Apple shares soar; value beats Google

Wow. After another record-breaking quarter, featuring record Mac and iPhone quarterly sales, record quarterly gross revenue and record quarterly profit, for the first time Apple is now worth more than Google this morning, at $200.00 a share.

Unix Turns 40

In the summer of 1969, just after Man walked on the Moon, a guy sat down and wrote in four weeks what would become one of the most important pieces of software ever created.

Michael Jackson patented a special shoe device to perform dance magic in Smooth Criminal choreography

Michael Jackson filed a patent for inventing an innovative shoe device: it was used in his memorable, gravity-defying, 45degree lean-forward move, during live performances of the "Smooth Criminal" choreography

Irons/Wedges Groove Scheduled Rollback Could Be Placed On Hold

The latest indications from PGA Tour players is that the groove rollback slated for 2010 could be delayed

Enjoying the show, avoiding the flamethrower: life inside Apple

What's it like working inside Apple when the MacWorld announcements are made? The man who set up many of its email systems and worked there 17 years explains the inside story of the preparation, the unveiling – and why it's sometimes best to avoid Steve Jobs

The Flaw at the Heart of the Internet

Dan Kaminsky discovered a fundamental problem at the heart of the Internet and got people to care in time. We were lucky this time.

Cocoa for Windows + Flash Killer = SproutCore (The technology behind Apple's MobileMe, Web Gallery, and more)

Another fine RoughlyDrafted article bringing considerable insight into Apple's (and Google's) open standards-based strategic plans. Excerpt:

How Microsoft has become the Beleaguered Apple of '96

Windows Enthusiasts have been working hard to advance the idea that Apple has become the new Microsoft, supposedly by monopolizing the market for music sales and MP3 players and in creating new bodies of technology in its own image to discover territories outside of Microsoft's …

The LED Illumination Revolution

Apparently, it's time to ban Edison's venerable, now vilified, light bulb. European leaders, green pundits and the widely reported light bulb provisions of the U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 all urgently push the abandonment of incandescent bulbs.

Apple TV Promises to Take 2008

While 2007 was the Year of the iPhone, 2008 appears to be set as the Year of Apple TV.

iPhone already ahead of Windows Mobile in US market share

Another interesting analysis by Roughly Drafted Magazine. Check out other sections of the website to better understand the fine points of Apple's various strategies over the years.

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    Wow. After another record-breaking quarter, featuring record Mac and iPhone quarterly sales, record quarterly gross revenue and record quarterly profit, for the first time Apple is now worth more than Google this morning, at $200.00 a share.

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    A U.S.-based group monitoring militant Web sites said Friday that jihadist forums have been experiencing technical problems on the eve of Sept. 11, finally going offline a day before the 8th anniversary of the al-Qaida attack on the U.S.

  • Unix Turns 40

    In the summer of 1969, just after Man walked on the Moon, a guy sat down and wrote in four weeks what would become one of the most important pieces of software ever created.

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