Steve Jobs just announced he is taking a medical leave from Apple until June of 2009. Rumors that Jobs was suffering from a serious medical condition were recently confirmed by Jobs. He is currently on medication to try to correct his illness.

Get well soon.

A citizen journalist over at iReport, which is CNN owned, posted a false story that Steve Jobs was rushed to the emergency room for a massive heart attack. He does have health issues, but this story was completely untrue, still the stock dropped, because people actually trade stock based on iReport rumors. Click here to learn more.

Microsoft will embark on a new $300 million advertising campaign, and has hired Jerry Seinfeld to be the face of that campaign. Jerry inked a $10 million deal, and will appear with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Microsoft is trying to compete with the "cool" image Apple has built for itself with younger tech savvy consumers. Brian Steinberg, television editor for the weekly advertising magazine Ad says:

"Seinfeld does represent sort of a challenge. He’s not Dane Cook. He’s got a more sophisticated everyday take on things. He often comes across as a questioner of conventional wisdom but also can be kind of a crank. It’s a fine line to walk when you’re dealing with a younger person."

As Apple replaced the Mac operating system with a customized version of a Unix operating system called Free BSD, then renamed it to OS X, the Mac has been able to utilize a larger choice of software applications, but the number of choices still pale in comparison to the number of applications available to Windows customers. With that fact it would seem Microsoft should focus on usability, and the benefits of Windows, but Apple has already attacked the ease of use of Windows by taking aim at prompt dialogue windows related to security on the Windows Vista. Microsoft is left trying to make Windows cool, so the consumer bypasses their logic, and purchases based on their emotional impression of Windows versus Apple’s Mac. That’s a tall order with Seinfeld as Microsoft’s new pitchman, especially when a Macintosh could be seen in the back of his apartment on episodes of Seinfeld.

Perhaps one approach might be to show Seinfeld’s frustration with the lack of applications available for the Mac, which causes Seinfeld to switch to Windows. Even if Microsoft is not entirely successful they still win. Years ago Microsoft stole Windows and the Mouse from Apple, after Apple purchased those inventions from the Xerox research group. Once Steve Jobs returned to Apple, Bill Gates settled the long standing legal fight by investing $150 million into Apple, giving Microsoft a share of Apple. If Apple wins the ad fight, so do Microsoft shareholders. Resistance is futile.

On a side note, it was recently reported that Steve Jobs was getting medical treatment for a very serious medical condition, but he would not disclose what that condition was. We wish him a speedy recovery, and many more years at the head of Apple.

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The Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie trailer is now online. Click here to watch it. The trailer lasts 3 minutes and 49 seconds. The cartoon looks okay, but the Star Wars Clone Wars cartoons have been playing in other countries for some time now, so why do we have to go see it at the theater?

If George Lucas wanted to do something extra ordinary, he would have had Pixar recreate The Clone Wars using their technology. After all, Pixar studios was originally George Lucas studios, and was purchased from Lucas by Steve Jobs of Apple fame.

Steve Jobs has always been one of my tech heroes. He asks his engineers to do what they CAN do, and will if they get funding. If you’re wondering what 3G is, it is like using high speed wireless hot spots (Wi-Fi), except it’s a cell phone/laptop wireless technology similar to EVDO. The point is, this phone operates like a cell phone, and laptop all in one, plus it’s a GPS too. They even lowered the price. The biggest complaint with the original iPhone was it didn’t work well as a phone, because the sound was terrible. They fixed that in the new phone. It’s so tempting to get one, especially at a price of only $200.