal action."
lkahney - New For Summer: iPod-Compatible George Foerman Grill
I'm somewhat speechless. They call it the GIPod200. I think we're running out of product categories that aren't directly compatible with the iPod. GEORGE FOREMAN Via Sensory Metrics. Technorati Tags: foreman, grill, ipod...
I'm somewhat speechless. They call it the GIPod200. I think we're running out of product categories that aren't directly compatible with the iPod. GEORGE FOREMAN
Via Sensory Metrics.Technorati Tags: foreman, grill, ipod
Pete Mortensen - Please Support Alan Johnston, Missing BBC Journalist
The BBC is asking bloggers and website publishers to post a button in support of Alan Johnston, a BBC journalist missing in Gaza, presumed kidnapped. Johnston was the last international journalist reporting from Gaza, and was highly respected, even by...
The BBC is asking bloggers and website publishers to post a button in support of Alan Johnston, a BBC journalist missing in Gaza, presumed kidnapped. Johnston was the last international journalist reporting from Gaza, and was highly respected, even by many Palestinians. Remember Jill Carroll, the Christian Science Monitor journalist kidnapped in Iraq who was released safely? International pressure does work. Link: BBC correspondent Alan Johnston disappeared on his way home from his Gaza City office on 12 March. He is feared kidnapped in the lawless territory, where he is thought to have been the only international correspondent still working. Intensive efforts have been made to secure his release.
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lkahney - On Flickr: Steve Jobs Dancing!
From Jack000's photostream: My submission to the 7th ipod give-away at mike inudstries: movie poster with Steve Jobs in it. More here....
From Jack000's photostream: My submission to the 7th ipod give-away at mike inudstries: movie poster with Steve Jobs in it. More here.
lkahney - Apple Q2 Results: Profit Up 88%, Revenue $5.26 Billion, 10.5 Million iPods Sold, Mac Sales up 24%
Lots of good news for Apple in its latest quarterly report. The company's on a roll. Not only are iPod sales up (10.5 million sold), so are Macs, especially Mac Books. Apple sold 1.52 million Macintosh computers, up 24 percent...Lots of good news for Apple in its latest quarterly report. The company's on a roll. Not only are iPod sales up (10.5 million sold), so are Macs, especially Mac Books. Apple sold 1.52 million Macintosh computers, up 24 percent from a year ago. Reuters reports:
The results blew away Apple's own forecast, which tends to be cautious, of 54 cents to 56 cents. Analysts had expected Apple to earn 63 cents per share, on average, on revenue of $5.17 billion, according to Reuters Estimates... Shares of Apple have climbed about 12 percent this year, after advancing 18 percent in 2006 and more than doubling in 2005, fueled by robust sales of iPods and redesigned Macintosh computers.
UPDATE: NYT: In an interview, Steven P. Jobs, Apple's chief executive, called the quarter a "blowout," and noted that the strong sales and market share gains came even though the company had not made any major upgrades to its lines of portable and desktop computers. "The Mac is clearly gaining market share, with sales growing 36 percent — more than three times the industry growth rate," Mr. Jobs said. Overall personal computer sales increased only about 11 percent during the quarter, according to the market researcher IDC. Apple's strength was particularly notable in that it came during the quarter in which Microsoft finally released the long-awaited Vista version of its Windows operating system, an event that the PC industry was counting on to spur a wave of computer upgrades. Mr. Jobs noted that Dell had recently returned an earlier version of Windows to its product line, which he said was an indication that demand for Vista had not been overwhelming.
lkahney - Apple's Board: "We Have Complete Confidence in Steve"
Apple's board issued a statement of total support of Steve Jobs this afternoon. It follows ex-CFO Fred Anderson's ass-covering letter yesterday claiming he was a patsy in the options backdating scandal. Apple's board said: We are not going to enter...Apple's board issued a statement of total support of Steve Jobs this afternoon. It follows ex-CFO Fred Anderson's ass-covering letter yesterday claiming he was a patsy in the options backdating scandal. Apple's board said:
We are not going to enter into a public debate with Fred Anderson or his lawyer. Steve Jobs cooperated fully with Apple's independent investigation and with the government's investigation of stock option grants at Apple. The SEC investigated the matter thoroughly and its complaint speaks for itself, in terms of what it says, what it does not say, who it charges, and who it does not charge. We have complete confidence in the conclusions of Apple's independent investigation, and in Steve's integrity and his ability to lead Apple.
