Tag: Steve
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Steve Jobs: A Memorial Through Memorabilia
The Gadget Helpline was saddened to hear of the departure of Co-Founder, Chairman and Pop Culture “iCon” – the Steve Jobs – as CEO of Apple Inc. We feel that as a fitting tribute to his memory we would remind our readers of some of the fantastically tacky (and sometime not entirely legit) merchandise…
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Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO
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Steve Jobs announced to today that he is to resign as CEO of Apple due to health reasons. The news sent Apple’s share price tumbling with 7% being wiped of their value in after-hours trading alone. Jobs has been suffering poor health for a couple of years and in January he took his second medical…
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Star Trek PADD app for iPad sees sci-fi tech come full circle
The fantasy technology of Star Trek has always been ahead of its time and has very much inspired future generations. You can see the influence of Gene Roddenberry’s universe in many of the gadgets we use today particularly in the developments of early mobile phones (remember the flip front communicators of the 1960s original?) and…
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Microsoft CEO thanks partners and talks Windows 7 (and 8) at annual WPC
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer opened the company’s yearly Worldwide Partner Conference by thanking the 64,000 worldwide partners – 15,000 of which were represented at the first day of the 4-day event. He praised them for helping the Windows 7 operating system become the fastest selling in history with 400 million licences sold in under two years.…
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Window 8 full build leaked on eBay – Official pre-beta expected today
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Want the latest build of Windows 8, the crossover desktop and tablet operating system? Look no further than online car boot sale eBay to find the latest (leaked) version of the anticipated Microsoft OS – 2 months before its expected release at the BUILD Developer Conference. We wouldn’t seriously suggest that you take the not-so-legit…
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Facebook Press Conference: Social Network will integrate Microsoft’s Skype to take the fight to Google
As predicted, Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at the press conference today to announce that – Yes, Facebook will integrate Skype video conferencing as a major new feature into the Social Network. As Microsoft was making its $8.5-billion bid for the VoIP carrier service back in May, current Skype CEO Tony Bates was…
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iPhone 5 specs: Just a minor update from iPhone 4, says report
New claims suggest that Apple’s next iphone won’t be the huge jump some have expected
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Windows 8 pre-beta version to be unveiled at WPC next Monday?
Microsoft could be readying to unveil an early build of Windows 8 at the Windows Partner Conference next week. The pre-beta operating system will see light at the keynote this monday when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer details the next 12 months for the company – this is if Twitter source @MSFTtm can be trusted. They’ve…
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Steve Jobs comic book coming this August – Apple CEO’s life detailed in graphic form!
Who’s the latest super-power coming to a comic book store near you this summer? It’s not the Mighty Thor, The Man of Steel or even the Amazing Spiderman – it’s actually Steve Jobs. Yep, that bloke who runs Apple! The CEO of tech-titan Apple Inc. will be getting his own book from this August through independent…
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Apple “Spaceship” to land in Cupertino in time for WWDC ’15?
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A newly proposed “spaceship” campus could host the Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference as early as 2015. CEO Steve Jobs suggested “Apple is growing like a weed” with the widespread of iPad and iPhone and commented on the designs which would accommodate for approximately 12,000 WWDC attendees, also “boost the city’s tax dollars, and should be great…
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WWDC 11: A look ahead at Apple’s offerings – iCloud, iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion
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The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off in less than 5 hours (that’s 6pm to our UK readers) we’ll be on hand to cover the official announcements from the event – but in the meantime here’s a little of what we’ll expect to see coming straight outta San Fran.. What’s certain in the keynote line-up are…
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Bizarre real-life Windows pops up online in new photo
With so much Windows 8 news – you’d think we’d be seeing Windows everywhere. In fact, this truly bizarre sight currently circulating the web suggests we aren’t the only ones! Scooped by LikeCool.com earlier this week, a photo was posted showing the perfect view for desktop junkies who need to get out more. It’s an…