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A Look Back at the Career of Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs' quirky brilliance was probably enough to make him a legend all by itself, but when you look at what he did for Apple you have to be impressed. He took over as interim CEO in 2007, almost as a trial period. When it got the job permanently, the company was still an under-dog by almost every measure. And now, the company is the envy of everyone from Microsoft to Sony. Here's how he did it.
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 | Steve Jobs Resigns: Nothing Changes
Sascha Segan has read all the talk about the troubled post-Jobs future facing Apple and points out this small fact: Jobs really isn't going anywhere. He will still be on the board, he will still be setting direction, and for all intents and purposes Tim Cook has been running the company for months, if not years. Tell Sascha if you agree in the comments.
Geek.com's Top Steve Jobs Moments
A lot of sites are doing Steve Jobs timelines, but Geek.com's is the best I have seen. Just scan the headlines and you can see the man's entire Apple career, or at least Act 2. From taking $1 salary long before it was fashionable to his plans for a new 150-acre campus, it is all here.
How to Track Hurricane Irene
I had the good fortune to be on the out banks of North Carolina last weekend and not this one. Until I went, all I knew about Cape Hateras was that it regularly gets pounded by hurricanes. The weather was great last weekend, but as Irene bears down on it all I can hope is that the good folks I met down there have the good sense to get out. If you live on the east coast, you should check out all the ways to monitor the storm's progress.
How to Back Up Your Facebook Data
Like of lot of great PCMag stories, this idea came up in our daily news meeting. Anonymous was threatening to annihilate the Facebook service and the question got asked: Just how you back up your Facebook info? There was silence. Clearly that was something we had to find out and share with readers. Jill Duffy figured it out, and it wasn't easy.
Linux Turns 20, Doesn't Look a Day Over 16
With all the Jobs news and the Hurricane threatening the East Coast, I Almost missed Linux turning 20 yesterday. Although it was never a success on the desktop, Linux dominate the world of supercomputers and turns up in the most surprising spots, everything from smart phones to routers to DVRs. ExtremeTech's Sebastian Anthony has some birthday wishes to share.
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