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Mac Fans Can Win Dinner with the Woz

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Leading memory upgrade company Crucial.com is holding a contest where one lucky person will win a trip to California to have dinner with lovable geek hero Steve Wozniak at one of his favorite restaurants. To enter, go to http://www.crucial.com/mac2012 between now and June 15, 2012 and answer a few simple questions about your Mac computer usage. In [...]

source: the-gadgeteer.com

18 May 2012

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What to expect when you’re expecting Sony to announce the PlayStation 4

arstechnica.com Kyle Orland 86 days ago

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jOBS actor Ashton Kutcher to headline Macworld/iWorld next week

www.tuaw.com Michael Grothaus 117 days ago

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Ashton Kutcher is portraying Steve Jobs in the indie -- and worst inter-capped name ever -- film jOBS later this year. Now Macworld has announced the Hollywood star and his costar Josh Gad, who is playing Steve Wozniak, will headline a session at Macworld|iWorld next week. The duo will talk about portraying Apple's iconic co-founders. The session, titled "Playing Steve & Woz," will take place on the main stage, room 2005 on Thursday, January 31 at 9:00 AM local time. And just as important as the two Hollywood stars, many of us from TUAW will also be at the event (perhaps doing our best S... Read similar

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Warning: We Have No Idea What Tablets And Smartphones Are Doing To Our Children

www.businessinsider.com Megan Rose Dickey 46 days ago

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Just how much screen time is appropriate for your child? That seems to be the question lately with the rise of tablet and smartphone usage. Unfortunately, we still don't have an answer. Nick Bilton of The New York Times reports. "We really don't know the full neurological effects of these technologies yet, Dr. Garry Small, director of the Longevity Center at the University of California, Los Angeles, told Bilton. "Children, like adults, vary quite a lot, and some are more sensitive than others to an abundance of screen time." Since the brain is very sensitive to stimuli, Dr. S... Read similar

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Weekend Watch list: rediscovered VHS tapes of Woz speaking at 1984 Apple Pi club

www.slashgear.com Chris Burns 57 days ago

Today several bits of a couple of speeches made by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and another Macintosh legend have surfaced via a friendly holder of several VHS recordings of a 1984 meeting of the Apple Pi computer club. These tapes recorded Woz and Apple Employee #6 Randy Wigginton speaking at the Denver Apple Pi computer Read The Full StoryRead similar

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TechCrunch Giveaway: Nexus 4 And Nexus 10 #TechCrunch

techcrunch.com Elin Blesener 144 days ago

The presents are piling, the fire is crackling, the drinks are flowing and in some parts of the world the snow is falling. From all of us at TechCrunch, we hope everyone is having a merry Christmas. For this week's giveaway, we wanted to do something extra special, because well, it's Christmas! The lucky winner of this giveaway will win a Nexus 4 and a Nexus 10. Want them both? Details to enter are below.Read similar

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Apple Cofounder Steve Wozniak Gives Some Great Advice For Your Career

www.businessinsider.com Julie Bort 32 days ago

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Steve Wozniak, affectionately known as Woz, is best known as Apple's cofounder. He left Apple in 1987 and continued to be a star in the tech scene. In 2009 he took a job as chief scientist at Fusion-io, a company that changed the enterprise storage market. It builds big storage systems using flash memory, the same tech used in thumb drives and smartphones. In other words, when it comes to career advice, Woz is a man worth listening to. Woz recently talked to Forbes blogger and NetApp product guy Cesar Orosco and offered these great tips: 1. Listen to and support your entry-level workers.... Read similar

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Woz, Wigginton videos surface in 1984 user group talk treasure trove

www.tuaw.com Steven Sande 57 days ago

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TUAW reader Vince Patton provided us with several links to videos that he's uploading to YouTube. Patton's father had saved a VHS tape of a talk made by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to the Denver Apple Pi computer club at the Colorado School of Mines on October 4, 1984, which Vince uncovered and is digitizing, cleaning up and uploading to YouTube for posterity. Among the gems on Patton's YouTube channel is Woz leading the attendees in the "Pledge of Apple Allegiance," which you can watch below. Another fascinating bit shows Randy Wigginton, Apple employee No. 6 and a key member of the orig... Read similar

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Engadget Giveaway: win a Samsung Galaxy S 4 on AT&T, courtesy of Otterbox!

www.engadget.com Brad Molen 4 days ago

See that package above? That phone-and-case combo could find a home in your hand, thanks to Otterbox. The company, which is well-known for its durable cases, has an AT&T-branded Samsung Galaxy S 4 to hand out to one of our lucky readers! Additionally, the grand prize winner -- along with a runner-up winner -- will receive one Defender case (valued at $50) and one Commuter case (valued at $35) specifically designed for the GS4. The phone is locked and doesn't come with service, so those of you who aren't AT&T fans may need to get creative with it. Hit up the Rafflecopter widget below to... Read similar

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Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET/7 pm PT: Pre-Valentine's potpourri edition

www.tuaw.com Michael Rose 96 days ago

The annual flurry of chocolate, flowers and crowded restaurants is only a few days away! Valentine's Day is this coming Thursday, so tonight we'll talk Apple-themed romance. How can you charm and celebrate the beloved geek in your life? Then again, if you are the Mac geek in your relationship, how can you amp up the love factor this week? Bring your ideas, destinations, apps and gifts to the show tonight. We'll also preview a bit of our Toy Fair coverage, rolling out the rest of this week. And, as usual, we'll review the news of the day and take your questions as we go. To participate live du... Read similar

