Jobs' FBI file
Friday, 10 February 2012
Steve Job's FBI file — In 1991, when Steve Jobs was still at NeXT, the company he founded after leaving Apple, the FBI opened a file on him since he was up for a presidential appointment. The bureau was charged with clearing him via a thorough background check.The document of the things they found is available here.
The FBI talked to many of his acquaintances and “covered inquiries in the United States as to [Jobs'] character, loyalty and general standing.” None of the findings are particularly eye-opening if you’ve read his biography, and it’s actually kind of amusing to read things in stiff, official bureaucrat-ese, says GigaOM.
Apple finally lets the white MacBook go — Apple has started to make the final arrangements for removing all traces of the white polycarbonate MacBook from its inventory. The company stopped selling the 13-inch white MacBook to consumers last year but continued to offer it as an option to educational institutions through the Apple Institutional Purchase Program.
This month, Apple has now categorised the white MacBook as ‘End of Life' and is completely ceasing distribution of the device.
Mac sales growing in the UK — Apple sold 267,000 Macs in the UK in the final quarter of 2011, increasing its share of the PC market in this country to 9.1%.
That’s according to figures from analyst firm Gartner, which showed Apple increasing its market share by 17.2 percent from the final quarter of 2010, when it sold 228,000 Macs.
Meanwhile, rival vendors declined there. HP retained its top position in market share terms but saw its share decline from 23.1% in Q4 2010 to 21% in Q4 2011.
Business dangers in the cloud — There are three pretty straightforward reasons that consumer cloud systems are a serious concern to IT.
Google Chrome updated — Google has released an update of the Chrome web browser for Mac OS X. The update brings Chrome to version 17 and contains a number of new features and bug fixes. The new features and fixes continue to add to Chrome's rapid browsing experience. The updated version of the browser is available now either for download through the Chrome update or for direct download through the Chrome website.
A Foxconn server hacked, vendor details stolen — One of Foxconn's servers was reportedly hacked, exposing usernames and passwords for clients and employees. The group that took credit for the hack is called SwaggSec. They claim they weren't doing it in response to working conditions or even for information on the iPhone 5, but simply for the 'enjoyment of it'.
