Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=58374This thread is for fans of Apple, Inc. and their products. Posts should be positive items about anything relating to Apple. Post here if you are a true Apple fanatic. If you are simply a satisfied user of Apple products, that is also OK. Political discussions of any kind will not be tolerated, and...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=5837438013210Sr KPage B1 Friday LAW | Updated May 16, 2013, 9:08 p.m. ET Laurene Powell Jobs Goes Public to Promote Dream Act By JESSICA E. LESSIN and MIRIAM JORDAN Laurene Powell Jobs has taken on a public role, backing one of the most contentious causes in the U.S. today: immigration reform. And she is doing it using some of the t...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288996075/17/2013 12:57:26 AMRoad WalkerMore Retail Investors In Apple Than Ever: TD - CNBC.com CNBC.com-47 minutes ago Retail investors loaded up on Apple last month as the stock plummeted to its lowest levels of the year and the company doubled its capital return program. Retail investors often get labeled as stupid, buying at highs selling at lows. Glad...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288783925/6/2013 3:49:50 PMggamerMore Retail Investors In Apple Than Ever: TD - CNBC.com CNBC.com-47 minutes ago Retail investors loaded up on Apple last month as the stock plummeted to its lowest levels of the year and the company doubled its capital return program.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288779855/6/2013 1:05:30 PMJ.F. SebastianThat article could more accurately be titled "Keith Richards: I don't own an MP3 player" Since his points are really about digital music and the dissatisfaction he has with it, it's not particular to the iPod. But since "iPod" is synonymous with MP3 player in most people's minds, it's gets unfairly singled out.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288778565/6/2013 12:22:39 PMSr KNot a fanboy www.nbc-2.com/story/22127950/keith-richards-i-dont-own-an-ipod nbc-2.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288696395/1/2013 6:57:17 PMSr Khttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287532592/28/2013 10:14:04 PMyofalApple's "cheap" phone Make it a "wearable" - small, mostly "screenless" and all about making calls device…differentiating it from the iPhone, and therefore not diluting the handset market with a "cheap" phone. Perfect second accessory to those that already have an iPhone, and simpler interface draws in new tiers of c...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287362862/20/2013 12:50:16 PMJ.F. SebastianIt's nice to finally see some cooperation here, if this proves to be true: Apple and Google reportedly partners in $500M bid for Kodak patents Despite ongoing legal struggles with Google subsidiary Motorola, Apple has reportedly teamed up with the internet search giant to offer a bid for Kodak patents worth ov...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2859209612/8/2012 4:27:20 AMRoad WalkerThe iPad Mini, Perfect for My Desert Island By NICK BILTON bits.blogs.nytimes.com  If you're still on the fence about whether you should buy the iPad Mini, I have a tip for you: you're on the wrong fence. At first, when I saw almost teeny little iPad I thought it was just another screen, another size, and anoth...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2858538212/5/2012 8:13:36 AMRoad Walker New Steve Jobs film to close out Sundance Festival7:45 AM ET, 12/04/2012 - MarketWatch Pulse News Bullet NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- A biographical film called jOBS about Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs and starring Ashton Kutcher will close out the popular Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 17-27 in Park City, Utah, ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2858318612/4/2012 8:54:19 AMJ.F. SebastianiPhone 5 doubles Apple's share of US smartphone sales to surpass Android The launch of the iPhone 5 has propelled Apple to a 48.1 percent share of U.S. smartphone sales, edging the iOS platform past Google's Android. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2857024211/27/2012 12:35:51 PMJ.F. SebastianApple's redesigned iMacs will go on sale this Friday Apple on Tuesday announced that its all-new iMac desktop will launch this Friday, Nov. 30, meeting its deadline to launch before the end of the month. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2857024111/27/2012 12:35:28 PMJ.F. SebastianOS X 10.8.3 beta supports AMD Radeon 7000 drivers, hinting at Apple's new Mac Pro Apple's first beta of OS X 10.8.3 has quietly added support for the AMD Radeon HD 7000 series of graphics cards, hinting that they could be featured in the company's designed Mac Pro desktop. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2857024011/27/2012 12:34:52 PMJ.F. Sebastian Why Apple stores are raking in bags full of cash, and no one can dupe the formula [graphic] November 22, 2012 By Geoff Duncan [graphic] Apple's stores are leading the retail industry in revenue per square foot, and none of its competitors seem to be able to crack the code. Apple’s retail stores ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2856539211/23/2012 8:04:34 PMKelly G.Analysts cautious ahead of Apple's earnings release - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech So, like many, I have been concerned about this quarter. I keep thinking that there is a chance they will miss. At the same time, I am not sure that it matters that much with the line up they have going into the next quarter. Looking at t...