Steve Jobs is going to crack some skulls over this one. If he told them once he told them a million times: Tequila and iPhone prototypes don’t mix.

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As much as the last decade has been era-defining for Apple, yesterday’s resignation by Steve Jobs may be the start of its most important chapter.

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In the midst of Apple’s patent infringement accusations, the Korean company cites “2001: Space Odyssey” in its defense.

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In four days Steve Jobs will become the dictator of the country formerly known as the United States.

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Steve Jobs might want to have a look at this.

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Was Apple right in taking down an app calling for Israel’s destruction?

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While you’re wasting time this Thursday afternoon (every day is hump day in February), stop by and sign Steve Job’s infinitely large digital birthday card.

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The iPhone alarm won’t wake you up, but it will remind you to blame others for your mistakes.

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Warning: Your laptop may explode your testicles.

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Despite the confusion about exactly what we all need iPads for, the device has become the fastest-adopted piece of electronic gear in history. We may not know why we need it, but we need it. And Verizon is about to have it. “Can you ___ me now?”

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When is the last time you heard someone say, “Hey man, I got to go grab something at Radioshack”? Possibly never?

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When it was reported a few days ago that Disney has opened an English-language school in Shanghai, China, using Disney characters and songs as mnemonics, it got me thinking about the future of education, generally. With the news of the Disney school, it seems that civilization has taken the first step toward manifesting the world of Mike Judge’s film “Idiocracy.”

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How bad do you want to be famous? How far would you go to realize your dreams of making a shitload of money while simultaneously having no redeemable value to society?

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Top Secret Tip: If you play your cards right, your gadgets can help get you laid. In celebration of New York’s Internet Week, Death + Taxes is jumping on the Geek Train by looking back at the Masters of Gadgetry for lessons on how to get girls with your gadgets. Check out the list after [...]

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It’s Monday June 7th, and everyone is waiting excitedly for Steve Jobs to unveil the new iPhone this morning—the one with the front facing camera, higher res screen, bigger battery and flash that Gizmodo heroically spoiled for us back in April. If your excitement is getting the better of you, NewYorkTimes.com is running a great [...]

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The question is not whether there will be a play about Steve Jobs, but if it will have a bigger audience than the unveiling of the iPad. It won’t, but at least the monologue will be performed by Mike Daisey, who looks decidedly more Chris Farley than an awkward Jobs. The Agony and the Ecstasy [...]

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It’s a confusing time to be a book, and maybe even more so a reader. Digital or hard copy? Kindle or iPad? Moral opposition to digitalization of literature, or admission of defeat and support of (now) underdog Kindle? Is Kindle playing the underdog card unjustly? The answers offer no sigh of relief, posing questions that [...]

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I don’t think Mad TV, the red-headed stepchild of sketch comedies, has ever been funny. I never understood Ms. Swan and thought Stewart was just plain creepy. Regardless, it seems as though it inadvertently predicted the future back in ’05 with the i-Pad sketch.

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How long until we start referring to Steve Jobs as Big Brother? Oh, I kid. Apple’s latest acquisition isn’t that subversive. Click here to read the full report. If you’re familiar with Pitchfork, which you probably do, you’re already familiar with the web-based music servicing Lala. Well, Apple owns it now. Smart right? Swallow the [...]

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