Jobs returns centre stage at Apple event after life-saving liver transplant

APPLE chief executive Steve Jobs returned to his showman role yesterday when taking the stage at a product launch event for the first time since his nearly six-month-long medical leave.

Mr Jobs, who had a liver transplant this spring, got a standing ovation.

Looking thin and speaking quietly and with a scratchy voice, the 54-year-old chief executive told the audience he had received the liver of a young adult who died in a car accident.