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| Steve Wozniak / Gizmodo: |
Jobs, Reviewed by Steve Wozniak — In the discussion section of our Jobs review, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak weighed in with his own impressions of the movie—and how he and others were portrayed. What follows is Woz's unedited take on Jobs: — I saw Jobs tonight. I thought the acting throughout was good.
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| Vijith Assar / Slashdot: |
Early Apple Employees Talk Memories of Steve Jobs, New Movie — The early years: Daniel Kottle (l) and Steve Jobs (r). — Daniel Kottke and Bill Fernandez had front-row seats to the birth of the personal computing industry, as well as the most valuable technology company in the world.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
‘JOBS’ Biography Starring Ashton Kutcher Hits Theaters to Mixed Reviews — Joshua Michael Stern's Steve Jobs biography JOBS launched in theaters today, and despite a vigorous marketing campaign that saw actor Ashton Kutcher attending a number of promotional events and interviews …
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| David Talbot / MIT Technology Review: |
Remotely Assembled Malware Blows Past Apple's Screening Process — Research unmasks a weakness of Apple's App Store: new apps apparently are run for only a few seconds before approval. — WHY IT MATTERS — More than 600 million devices with Apple's iOS have been sold.
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| Nate Anderson / Ars Technica: |
Webcam spying goes mainstream as Miss Teen USA describes hack — Wolf detailing her experience. — CNN/WPIX — Webcam hacking has officially gone mainstream with yesterday's revelation that the new Miss Teen USA, Cassidy Wolf, was the victim of a “sextortion” plot in which someone …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple Begins Showing Mac Pro Teaser in Movie Theaters with ‘Fall 2013’ Announcement — Apple has begun showing the teaser video for the upcoming Mac Pro in movie theaters across the nation. First shown at WWDC during the initial debut of the Mac Pro, the video shows the sleek black curves of the product from multiple angles.
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| Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
Virus targets the social network in new fraud twist — (Reuters) - In the world of cyber fraud, a fake fan on Instagram can be worth five times more than a stolen credit card number. — As social media has become increasingly influential in shaping reputations, hackers have used … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Inside the bitter YouTube battle between Microsoft and Google — Why do these companies love to hate each other? — The gloves are off: Microsoft and Google find themselves battling in more product areas than ever while fighting a very public war of words.
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| Caleb Garling / The Technology Chronicles: |
Peter Shih storm puts Medium back on tightrope between publisher and platform — Medium, a new media start-up that publishes commissioned and volunteer stories and editorials, was thrust back in the spotlight this week on the wings of an offensive post. Peter Shih, a former Y Combinator participant …
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Waywire CEO Nathan Richardson Departs As Company Shifts Focus From Content Creation To Curation — The CEO of Waywire — the startup co-founded by Newark mayor and Senate candidate Cory Booker — is stepping down, TechCrunch has learned. The resignation comes as the company is in the midst … | Andrew Allemann / Domain Name Wire: |
ICANN officially kills Google's plan for dotless Search top level domain name — Board resolution quashes dotless domains again, at least for now. — ICANN's New gTLD Program Committee has passed a resolution confirming a prohibition on so-called dotless domain names …
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| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Carl Icahn Denied in Bid to Upend Dell Buyout Vote — Carl Icahn, the activist investor, can't seem to get a break from the Delaware Chancery Court. — A judge in that court turned away Icahn's petition asking it to intervene and stop a buyout vote scheduled for Sept. 12.
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