Tag: steve_jobs

  • Steve jobs throws the cat among the pigeons!

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    Tom Raftery
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    I have written about DRM many times previously and what an evil, anti-consumer, scum-sucking device it is. Many of the comments on these posts disagreed with my position. I really began to doubt my thinking on DRM though when Bill Gates, speaking about DRM seemed to agree with me!: People should just buy a cd…

  • Jobs lands Disney!

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    Steve Jobs has managed to sell Pixar Animation Studios to Disney for $7.4 billion in stock. As part of the deal, Pixar shareholders will receive 2.3 Disney shares for every Pixar share they own. Steve Jobs currently owns 50.6% of Pixar so this deal will mean that Steve jobs is going to become the single…

  • Back in the seat again

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    Tom Raftery
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    I’m back at the computer again and furiously making my way through the backlog of email which built up in my absence. If you sent me an email in the last week or two and I haven’t responded, please re-send it just to poke me! The break was great and Santa was very generous –…

  • Apple introduces new iMac

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    At the San Jose event today Steve jobs also announced a new iMac G5. See here for more The new iMac is thinner than its predecessors, it has a built-in iSight camera for video conferencing, and it has a new application called Front Row. Front Row is a program which allows imac owners to use…