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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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 Now in Halls of Power: Jeans 


Denim goes from workwear to choice of the business classes

Oct 29, 09 4:43 AM CDT

 Disney Reinventing Stores 
 as 'Imagination Parks' 

Apple's expertise will help transform shopping into entertainment

Oct 13, 09 1:25 AM CDT
slideshow

 Most Influential 
 Man of 2009 Is... 
 Don Draper? 

The winner isn't even real, and Usain Bolt leaves Obama in his dust

Oct 8, 09 4:18 PM CDT

Goodbye, iPod; Hello, Portable Computer

Single-purpose devices' days are numbered: Manjoo

Sep 10, 09 5:32 PM CDT

 New iPod Nano 
 Has Camera, 
 Mic, and Radio 

Touch, Classic get capacity upgrades

Sep 9, 09 4:52 PM CDT

Jobs Takes Stage at Apple Event, Talks Health, iPods

Some talk of cancer, but mostly tech

Sep 9, 09 1:00 PM CDT

 5 Guesses for Apple's Party 

Will mystery party feature iPod video camera? iTunes upgrade? Or just Jobs talking?

Sep 1, 09 11:27 AM CDT

Back at Work, Jobs Zeroes In on New Apple 'Tablet'

Liver transplant has not diminished CEO's attention to detail

Aug 25, 09 1:23 AM CDT
OPINION

 Steve Jobs Is a 
 Controlling Jerk 

Mahalo's founder explains how he fell out of love with Apple

Aug 10, 09 2:06 PM CDT
ANALYSIS

Apple-Google Party Ended Before FCC Waltzed In

Philosophical standoff led to Schmidt's ouster

Aug 3, 09 2:38 PM CDT

Apple Sells 1.5B iPhone Apps in First Year

App Store is the leading retailer of mobile programs

Jul 14, 09 4:16 PM CDT
OPINION

Steve Jobs Is a Bald-Faced Liar

'Nutritional problem'
a crock, and Apple should face SEC over health deception

Jun 24, 09 2:24 PM CDT

Liver Transplant Hospital Bullish on Jobs' Prognosis

Transplant center denies Apple boss jumped waiting list

Jun 24, 09 6:43 AM CDT

Jobs' Stand-In
Is Apple's
New Star

Tim Cook may now be a more important player than his returning boss

Jun 23, 09 9:12 AM CDT

 Steve Jobs 
 Back at Work 

CEO spotted back on campus after 6 months absence on medical leave

Jun 23, 09 2:23 AM CDT

Jobs Had Liver Transplant 
2 Months Ago

Apple boss still expected to return to work this month

Jun 20, 09 7:14 AM CDT

 Jobs Set to Return to Apple 

After sick leave, CEO 'coming along'

Jun 5, 09 7:30 AM CDT

Insiders: Jobs Still Steering Apple From Home

Sick CEO still handling firms products, strategies

Apr 11, 09 6:42 AM CDT
GLOSSIES

 Huzzahs for Masters of Change 


Mar 22, 09 5:14 AM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

10
Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

Books Are Bad for You

29
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

11
Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

18
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

8
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

7
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

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