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Steve Jobs Day: This Video Will Make You Cry

Mashable!  Sun, 10/16/2011 - 09:20

California Gov. Jerry Brown officially declared Sunday (10/16/2011) Steve Jobs Day in California, and Apple is holding an invitation-only memorial event for Steve Jobs at Stanford University.

To commemorate Steve Jobs Day, I found a video I think he would have liked.


 

California Declares Oct. 16 as Steve Jobs Day

Digg / Tech Industry News  Fri, 10/14/2011 - 22:35

California’s governor has chosen a day to dub as Steve Jobs Day: Oct. 16, the same date Apple will hold a memorial at Stanford University.


 

Feds Charge Aaron Swartz With Felony Hacking... For Downloading ...

Techdirt  Tue, 07/19/2011 - 14:44

Well, the big story making the rounds today has been the charges filed against Aaron Swartz by US prosecutors for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act -- a law that is all too often been abused by the feds to attack people they don't like.


 

Stanfords Bookless Library Heralds The Future of Book Buying

Digg / Tech Industry News  Fri, 07/09/2010 - 20:40

library-v-ebook. The e-book has arrived folks, and if Amazon's Kindle and Apple's new iPad with its slew of e-reader apps doesn't prove it, then ponder this: Stanford University's Engineering school may be entering an era of bookless libraries.


 

Robots to get their own open source operating system

Linux Today  Fri, 08/14/2009 - 07:03

The New Scientist: "The Robot Operating System or ROS is an open-source set of programs meant to serve as a common platform for a wide range of robotics research.

It is being developed and used by teams at Stanford University in California..."