Linked List: January 5, 2009

Google Releases Picasa for Mac 

Quite an odd visual theme. Doesn’t really look like a Mac app at all.

Cue the Complaints 

Chuq Von Rospach on the non-removable 17-inch MBP battery rumor.

Statement From Apple Board 

Translation: If Jobs were terminally ill, or otherwise unable to do his job, Apple’s board would make it known.

Steve Jobs Issues Letter Regarding His Health 

He’s suffering from a “hormone imbalance” that apparently wasn’t diagnosed until recently, and expects to regain his weight within a few months.

Good news and well-said. The closing paragraph is pure Jobs.