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Rare Apple-1 ‘Celebration’ Motherboard Pulls in $815,000 at Auction
A rare motherboard, which is believed to be among one of the first hand-built prototypes of the Apple -1, pulled in $815,000 at an auction. The selling price fell short of its million dollar estimate, however it still pulled in a pretty high price. The "Celebration" Apple-1 board came with the most complete set of...
Steve Jobs NeXT Unveiling: Video of 1988 Event Surfaces After 28 Years
The arc of Steve Jobs’ career, and in particular his off and on-again relationship with Apple, is well established and widely known at this point. In brief, Jobs in 1985 worked at Apple and was growing increasingly frustrated by his diminished role and influence within the company. In September of that year, Jobs left Apple, taking several...
Canadian Mobile Web Usage Exceeds Desktop-Based Usage: comScore
Digital measurement firm comScore says that Canadians are now spending more time browsing the web with their mobile devices than with their desktop/laptop computers. According to the report, 51 percent of all Canadian Internet traffic that was tracked by comScore was linked to a mobile device (smartphone or tablet), while 49 percent was linked with...
Quebec Youth Charged After Hacking Bell Canada and Leaking Customer Info
The RCMP has started an investigation back in February in Quebec after one of Bell Canada’s third-party suppliers was hacked. A Quebec youth has been charged after investigators found that 22,421 usernames and passwords were leaked, along with five valid credit card numbers. The login credentials and the credit card numbers were displayed on...