Steve Jobs: Hero or Fiend?
by Chris Seibold on Oct 26, 2011
The reaction to the death of Steve Jobs has been predictable, specials on TV, magazine covers and moments of silence. Not really surprising, mass mourning is part of being famous. The flip side of the …(read more)
OPINIONS
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When Apple released Boot Camp Mac users everywhere breathed a huge sigh of relief. What the zealots never mentioned, the one thing we were most …(read more)
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