Thursday, October 6, 2011

The story behind Apple's Siri voice assistant
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:10:32 EDT ]
The iPhone 4S may not look any different from its predecessor, but it is Apple's only model with a sort of robot living inside.

The spiritual side of Steve Jobs
[ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:32:18 EDT ]
It's well known that the secret to Apple's meteoric success in the world of consumer technology was the vision, leadership and creativity of Steve Jobs, the company's celebrity founder.

Steve Jobs, Apple founder, dies at 56
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:12:32 EDT ]
(CNN) -- 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 led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56.

iSad: Millions take to the web to mourn Steve Jobs
[ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:56:22 EDT ]
iSad.

How Steve Jobs saw the future
[ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:21:44 EDT ]
Business historian Nancy F. Koehn says Jobs' central insight was that technology was a democratizing force, making it possible for people to do what only a few could do before.

PhotoBlog: Pictures of worldwide tributes to Steve Jobs
[ Thu, 6 Oct 2011 10:21:24 GMT ]

From Tokyo to California, Apple fans mourn.From Tokyo to California, Apple fans mourn.


Pre-caffeine tech: Steve Jobs
[ Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:20:24 GMT ]
A collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.

Tributes to Jobs pour in from around the world
[ Thu, 6 Oct 2011 09:34:20 GMT ]

A passerby uses an iPhone 4 to photograph flowers left for the late Steve Jobs outside the Apple store in Sydney on Thursday.From the titans of high technology to teenagers armed with iPads, millions of people around the world mourned digital-gadget genius Steve Jobs.


At Apple's flagship store, the beat goes on
[ Thu, 6 Oct 2011 01:53:16 GMT ]
When customers at the Midtown Manhattan store launch Safari on a demo machine, they see the Apple.com home page — and a memorial picture of the company's founder — then, almost to a person, they click a shortcut and start browsing the Web.

The Jobs legacy: Ease, elegance in technology
[ Wed, 5 Oct 2011 23:53:00 GMT ]

Oct. 5: Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56.  CNBC's Jon Fortt and CNET's Molly Wood discuss Job's influence on culture and technology. (CNBC)Steve Jobs will be remembered as a titan of business, of course. But for those of us who struggled decades ago to learn the machinations of lines of code in order to create something as elementary as a letter on a computer, Jobs will forever be associated with making modern computing simple, seamless and satisfying.


Tributes to Steve Jobs online and off (images)
[ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:08:39 PDT ]
The respect of mourners spills out across the world, from online memorials to spray-painted sentiments. Apple's co-founder died yesterday at age 56.

Apple stock trading up following Jobs' death
[ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:25:27 PDT ]
The company's shares hold steady, more or less, as Wall Street responds to the passing of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Mozilla coaxing old-era Firefox 3.6 users to upgrade
[ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:54:01 PDT ]
A large swath of people using an older browser could climb aboard Mozilla's rapid-release train when they're prompted to upgrade starting today.

Android running as test app on HP TouchPad
[ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:57:52 PDT ]
A Chinese developer has reportedly gotten Android to work on an HP TouchPad by installing it as a WebOS application package and running Google's OS in emulation mode.

Betting on Steve Jobs during Apple's dark days
[ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:07:08 PDT ]
In the late 1990s when Apple was on the brink of collapse, tech entrepreneur Michael Oh stuck with Apple over Microsoft because of Steve Jobs' leadership and vision.

The story behind Apple's Siri voice assistant
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:10:32 EDT ]
The iPhone 4S may not look any different from its predecessor, but it is Apple's only model with a sort of robot living inside.

The spiritual side of Steve Jobs
[ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:32:18 EDT ]
It's well known that the secret to Apple's meteoric success in the world of consumer technology was the vision, leadership and creativity of Steve Jobs, the company's celebrity founder.

iSad: Millions take to the web to mourn Steve Jobs
[ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:56:22 EDT ]
iSad.

Steve Jobs, Apple founder, dies at 56
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:12:32 EDT ]
(CNN) -- 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 led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56.