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2849924710/25/2012 2:27:56 PMJ.F. SebastianApple's third Beijing store to be largest in Asia, opening this week It was discovered on Monday that Apple will be opening the doors to its third brick-and-mortar retail outlet in Beijing, China on Oct. 20, possibly just ahead of official iPhone 5 sales in the country. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2847580710/16/2012 3:54:04 AMJ.F. SebastianApple on pace to sell 5.1M Macs in September quarter Apple is on pace to see a record breaking September quarter with sales of 5.1 million Macs in the three-month span, according to the latest data. The projected sales were issued on Monday by analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray, who revealed that...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283978619/10/2012 3:51:38 PMJ.F. SebastianApple introduces volume app purchasing program to 9 countries By AppleInsider Staff Published: 07:48 PM EST (04:48 PM PST) Apple on Tuesday announced the introduction of its Volume Purchase Program for developers in nine new countries, allowing app makers to sell their wares in bulk to b...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283855619/5/2012 11:49:09 AMJ.F. SebastianApple's OS X passes Windows Vista in worldwide usage Total Web usage of Apple's OS X operating system has exceeded Microsoft's Windows Vista, while for the first time, Windows 7 has topped Windows XP to become the world's largest operating system.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283807689/3/2012 11:59:54 AMSr K10:58 pm Paul Ryan's references to iPod playlists has to be a first for convention speeches.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283712218/29/2012 11:04:32 PMSr Kwsj.com U.S. NEWS | Updated August 14, 2012, 4:05 p.m. ET Steve Jobs's House Burglarized By BOBBY WHITE PALO ALTO, Calif.—The home of late Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs was burglarized last month, with more than $60,000 worth of computers and personal items stolen from the property, according to law-enforcement o...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283355948/14/2012 4:52:17 PMCogitohttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282914907/25/2012 2:13:12 PMJ.F. SebastianIt is pretty funny. Sortra reminds me of the end of The Lord of the Rings, when Gollum is dancing around with glee after stealing the ring back from Frodo, thinking he'd won. Shortly thereafter he falls into the lava of Mt. Doom.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282899467/24/2012 9:20:08 PMCogitoI'm sure they're whooping it up over there, as if they've been right all along, and this is the beginning of the end. Pretty funny. Though I suppose that is possible. But I have to point out that even after taking the haircut it will get tomorrow, Apple will still be around two hundred points above the high that was...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282899377/24/2012 9:14:17 PMRoad WalkerThanks, RW. I'm glad to see that my memory of the situation was correct. I still think it was Al Gore! After he invented Global Warming. <Just kidding. Need to have a sense of humor when the Tankwatch people have a rare good day>. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282895687/24/2012 5:25:26 PMCogitohttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282895277/24/2012 5:09:54 PMJ.F. Sebastianhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282895227/24/2012 5:07:54 PMCogitoIf the government didn't invent the Internet, who did? Vinton Cerf developed the TCP/IP protocol, the Internet's backbone, and Tim Berners-Lee gets credit for hyperlinks.That article appears to have a political agenda. When Vinton Cerf developed the TCP/IP protocol suite, he was working for ARPA. The Internet as we k...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282895117/24/2012 5:03:19 PMSr KThanks. I only posted the excerpt I did, and on this thread, to refute the statements that Jobs or Apple stole anything from Xerox or PARC. He may have and did say something positive about stealing, perhaps it was in quoting Picasso, so I posted the portion that was new or a clarification for me.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282894987/24/2012 5:01:09 PMJ.F. SebastianProbably, but since politics are strictly verboten on this thread, discussion will have to end there.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282889637/24/2012 2:31:46 PMRoad Walkerhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282889307/24/2012 2:21:42 PMJ.F. SebastianCool, thank you for posting that. I have to believe what Scientific American writes about the Internet over the WSJ, given the subject. Especially when they quote the people actually responsible for it.