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The Apple co-founder passed away October 5, but our digital lives leaped ahead dramatically as a result of his leadership
October 5, 2011 |
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Despite having the same name, the diseases that killed Steve Jobs and 2011 Nobel Prize winner Ralph Steinman are two different kinds of cancer. Researchers are looking for new ways to diagnose and treat both
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Some friends of Scientific American wrote to us expressing their appreciation of the life of one of the great inventors and technology visionaries. Here are some of their thoughts and reflections.
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The Apple co-founder and personal computing visionary succumbed to pancreatic cancer
With his death, the Steve Jobs era at Apple is officially over, but his legacy remains
A University of Chicago Medical Center transplantation expert explains the ins and outs of liver transplant complications and Jobs's rare form of pancreatic cancer
In January 2009, at age 53, Jobs's failing health prompted him to temporarily hand the reins of his company over to current CEO Tim Cook
Computer executive posts statement to quell questions on his condition
Apple plans to take its digital music offering the rest of the way by allowing iPod, iPhone, iPad, Mac and PC users to store their tunes (and a lot of other content, for that matter) on the company’s servers and access it via the Web
Increasingly, health care workers are using their iPhones and other smart phones to track patient information, take vital statistics and even make clinical decisions
A medical smart phone app that allows doctors to view and assess medical images has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the first time
The iPad now has officially arrived, weighing in at less than a kilogram, with a 25-centimeter LED-backlit display that is just over a centimeter thick. It will be available by the end of March with a price tag starting at $499
The iPhone even looks like a miniature solar panel. And indeed the App Store is filled with solar apps, but none quite measures up
Now an endangered species, it was crucial to the development of personal computing and the Internet
Scientists are developing iPhone apps that aid in research and that appeal to "citizen scientists" as well
What is the environmental impact of the Apple products you throw away?
Starring a 23-year-old Macintosh SE
The illness that ultimately felled Apple founder Steve Jobs often kills shortly after diagnosis
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