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Apple Inc. said the company’s co-founder Steve Jobs died Wednesday. He was 56.
“We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today,” the company said in a brief statement.
Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world’s leading tech company and [...]
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Brad Barker to speak at Black Hat Abu Dhabi 2011 Briefings and Training
0 Comments | Posted by Robert Hatten in News Stories
Brad Barker to speak on Social Media and its contribution to the escalation of cyber warfare at the Black Hat UAE Security event in Abu Dhabi
I was summoned for jury duty. Apple iPad in hand, I reported as ordered. Free wi-fi in the jury assembly room made the interminable wait bearable. Actually… enjoyable! And what a bonus when I needed to find a local eatery during the 90-min lunch break. All doable with an iPhone of course.. but much more [...]
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Cisco working on a Atom-powered Ubuntu Linux tablet
0 Comments | Posted by Nick Schooler in Linux Tablet
Looks like the business Android-based Cius wasn’t the only tablet out of Cisco (CSCO) this week, the company’s also announced a countertop unit built for home energy management that comes with a 7-inch WVGA capacitive touch screen with 800 x 480 resolution. The Tablet Runs on a Ubuntu Linux operating system and is powered by [...]
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EA has been working with Apple to optimize the tablet’s gaming abilities
0 Comments | Posted by Nick Schooler in iSlate
According to an unnamed source speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Electronic Arts has been working with Apple to optimize the tablet’s gaming abilities. EA game has already been producing games for the iPhone and iPod Touch format, So creating games for a larger screen device shouldn’t be such a large jump for the company. [...]
Jan. 27, 2010, the fateful day: President Barack Obama’s anticipated address to joint sessions of Congress just a few short hours after Steve Jobs uncovers the truth about Apple’s newest creation. Los Angeles’ KNBC is pitting the two against each other, asking consumers to “Pick Your Savior: Obama or Steve Jobs”.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Pick-Your-Savior-Barack-Obama-or-Steve-Jobs-82083537.html
However, I wonder how many [...]
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Steve Jobs has been working on a viable tablet since at least 1983
2 Comments | Posted by Christopher Stumpf in iSlate
Wired has an article with photos of a tablet prototype that Steve Jobs was working on way back in 1983!
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/apple-tablet-1983
It looks very large and clunky by today’s standards, but think back to 1983 and what computers were. Does anyone remember the Commodore Pet? Computers were huge back then.
Anyway, the point of all this is to [...]
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Name, trademark fights? Just name the price, please!
4 Comments | Posted by Rachel Crosby in iSlate
There is a major buzz about the name of the new Apple tablet. iSlate, iTablet, iPad…. There’s also big buzz about the price. My guess is, in this particular time, in this particular economy, even the most avid and devout Apple consumer won’t purchase the iSlate (Well, I gotta call it something and fingers [...]