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Can Apple innovate without Steve Jobs?

The iPhone 4S didn’t thrill Apple fans, who worry that Tim Cook and Co. won’t be able to wow consumers the same way the incredibly imaginative Jobs did Source:http://theweek.com/article/index/220090/can-apple-innovate-without-steve-jobsnbsp

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SpaceX Working Like Mad On Reusable Launch Rocket

Thank you SpaceX, for keeping the final frontier exciting. SpaceX’s CTO Elon Musk recently announced at a recent press conference that his organization has finally designed a viable launch vehicle that’s extremely cost-effective. For now, let it be called the Reusable Launch … Continue reading

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Steve Jobs’ death: Is the world overreacting?

Everyone agrees: He created great gadgets. But, some note, he didn’t cure cancer, end apartheid, or bring about the fall of communism Source:http://theweek.com/article/index/220124/steve-jobs-death-is-the-world-overreacting

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The ‘Record Breaking’ Online Response To Steve Jobs’ Death By The Numbers

After the visionary Apple co-founder’s death was announced, Twitter users spread the news with 10,000 tweets per second ” and they weren’t alone. Source:http://theweek.com/article/index/220040/the-record-breaking-response-to-steve-jobs-death-by-the-numbers

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Italian Wikipedia site gets disabled to protest privacy law

User-generated encyclopedia Wikipedia shut down its Italian website yesterday to protest a proposed privacy law drafted by the Italian government, reports The Atlantic. The law would force websites to remove any information identified as defamatory to an individual within 48 … Continue reading

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What would the world be like if Steve Jobs had never existed?

It is February 24 1955. AT&T has just created the first transistor, the Pentagon has just started developing the first nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles, and in San Francisco… in a hospital in San Francisco, Steve Jones is born. Source:http://www.extremetech.com/computing/98791-what-would-the-world-be-like-if-steve-jobs-had-never-existed

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RapidShare Fights for The Cloud in Washington

Its common knowledge that the entertainment industry is lobbying extensively in Washington to get tougher copyright laws adopted. In a counter-move the file-hosting company RapidShare has hired lobbyists of its own. TorrentFreak got a chance to talk to RapidShares general … Continue reading

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Did Dropping Acid Make Steve Jobs More Creative?

Apple founder and tech visionary Steve Jobs died on Wednesday. Jobs was heavily influenced by 1960s counterculture, and once told a reporter that taking LSD was one of the two or three most important things he did in his life. … Continue reading

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MacBook Pro Parts Used To Create Tribute Portrait Of Steve Jobs

The creative team over at the Foundry, which is a research team at Mint Digital focused on exploring physical objects which connect to the web though digital technology. Have used a MacBook Pro and dismantled it to create this fantastic tribute portrait to Steve … Continue reading

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus full specs revealed; Verizon Wireless exclusive

Well, now that Apple has announced the iPhone 4S, theres only one other flagship on the horizon that people are eagerly anticipating and thats the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Source:http://www.bgr.com/2011/10/06/samsung-galaxy-nexus-full-specs-revealed-verizon-wireless-exclusive/

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