It’snoteasy being chief operating officer . Just need AT&T nous honcho Randall Stephenson , who is n’t exactly swim in fanmail . And HP CEO Mark Hurd has a few words on why HP did — and more significantly , didn’t — bribe Palm . say on for the remainders of June 3 , 2010 .

Court analyze Gizmodo devices over iPhone(CNet )

The saga of theprototype iPhonecontinues , with an unprejudiced court - appointed “ special passe-partout ” beginning his accumulation of grounds from Gizmodo editor Jason Chen ’s possessions . Steve Jobs spoke out on the example during his D8 interview earlier this week , tell he would n’t “ let it slide . ” Gawker CEO Nick Denton responded by saying “ It is ripe to see Steve Jobs so animated . ” Whoa . Four Good Book : Animated . Steve Jobs . Movie . Pixar , you know who to call .

HP CEO Mark Hurd talks datacenters , networking and Palm(ZDNet )

Among the jewels from Hewlett - Packard CEO , this one clamber extremely shiny : “ We did n’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business . ” To be fair , give Palm ’s late performance , you could argue they hadn’treallybeen in the smartphone business for some time .

Customer threatened with effectual action for e - mail AT&T CEO(So Long , and Thanks for All the Pisces )

Whereas Steve Jobs has assume to responding to a grown chunk of his e - mail , AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson apparently felt rile enough by an tocopherol - mail from a customer expressing his displeasure overthe late data point plan changesthat an AT&T “ Executive Response ” agent prognosticate the blogger and warned him that he might get a cease & desist letter if he persisted penning . AT&T now saysit ’s rationalize to the customerand will address his concerns . Well , you know , unless that would really involve changing their plans again .

Japanese doctor utilise iPad to assist surgery(Wired UK )

During a operative procedure at Kobe University ’s infirmary , doctors whipped out an iPad to help them finish the operation . Macworldhas obtained this exclusive imageof which app the iPad was running .

Apple ’s forgotten founder still weave in the desert(MercuryNews )

The Mercury News profiles Apple ’s third co - founder , Ron Wayne , who give up his 10 percent plowshare of the company just 12 days after its was incorporated . lamentably , Wayne ’s unlucky run has extend all the way to him being named thesecondunluckiest Isle of Man alive , afterthis guy .