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Highlights the 20th anniversary of the Macintosh computer from Apple Computer Inc. History of the company; Interview with Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple; Products of the company that failed in the global market.

The article focuses on the decision of Apple Computer Inc. to begin a transition away from PowerPC chips to Intel processors. The company's CEO Steve Jobs' announcement has left fans of the operating system Mac confused--and not just because a former "enemy" of the Mac is now counted among its allies. Many details about the transition are unclear or flat-out unknown-after all, Apple has said that it won't be shipping any Intel-based Macs until next year. On June 6, in an address to Mac developers, Jobs announced that Apple would begin a transition from the PowerPC chips that currently power Mac systems to processors built by Intel. Jobs said that at least some Intel-based Macs would be on the market by June 2006, that most new Macs would be Intel-based by June 2007, and that the last PowerPC-based Mac will have rolled off the assembly line by the end of 2007. For most developers already using Apple's Xcode tools, modifying programs to run on Intel processors will be much easier than making that software run natively in OS X was. Users won't have both Intel applications and PowerPC applications floating around, making it easy to click on the wrong one. INSET: Conversation with Intel.

This article interviews Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer Inc. as of December 25, 2003. Recently the company introduced operating system Panther, a significant upgrade of the OS X operating system. But Jobs' biggest move and certainly the one closest to his heart, has been Apple's plunge into the digital-music revolution. Still Jobs' bet on digital music is a hugely risky move in many ways, not only because powerhouses such as Dell and Wal-Mart Inc. are gunning for Apple but because success may depend on how well Jobs is able to understand and respond to the fickle music-listening habits of eighteen-year-olds in their college dorms. INSET: Apple's Way: From Mac to iPod.

Profiles Steve Jobs, chief executive officer of Apple Computer. Details on the Macworld Expo, during which an iMac computer with a 17-inch screen was introduced, an upgraded and cheaper iPod music player, and Rendezvous, software that links people in wireless networks; Efforts to lure people away from the Windows system; Comments of Jobs regarding his company's poor financial results, as well as Microsoft Office software continuing to be offered on Apple computers; Thoughts of Jobs on his company's innovation.

Focuses on the computer industry in the United States. Impact of the return of Apple Computer's former executive Steve Jobs on the company's performance; Information on Sherlock 2, feature of the Mac OS 9; Views on the book `The Plot to Get Bill Gates,' by Gary Rivlin.

This article focuses on the Apple Computer company, which plans to introduce iTV, a gadget that will allow motion pictures to be sent from computers that run iTunes to television sets through a wireless link. Presented are quotes from Steve Jobs, the boss and co-founder of Apple Computer, and Kurt Scherf of Parks Associates. According to the article, Apple Computer is unlikely to dominate video downloads the way it dominates music downloads.

This article reports that Apple Computer Inc. was moving away from International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.'s PowerPC chips, which had powered every Mac model for years is moving toward Intel processors from Intel Corp. It was announced by Steve Jobs, an official from IBM in June 2005. It was a big deal and the fact that he gave the speech at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in front of the very people who write the programs that make the Mac what it is. Developers would need to invest some time and effort in making Universal binaries for the latest Mac transition. By making his announcement when Jobs was giving developers a head start, he promised that the first Intel Macs would be out by June 2006. To help developers with their work, Apple offered to rent them a Developer Transition Kit, a Pentium-based Mac system. Many of the developers who have already released Universal applications are reaping the benefits of heeding Steve Jobs's advice. When outlining the plan to move to Intel processors, Jobs urged the developers who had not adopted Apple's Xcode programming tools to do so.

The article focuses on the decision of Apple Computer Inc. to begin a transition away from PowerPC chips to Intel processors. It could have been a rude awakening for developers of the operating system Mac. Apple's announcement that Macs would start including Intel-built processors in 2006 means that Mac software makers will have to update their programs to run on the new machines. But most of the developers seem to be taking it in stride. Switching to Intel processors isn't as easy as plugging in new chips. Almost all the software that now runs on the PowerPC will have to be altered to work on Apple's new Intel-based systems. As Apple's CEO Steve Jobs pointed out, some applications-widgets, scripts, and programs based on Java-should work on Intel Macs without any changes. But others will require tweaks, ranging from minor to major, and a recompiling of code. Intel and PowerPC chips store numbers differently. Programs that directly address the PowerPC processor, including those that take advantage of the AltiVec vector-processing capabilities of the G4 and G5 chips, will need to be more dramatically modified. INSET: What They're Saying.