lkahney - Building the Two Tone MacBook
What should you do if your white MacBook takes a tumble in the road, destroying its display? If you're Cooper vanRossum, you buy a black screen on eBay for 300 bucks and trick out your MacBook in two-tone splendor. We...
What should you do if your white MacBook takes a tumble in the road, destroying its display? If you're Cooper vanRossum, you buy a black screen on eBay for 300 bucks and trick out your MacBook in two-tone splendor. We caught up with vanRossum online, and got the deets on his mod.
It wasn't too difficult, just time consuming. The only problems were in reconstruction and stuff not fitting back but I chalk that up to the fact that the thing was ran over by at least one car. Everything slipped out relatively easily (esp. the hard drive, that thing just slides right out) but I bypassed some steps I felt were unecessary, like keeping track of screws and such. Proper screw drivers are a must as well, I stripped approx. 4 screws throughout the ordeal.Here's the website.
Well, I might, actually. Isn't that what the motion sensor is for?
In hindsight I probably shoulda sprang for the applecare insurance (although they woulda given me a white top, and I kinda like being the only two-toned owner I know of) but no one expects to leave their laptop on their car like a 1200 dollar coffee mug, right?
Mat Honan - Ousted Apple Execs Blame Jobs and Board For Back-Dating Scandal
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when we do but first allegedly manipulate stock option grant dates to make more money for ourselves. Or something. Former Apple CFO Fred Anderson and general counsel Nancy Heinen had civil charges brought...
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when we do but first allegedly manipulate stock option grant dates to make more money for ourselves. Or something. Former Apple CFO Fred Anderson and general counsel Nancy Heinen had civil charges brought against them by securities regulators relating to the back-dating of stock options to Apple leaders, including Steve Jobs, almost six years ago.
As you might expect, the cone of silence has officially been broken. Anderson, who settled with the Securities Exchange Commission today, went straight after his former boss Steve Jobs, as well as Heinen, the board of directors, and probably everyone reading this post, according to the San Jose Mercury News:
As for the responsibility for the backdating of an earlier grant in 2001 that was made to Anderson, Heinen and other members of Apple's executive team, Roth pointed fingers at Jobs, Heinen and Apple's board. Jobs and Heinen picked the date for that grant - and the board verified it - after Anderson warned Jobs that moving the grant date might result in an accounting change, Roth said.
Roth's statement marks the first time that anyone has suggested that Jobs had reason to know the accounting implications related to backdating. Although Apple has acknowledged that Jobs knew that backdating was going on at Apple and that he picked some favorable dates, the company said he didn't commit fraud, because he didn't know that there were any legal or accounting implications with the practice.
Anderson "was told by Mr. Jobs that the board had given its prior approval (for the grant) and the Board would verify it. Fred relied on these statements by Mr. Jobs and from them concluded the grant was being properly handled," Roth said in a statement.
Heinen, of course, blames the Board. This is so sordid. If only Fake Steve Jobs could tell us what's really going on... Oh, here he is!
He didn't settle. He flipped. They played him and Nancy Heinen off each other. Made them both an offer. Nancy, being a lawyer, figured she'd be cute and reject the first offer and bump them to something better. Instead, Fred rolled. And now Nancy is going to trial. I just mailed her a pamphlet that shows you how to make a shiv out of a bar of soap.
All this stuff about how the Jobsmeister is off the hook? Fuggedaboutit. Fred is the Big Pussy Bonpensiero of the Apple crime family. He's betrayed us. Note to Fred: I'd stay away from boats if I were you.
Zing!
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