Switched has a new home! Huffpost Tech.

Click here to visit the new home of Switched!

Hot on HuffPost Tech:

See More Stories
AOL Tech

After Nearly 'Starving to Death,' Steve Jobs Set to Return to Apple

by Warren Riddle on June 5, 2009 at 05:15 PM

When Steve Jobs ambiguously announced in January that he would be taking a medical leave of absence from his Apple CEO position, he predicted he would return to work by the end of June. According to a Wall Street Journal source, even though Jobs was "starving to death" (according to an unnamed source that spoke with the WSJ) prior to and during his leave because of an inability to digest proteins, the pancreatic cancer survivor amazingly appears to be on track to make his scheduled return.

According to the Journal, some unnamed industry insiders have even predicted that Jobs will make an appearance next week at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. Others, though, including Richard Doherty of the Envisioneering Group, attribute those hopes to wishful thinking. He told the WSJ, "He likes to surprise people, but we don't think thats likely to happen at WWDC."

As Jobs has been known to make surprise announcements, his presence at the event, however unlikely, could signify that the Cupertino company is ready to unveil the new iPhone, which will reportedly include increased processing power and video editing capabilities. The timing would be perfect for iPhone owners with two-year AT&T contracts, as they'll certainly be ready to upgrade. [From: The Wall Street Journal, via The Mirror and Gawker]



Jobs and Gates, When They Were Young

    Can you recognize Bill Gates in this Microsoft company photo from 1978?

    Gates and Wozniak show off the Apple I in 1976.

    Bill Gates Strikes a Pose for 'Teen Beat' Photospread in 1983...Meow!

    Steve Wozniak, left, and Steve Jobs hard at work at Apple in the early 1980s.

    A dapper Steve Jobs with the groundbreaking Mac Classic computer in the 1980s.

    This famous mugshot shows a young Bill Gates after getting caught for speeding outside Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1977.

Tags: Apple, apple worldwide developers conference, AppleWorldwideDevelopersConference, health, iPhone, moguls, steve jobs, SteveJobs, top

Comments

7

Add your comments

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.

HuffPost AOL Social News Most Popular