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Last-chance Expand ticket giveaway and congrats to our Photo Contest winner!

www.engadget.com Barb Dybwad 70 days ago

In celebration of Expand, our first enormous electronics extravaganza next weekend at San Francisco's Fort Mason, we're giving away 5 pairs of tickets to 5 lucky @EngadgetExpand followers. This will be your last chance to score a free pass before the big event, so be sure to join us for this one! Here's how to enter: mention @EngadgetExpand in a tweet that also includes which session in the now fully-unveiled agenda you are most looking forward to. That might not be the easiest task, since there will be a lot going on at the show: from DJ Spooky's live performance to Veronica Belmont's appea... Read similar

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MTV Adds Live Voting on Instagram for 2013 Movie Awards

feeds.mashable.com Brian Anthony Hernandez 38 days ago

Movie fans can vote using Instagram photos and hashtags — for the first time ever — in the MTV Movie Awards' Best Hero category leading up to and during the April 14 ceremonyMTV launched the Best Hero category last year, but the live social voting only accounted for votes coming from Twitter. This year, people can vote on both Instagram and TwitterVying for the Best Hero title are Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (#VoteBilbo), Snow White from Snow White and the Huntsman (#VoteSnowWhite), Iron Man (#VoteIronMan), Batman (#VoteBatman), Catwoman (#VoteCatwoman) and... Read similar

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An Incredibly Hot Woman Who Is A Fantastic Cook Is Here to Answer All Your Thanksgiving Questions

gizmodo.com KitchenAide 179 days ago

#qa How do you celebrate Thanksgiving? With a cardboard-dry turkey and some Stove Top? I pity you. But it's only Wednesday, and I can still help you make a fantastic holiday dinner. I know how to do this. More » Read similar

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How Did You Get Your Best Idea? Share Your Story and Win

feeds.mashable.com Ryan Lytle 24 days ago

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Good ideas can come from anywhere — while drinking your morning coffee, having dinner with friends or while traveling the world. When you've come up with your best idea, you remember what you were doing, who you were with and how the idea was createdAnd for many successful innovators, the story of how the idea was conceived is sometimes as great as the innovationIf you have a great story about how you got your best idea, you may be eligible for an awesome adventure.If you have a great story about how you got your best idea, you may be eligible for an awesome adventure.British Airways has... Read similar

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Congress sends Google a list of questions about privacy and Glass

arstechnica.com Megan Geuss 1 days ago

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Google has eight questions about Project Glass it needs to answer by June 14.Read similar

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Google Glass appears on eBay, you can't afford it

www.engadget.com Jamie Rigg 31 days ago

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You're not a developer and didn't win out over the other trillion people that entered Google's #ifihadglass contest, so you'll just have to wait until the proper release, right? Perhaps not -- if you're rich, that is -- as one unit is being offered on eBay, with bids already clocking in at over $90,000. If you've got that kind of money, don't get excited just yet -- for starters, the seller claims they are one of the lucky contest winners, but won't actually pick up their pair for a "few weeks." We don't have any reason to doubt the seller, however, as they've been an eBay member since 2004,... Read similar

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What to expect when you’re expecting Sony to announce the PlayStation 4

arstechnica.com Kyle Orland 86 days ago

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Steve Wozniak selling former house for $4.4 million

www.slashgear.com Craig Lloyd 60 days ago

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Apple may be referred to as the house that Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built, but it’s not the only house that the Woz built, actually. He also designed a modern home in Los Gatos, California in 1986. However, it’s been for sale off and on for the past year, but it’s back on the Read The Full StoryRead similar

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Congress sends Google a list of questions about privacy and Glass

arstechnica.com Megan Geuss 1 days ago

june 14

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Macworld 2013: Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad talk about playing Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

www.tuaw.com Mike Schramm 107 days ago

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Actors Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad, who are playing Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in the upcoming movie jOBS, helped kick off Macworld | iWorld 2013 today, in a panel moderated by expo general manager Paul Kent. The two chatted with Kent about how they approached their roles in the film, what it was like visiting and recreating all of the locations and events from Apple's history, and how telling the story of the two Steves affected the actors. Gad and Kutcher first walked through their past experiences with Apple before the film. Gad said he was a Mac newbie until recently: His wife first br... Read similar

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Need Funding? Pass Shaq Your 15-Second Startup Pitch on Tout

feeds.mashable.com Brian Anthony Hernandez 70 days ago

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AUSTIN — "I'm a geek, I'm a nerd and I'm proud to say it," former basketball star Shaquille O'Neal tells Mashable by phone in Atlanta, taking a break from packing for his business trip to South by Southwest Interactive.Yes, a business trip. While Shaq — whom you may forget has a master’s degree in business administration — is best known for his slam dunks on the basketball court, he now wants to be recognized as the guy who helped usher in something special into the tech worldEnter "Pitch Shaq," his SXSW competition. Shaq wants startups to submit 15-second elevator pitc... Read similar

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