Reports on statements made by Apple Computer Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak about Macintosh computers in an interview at the CRN Industry Hall of Fame in November 2004. Proprietary nature of existing personal computers; Wozniak's opinion of how his former partner Steve Jobs is developing Apple technology.

Discusses Apple Computer and the management of its chief executive Steve Jobs as of fall 2000. Cost and lack of sales for the Apple G4 Cube personal computer (PC); Problems at Apple and the PC industry with a slowdown in sales; Suggestion that Jobs should develop new products.

The article discusses the impact of options-backdating scandal at Apple Computer Inc. and Pixar Animation Studios, towards CEO Steve Jobs, who ran both companies. According to one analyst, its too early to assess the risk to Jobs, however he could be tarnished by the scandal brewing at Pixar. He further stresses that conclusions can not be form yet on whether key executives might have been involved in the scandal because there are still not enough facts gathered, and the default assumption is that Jobs not likely to have been involved in the scam.

The article focuses on the life and career of Apple Computer Inc. executive Steve Jobs in light of the company's release of a new line of products that includes the iPod nano digital music player. One morning, about a year ago, a doctor told Steve Jobs that a cancerous tumour in his pancreas would kill him within months, and that it was time to start saying his goodbyes. Later that night, an endoscopy revealed that the tumour could be cut out. But for one day Jobs, the boss of Apple Computer, as well as Pixar, the world's most successful animation studio, stared death in the face. The experience seems to have invigorated him. Last week, gaunter but otherwise undiminished, he was on a stage in San Francisco, putting on a show (for that is what Apple product launches are) that was as flashy and dynamic as any as he has ever thrown. Jobs introduced a new mobile phone from Motorola that has iTunes, Apple's music software, pre-installed and that represents a beachhead into the world of phones; and the "iPod nano", a new digital music-player that is thinner than a pencil, but still holds 1,000 songs. For Jobs, the product launch seemed mainly to be an opportunity to drive home the message that his hold on downloaded and portable music now seems overwhelming.

Looks at the new business partnership between of Apple Computer Inc. and Intel Corp. Planned integrations of Intel computer chips in Apple products over the next to years; Reaction from the computer industry and business community regarding the announcement made by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs; Suggestion that the deal will not result in a substantial financial setback for International Business Machines Corp.; Author's view that the announcement is evidence that old certainties regarding the computer technology market are gone.

Comments on a public presentation delivered by Steve Jobs, chief executive officer of Apple Computer Inc., in the annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June 2003. Price of the additions and enhancements in the upgrade of Panther, the next edition of Mac OS X; Announcements made by Jobs in the WWDC; List of products released by Apple.

Reports on the tasks of Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs at the Macworld Expo conference and trade show in 2001, to return Apple to profitability. Apple's financial woes in the first quarter of 2001; Analysts' view on the status of Apple's Macintosh computers in the market; Products that Apple will introduce in 2001.

Provides various news in information technology business as of July 24, 2000. Comments from Steve Jobs, Apple Computer Inc.'s chief executive, about the relationship of his company with Microsoft; How Amazon.com celebrated its fifth year anniversary; Concern on the summer BizCamps hosted by Microsoft Corp. and the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship..

The article presents the author's reflections on the developments in the computer industry in 2004. It was a good year for Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple and Pixar. The stock of Apple rose like a cat up a bellpull. Steve was the CEO with two jobs, and each of these jobs was always grabbing lots of money by producing techie drug for the people to snack. From the Apple work came pocket-sized thing for storing songs and valuable things with button to punch and from the Pixar work came great animated cinema. The thought that warms Jobs' heart and that is like the great Ludwig van Beethoven to his ear is not the money in his pocket, but the fact that the people of Woodside, California are finally letting him break up his house. Jobs and his family were all lonesome in the fourteen bedrooms and thirteen and a half baths of that starry prison and mad to leave the place. 2004 was also the year that Dan Gillmore may have traded a scream for a mumble by leaving his money at the starry San Jose magazine to become a citizen magazine man. He might be stupid, the sarcastic people at the magazine cried, but the boy's got guts. The time may be right for playing with blogs and fighting with the magazine. IBM also pulled a departure in 2004, letting the Chinese buy its entire parent sea money.

Comments on the role played by Steve Jobs, interim chief excutive officer of Apple Computer Inc., in the resurgence of the company in the computer industry. Computers introduced by Apple; Jobs' characteristics that contributed to the company's resurgence; Vision for the company.