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The Top Tech Quotes From 2011 Are Actually Entertaining

9:00AM December 16, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

The New Yorker has a list of the top 10 tech quotes of 2011. Instead of the usual boring quotes about how awesome a product is, they’re insights into the dirty underbelly of the world of technology. More »


Mobile

Here’s What Stephen Elop Revealed In His D9 Interview

12:29PM June 2, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Want to know what CEO Stephen Elop thinks about the past, the present and the future of Nokia. Here are some memorable quotes from his D9 interview with Walt Mossberg. More »


Online

Vint Cerf Is ‘Envious’ Of The NBN

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5:15PM January 24, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Vint Cerf is a smart man. He also knows a lot about the Internet, which isn’t surprising considering he helped create it. So when he tells the Internet Society of Australia that he is “envious” of the Government’s push for a national broadband network, it’s probably a voice worth paying attention to. More »


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The Top 10 Things We Can’t Believe Eric Schmidt Ever Said

11:00AM January 21, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Eric – it’s been great. We’re going to miss you as CEO of one of history’s most important and influential companies. But we’ll also miss you for the strange, creepy, absurd and downright dumb things you’ve uttered. Below, our favourites: More »


A Young Steve Jobs Extols The Virtues Of California

1:40PM November 20, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

In 1985, Playboy talked to an enthusiastic 29-year-old Steve Jobs. In that lengthy interview, the entirety of which has been recently reposted online, Jobs touches on many topics, including the allure of California in the 1960s. Namely: Dylan and LSD. More »


Gadgets

Stephen Fry On Technology: ‘This Is A World In Which Science, Creativity And Commerce Meet’

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12:30PM October 19, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Gadget celebrity extraordinaire Stephen Fry was one of the guests of honour at this year’s T3 Awards in the UK, and his speech is littered with little nuggets of quotable gold. Like his thoughts on Windows: More »


Geek Out

Shakespeare Quotes Get Version 2.0

1:00PM February 6, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Time to dust off your Merry Wives of Windows and All’s Well That Ends AOL: Shakespeare’s gotten a version 2.0 upgrade from The Joy of Tech. More »


Geek Out

All This Censorship Has Happened Before, And It Will All Happen Again

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3:19PM February 2, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Thanks to Mark for pointing us towards this Enough Rope interview with former Democrats leader Don Chipp from 2006. As you can see below, this current attempt by the government to censor the internet isn’t exactly a new concept: More »


Steve Jobs: Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” Mantra Is “Bulls***”

4:00AM February 1, 2010 | Jack Loftus

During that Apple town hall meeting we mentioned earlier this week CEO Steve Jobs reportedly had some choice words regarding Google that left little doubt about how the outspoken executive sees the competition. More »


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Steve’s Ice Cream

8:50AM September 10, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

The Man is back, and he’s holding a cone: “I feel great. I probably need to gain about 30 pounds, but I feel really good. I’m eating like crazy. A lot of ice cream.” Hmmmm. Ice cream. [NYT]