Apple's Jobs to unveil 'Lion' operating system | Inquirer Technology

Apple’s Jobs to unveil ‘Lion’ operating system

/ 11:30 PM May 31, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO—Ailing chief executive Steve Jobs will return from sick leave to unveil Apple’s latest generation of software next week, the firm announced Tuesday.

The 56-year-old cancer survivor will present Apple’s new operating system, dubbed “Lion,” at a developers’ conference in San Francisco on June 6.

Jobs went on leave in January, his third medical absence since 2004, but has retained his title of chief executive at Apple.

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He underwent an operation for pancreatic cancer in 2004 and received a liver transplant in 2009, but Apple has not released any details about his latest health issues.

“Lion” will be the eighth major iteration of Apple’s operating system, “Mac OS.”

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TOPICS: Apple, Information Technology, Internet, Lion, Software, Steve Jobs, US
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