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282888867/24/2012 2:06:23 PMRoad Walker [graphic] Observations [graphic] Opinion, arguments & analyses from the editors of Scientific American Observations HomeAboutContact Yes, Government Researchers Really Did Invent the Internet By Michael Moyer | ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282888597/24/2012 2:00:35 PMJ.F. SebastianAnd why are they saying that the federal government had nothing to do with developing the Internet, when it absolutely did? It may have had nothing to do with maintaining communications during a war, but the precursor to the Internet was indeed funded by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). Out of ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282888087/24/2012 1:43:55 PMCogitoINFORMATION AGE | July 22, 2012, 6:21 p.m. ET Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet? Contrary to legend, it wasn't the federal government, and the Internet had nothing to do with maintaining communications during a war. . Then, in 1979, Steve Jobs negotiated an agreement whereby Xerox's venture-capital div...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282877337/24/2012 3:59:54 AMSr KINFORMATION AGE | July 22, 2012, 6:21 p.m. ET Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet? Contrary to legend, it wasn't the federal government, and the Internet had nothing to do with maintaining communications during a war. . Then, in 1979, Steve Jobs negotiated an agreement whereby Xerox's venture-capital div...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282870387/23/2012 6:56:39 PMJ.F. Sebastianhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282411537/2/2012 1:59:33 AMLahcim LeinadSince I am now banned on the Apple thread, my postings to all Apple related threads are now over. Best to all.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282403267/1/2012 3:32:32 PMLahcim LeinadHere’s Ashton Kutcher playing Steve Jobs on Acid [Photos] | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligencehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282286206/26/2012 11:23:49 AMJ.F. SebastianApple's Mountain Lion to offer automatic security updates It was revealed on Monday that Apple's upcoming OS X Mountain Lion will feature an automatic security check feature that will ensure users have the most up-to-date software protection amid a growing number of Mac-targeted malware.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282280866/26/2012 2:36:09 AMSr Khttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282210236/21/2012 7:49:10 PMPete MasonI remember that somebody wrote a program which played a song on the floppy drive by accessing different parts of the disk (sic) for appropriate amounts of time :-D -- Petehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282116206/17/2012 11:18:02 AMLahcim Leinadhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282104156/16/2012 10:30:47 AMJ.F. SebastianDoes that date me? ;) I hope not, or it dates me too! The Apple //+ was my first computer (or I should say, my family's). We had the 64k card and the 80-column card in it, no tape drive and only one 5-1/4" floppy drive. Dot matrix printer as well, perhaps it was an Okidata? Can't recall that for sure. At that time I...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282101606/16/2012 1:04:29 AMzax>> here’s what an Apple II system looked like, circa 1977 (yes, that’s a cassette tape recorder; Google it) Ahh, memories. This was indeed my first computer, the Apple II+. Integer, or Floating point BASIC, anyone? I remember loading and recording programs to tape. Apple licensed Bell and Howell to make some ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282101446/16/2012 12:37:58 AMSr KThinking of that Apple I that sold for $375,000, here’s what an Apple II system looked like, circa 1977 (yes, that’s a cassette tape recorder; Google it) – Apple II History That link takes you here apple2history.org http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282101266/16/2012 12:16:00 AMSr KOracle’s Larry Ellison and Pixar’s Ed Catmull on Their Friend, Steve Jobs (Video) MAY 30, 2012 AT 8:36 PM PT allthingsd.com  12:22http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281782005/31/2012 8:26:06 AMJ.F. SebastianTSA looks to spend $3M on Macs, iDevices in pilot program The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is set to initiate a pilot program to purchase up to $3 million dollars worth of Apple hardware over the next three years, including 1,000 Macs and 1,000 mobile devices.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281676745/24/2012 5:56:51 PMCogitoAll things Apple are definitely cool now, and Hollywood loves cool. How long this love affair will last is anyone's guess, but I hope it does for years to come. Macs are far more popular here in Los Angeles/Hollywood than PCs, at least from what I see in client's homes and places of work, especially those in the entert...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281421305/13/2012 2:17:45 PMJ.F. SebastianGood article. I've definitely noticed a dramatic increase in the placement of Apple products in TV and movies. I remembered how unusual it was to see a Mac laptop used in the original Mission Impossible film, and how cool that was. I now have a very different reaction, I'm more surprised if I don't see an Apple produc...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281417075/13/2012 7:43:13 AM