Name: Leonard Leakey Hofstadter, PhD
NASA HD-TV live broadcast
R.I.P. Microsoft Zune: the Media Player We All Loved, but Never Used
Say what you want about the crap-colored outsides of the original Zune, it contained the first Microsoft software I was genuinely excited about since Windows 95…
Steve Jobs to resign as CEO of Apple
In a letter published on Apple.com, Steve Jobs says:
To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.
As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.
I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.
I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.
Steve
Update:
Apple has confirmed that Jobs will stay on as Chairman of the Board whilst Tim Cook, previously Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, has been named the company’s new CEO, effective immediately.
“Steve’s extraordinary vision and leadership saved Apple and guided it to its position as the world’s most innovative and valuable technology company,” said Art Levinson, Chairman of Genentech, on behalf of Apple’s Board in a statement published on Apple.com.
Watch: Atlantis makes shuttle program’s final landing
Image courtesy of NASA
Atlantis and the STS-135 crew touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida just before dawn on July 21, 2011, wrapping up the final mission of the 30-year space shuttle program. Truly a sad day. Video after the break.
Watch: The Dark Knight Rises teaser released
“Every journey has an end”. Hopefully it will be an unforgettable one! The third and final installment in Christopher Nolan’s Batman film series is scheduled for release in the United States and Canada on July 20, 2012.
The cast includes Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Gary Oldman as James Gordon, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, Tom Hardy as Bane Hardy, Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate, Mathew Modine as Nixon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a Gotham City cop and of course Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne.
Teaser trailer after the break.
