The story of Ron Wayne – co-founder of Apple – is both intriguing and sad. 76-year-old Wayne spends his days selling gold coins and stamps out of his home in the desert with a .38 caliber Police Special strapped to his leg rather than living in the lap of luxury. That’s not exactly what Jobs and Woz are doing these days.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010 – Oh boy, is AT&T ever in the dog house.
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
My apologies: Guys, so sorry for my lack of nerd news and daily dinos yesterday, but I have an excellent excuse: It was all Conan O’Brien’s fault. I saw his live show last night at Radio City, and oh, my …
Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Milk, has joined the long line of moviemakers taking their inspirations from comic books. But even thought Black’s new movie, 3 Story: The Secret History of The Giant Man, will feature a man larger than the norm, don’t assume that this will be another standard superhero …
It seems the whole of the Internet was up in arms this morning after AT&T announced new data plans for smartphone users. As expected, the iPhone contingent screamed bloody murder, so we did a quick polling in the office and on Twitter to see if the whiny babies had reason to scream. With a small sampling of 11 folks, it’s hard to say …
Michael Jordan, arguably the best hoops player to ever drive the lane, has long been absent from basketball video games. That changes now.
Capping off a flurry of rumors, CNBC’s reporting that Jordan will be the cover athlete for NBA 2K11. 2K Sports is only one of many game-makers (including EA) to use the NBA license, but they’ve …
This poster showed up at my door this morning (Excuse the early-morning iPhone photo):
If the glossiness of the iPhone shot is too much, this is the important part:
Along with the poster, there was a note telling me to “Answer The Call,” along with a link to a website that offered up this additional image –
– along …
As a kid with a short attention span, I rarely read books for long periods of time. I typically flipped through to see the pictures to come back at a later time to actually read the words that were printed on all the pages that were skipped. The Where’s Waldo? line of books had just enough text and plenty of images for me to gander at …
Natal will likely take center stage during Microsoft’s press conference at E3 in two weeks but Gear Live is reporting that Natal isn’t the only thing the Xbox team has in the works. According to a reliable source “who has never been wrong before,” Microsoft will unveil Hulu for Xbox Live. Xbox Live users would have to subscribe …
It’s difficult to ignore the recent slew of suicides at Apple’s Chinese manufacturer Foxconn. Apple released the following statement last week after the ninth Hon Hai worker jumped to their death.
“We are saddened and upset by the recent suicides at Foxconn,” the Apple statement said. “Apple is deeply committed to ensuring
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It’s been forthcoming for years now, but Sony Online Entertainment has finally confirmed that the MMORPG DC Universe Online will be released for the Playstation 3 and PC in November 2010. The information comes from IGN, although the details (When in November, for example) remain sketchy… but what else would you expect from a game …
DC Comics’ Vertigo line may be about to lose the character that started it all, as rumors claim that Swamp Thing will soon be returning to the mainstream superhero DC Universe line.
Bleeding Cool is reporting that Swamp Thing is just one of a number of characters that will be returning to the core DC line after the decision was made …