How Steve Jobs saw the future
[ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:21:44 EDT ]
Business historian Nancy F. Koehn says Jobs' central insight was that technology was a democratizing force, making it possible for people to do what only a few could do before.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Video: 'Rage' is an epic post-apocalyptic fantasy
[ Wed, 5 Oct 2011 01:31:25 GMT ]

Blood thirsty bandits, insanely twisted mutants and an evil government known as the Authority populate the now devastated world. In-Game's Todd Kenreck reviews the game. (MSNBC)Blood thirsty bandits, insanely twisted mutants and an evil government known as the Authority populate the now devastated world. In-Game's Todd Kenreck reviews the game. (In-Game)


Social media attracts Peace Prize buzz
[ Wed, 5 Oct 2011 21:19:27 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: This year's Nobel Peace Prize seems certain to have a social-media spin. The only question is, which Twitterers or Facebookers will be listed on the citation?Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: This year's Nobel Peace Prize seems certain to have a social-media spin. The only question is, which Twitterers or Facebookers will be listed on the citation?


Buy iPhone 4S or wait for iPhone 5?
[ Wed, 5 Oct 2011 18:24:53 GMT ]

Some are holding out for a super-awesome new phone, a true iPhone 5. That will come ... next year. But others really need a phone now, and shouldn't wait.Some are holding out for a super-awesome new phone, a true iPhone 5. That will come ... next year. But others really need a phone now, and shouldn't wait.


At Apple's flagship store, the beat goes on
[ Thu, 6 Oct 2011 01:53:16 GMT ]
When customers at the Midtown Manhattan store launch Safari on a demo machine, they see the Apple.com home page — and a memorial picture of the company's founder — then, almost to a person, they click a shortcut and start browsing the Web.

The Jobs legacy: Ease, elegance in technology
[ Wed, 5 Oct 2011 23:53:00 GMT ]

Oct. 5: Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56.  CNBC's Jon Fortt and CNET's Molly Wood discuss Job's influence on culture and technology. (CNBC)Steve Jobs will be remembered as a titan of business, of course. But for those of us who struggled decades ago to learn the machinations of lines of code in order to create something as elementary as a letter on a computer, Jobs will forever be associated with making modern computing simple, seamless and satisfying.


Bob Metcalfe recalls Steve Jobs' cold call
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:44:22 PDT ]
Ethernet co-inventor Bob Metcalfe remembers interactions with Steve Jobs in the early days of personal computing and having Jobs at his wedding.

Steve Jobs: A timeline
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:06:37 PDT ]
CNET remembers the key milestones in Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' life. The tech luminary passed away today at the age of 56.

Steve Jobs' big lesson: 'Stay hungry. Stay foolish'
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:15:14 PDT ]
Steve Jobs' 2005 commencement speech at Stanford says a lot about his life and the "great change agent" known as death.

Television and newspapers react to Jobs' death
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:22:19 PDT ]
The mainstream media reacts both on television and in newspapers to the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

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What we really owe to Steve Jobs
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:56:57 EDT ]
Simon Garfield says Steve Jobs, who was absent at introduction of new iPhone, made the world of diverse typefaces available to computer users around the world

Analysts: Tim Cook passed first test
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:00:14 EDT ]
New Apple CEO Tim Cook passed his first test as presenter, analysts say, although he didn't introduce a single product.

The story behind Apple's Siri voice assistant
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:10:32 EDT ]
The iPhone 4S may not look any different from its predecessor, but it is Apple's only model with a sort of robot living inside.

The spiritual side of Steve Jobs
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:19:50 EDT ]
It's well known that the secret to Apple's meteoric success in the world of consumer technology was the vision, leadership and creativity of Steve Jobs, the company's celebrity founder.

Steve Jobs, Apple founder, dies at 56
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:20:30 EDT ]
(CNN) -- 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 led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56.

Apple's Siri translates as 'buttocks' in Japan
[ Wed, 5 Oct 2011 14:51:22 GMT ]

In Japan, where Siri isn't even going to be available when the iPhone 4S goes on sale there Oct.14, the word sounds a lot like "shiri" — which means buttocks.In Japan, where Siri isn't even going to be available when the iPhone 4S goes on sale there Oct.14, the word sounds a lot like "shiri" — which means buttocks.


iPod touch thrives, while shuffle and classic survive
[ Tue, 4 Oct 2011 19:37:52 GMT ]

While the death of the iPod classic is still unconfirmed, it was conspicuously absent from Apple's big event Tuesday, where there were updates on the iPod touch, nano and shuffle. While the death of the iPod classic is still unconfirmed, it was conspicuously absent from Apple's big event Tuesday, where there were updates on the iPod touch, nano and shuffle.


