Sotheby’s to auction 1 of 6 working Apple I’s and rare Steve Jobs memo

Source: 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence

As the first ready-made personal computer, the Apple I signaled a new age in which computing became accessible to the masses. The interface of circuitry and software that Woz created enabled users to type letters with ...
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Apple’s iOS and Mac App Stores Now Feature “Free App Of The Week” And “Editor’s Choice” Promotions

Source: TechCrunch

In an apparent effort to help its users find more interesting apps in its cavernous digital stores, Apple today made an interesting tweak to its iOS and Mac app stores. Both now feature a “free app of the week” and an “editor’s choice” secti ...
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Kids These Days Are Greedy Little Materialists [Uncool Generations]

Source: Gawker

Just look at this outrageous survey—or should I say Self-Survingvey??—of vacant-eyed college kids today, who are animated only by a desire to obtain ever-greater quantities of money with which to line their cond ...
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Jerry King's Mac 411: Options for the visually challenged

Source: Naples Daily News

I am legally blind and recently bought a MacBook Pro to replace my Dell because I was told Apple products had special features for the legally blind. I can't see the names of people who send me email. Can you tell me how to take advantag ...
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Facebook IPO’s Youngest Victim: 11-Year-Old Investor Wants His Money Back

Source: Time Magazine

Facebook shares sank on Monday in the first day of trading without the full support of the company's underwriters, leaving some investors down 25 percent from where they were Friday afternoon Sam Lesser isn’t old enough to go on Facebo ...
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Dataland: MIT's '70s media room concept that influenced the Mac

Source: The Verge

"Is it easy to use? Does it feel good? Is it pleasurable?" "Such startling advances and cost reductions are occurring in microelectronics that we believe future systems will not be characterized by their memory size or processing speed. Instead, the ...
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Steve Aoki Premieres ‘Steve Jobs’ Music Video [EXCLUSIVE]

Source: Mashable

Like Tweet +1 Share Pin It Share Steve Jobs tributes may occasionally seem like gimmicks, attempts to ride a trend. But electronic musician Steve Aoki’s new track, called “Steve Jobs,” is an homage to a man he calls a “revolutionary.” “Wheth ...
Full article at: Mashable  More like this  1 day ago, 12:59pm CDT

Inside the Smithsonian Steve Jobs' Exhibit

Source: NBC Bay Area

In addition to the patents themselves, the exhibit has a 1984 Apple computer, a 2003 iPad and a 1992 NeXT monitor and microcomputer in a nearby display case. (Image Credit: Brian Ireley/Smithsonian) Consisting of 30 display panels that are each ...
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Oracle v. Google - Now Back to the Copyright Question and How Oracle Fragments Java

Source: GrokLaw

We all know the outcome of the patent infringement claims, but if you are interested in seeing the special verdict form, here it is [PDF; Text]. Also available is a copy of all of those notes the jury kept sending to t ...
Full article at: GrokLaw  More like this  1 day ago, 8:37am CDT