Apple's iOS 5 available Oct. 12, 200 new features
[ Tue, 4 Oct 2011 17:45:56 GMT ]

The latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 5, will be available on October 12. It brings over 200 new features. Here are the highlights.The latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 5, will be available on October 12. It brings over 200 new features. Here are the highlights.


Video: 'Rage' is an epic post-apocalyptic fantasy
[ Wed, 5 Oct 2011 01:31:25 GMT ]

Blood thirsty bandits, insanely twisted mutants and an evil government known as the Authority populate the now devastated world. In-Game's Todd Kenreck reviews the game. (MSNBC)Blood thirsty bandits, insanely twisted mutants and an evil government known as the Authority populate the now devastated world. In-Game's Todd Kenreck reviews the game. (In-Game)


It's the year of iOS, not iPhone
[ Wed, 5 Oct 2011 15:31:48 GMT ]

It was easy to call the iPhone 4S news disappointing — but Apple's presentation was primarily a showcase of software, not hardware. And it's the software that will keep Apple ahead of the competition.It was easy to call the iPhone 4S news disappointing — but Apple's presentation was primarily a showcase of software, not hardware. And it's the software that will keep Apple ahead of the competition.


Nokia to unveil first Windows phone this quarter
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:27:31 PDT ]
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop promises to launch the first Windows phone by the end of the year, with some sources eyeing the first device by the end of October.

RIM execs don't want to buy stock either, report says
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:58:08 PDT ]
The company's top executives, including co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, haven't bought RIM shares since last year, indicating a lack of confidence in the company's stock.

Microsoft: Software puts kibosh on energy waste
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:19:36 PDT ]
Microsoft project finds that software provided as good a bang for buck as upgrading physical infrastructure in commercial building energy retrofits.

Microsoft defends its Windows 8 Metro Start screen
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:41:17 PDT ]
In the face of ongoing user concerns about the new Start screen in Windows , Microsoft continues to try to explain and defend its decision to switch to the new Metro UI design.

Apple iPhone 4S gets lukewarm analyst response
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:43:56 PDT ]
Wall Street analysts offer a mixed reaction to the new iPhone 4S, but that may only mean Apple has low expectations to hurdle.

Apple introduces Siri, Web freaks out a little
[ Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:19:36 EDT ]
When Apple introduced Siri, the talking, voice-activated "personal assistant" that will come with its new iPhone 4S, the Web leaped to the obvious, rational conclusion: That it's a sinister, potentially alien artificial intelligence that's bound to kill us all.

What we really owe to Steve Jobs
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:49:12 EDT ]
Simon Garfield says Steve Jobs, who was absent at introduction of new iPhone, made the world of diverse typefaces available to computer users around the world

The story behind Apple's Siri voice assistant
[ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:10:32 EDT ]
The iPhone 4S may not look any different from its predecessor, but it is Apple's only model with a sort of robot living inside.

Apple's Siri translates as 'buttocks' in Japan
[ Wed, 5 Oct 2011 14:51:22 GMT ]

In Japan, where Siri isn't even going to be available when the iPhone 4S goes on sale there Oct.14, the word sounds a lot like "shiri" — which means buttocks.In Japan, where Siri isn't even going to be available when the iPhone 4S goes on sale there Oct.14, the word sounds a lot like "shiri" — which means buttocks.


iPod touch thrives, while shuffle and classic survive
[ Tue, 4 Oct 2011 19:37:52 GMT ]

While the death of the iPod classic is still unconfirmed, it was conspicuously absent from Apple's big event Tuesday, where there were updates on the iPod touch, nano and shuffle. While the death of the iPod classic is still unconfirmed, it was conspicuously absent from Apple's big event Tuesday, where there were updates on the iPod touch, nano and shuffle.