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07/06/2005, 9:55am, EDT

Wednesday, July 6th

Briefly: Jobs reaches out, iPod stereo, Shuffle case

In Brief: Apple CEO Steve Jobs personally called the family of a 15-year-old New York teenager to offer his condolences after the teen was killed last week during a fight over an iPod.... VVI today released its Vvidget 10.1.6 graphing and drawing application suite as freeware and said the updated version brings many built-in support mechanisms including automated update detection, several free support facilities and fee-based support options.... Tunewear today announced its "clean removing" POPTUNE wearable wrapper for Apple's iPod shuffle.... Denon yesterday introduced two iPod-ready home stereo systems.... One user has created a "Real Wood iPod" and has created a step-by-step tutorial on the project.


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07/06, 11:21am, EDT
I may not believe in his politics but it was nice of Mr. Jobs to make the call. Not many heads of a company would do that. It just shows the kind of person he really is.
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i wonder what he said
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07/06, 1:22pm, EDT
"I'm sorry iPods are so friggin' popular people will kill for them like Nike sneakers!"

seriously... Jobs is still an arrogant ass but he's not completely inhuman

and... I would suggest to the above commenter that his politics and his phone call to the victim's family are directly connected. People who truly give a shit about their fellow human beings, tend to lean liberal.
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napster banner ad?
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07/06, 2:32pm, EDT
i find it highly amusing that Napster is wasting their money advertising on this site!
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3 words...
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07/06, 5:13pm, EDT
a class act!
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caring = liberal???
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07/06, 7:34pm, EDT
Climacs, why is it then that 9 of the top ten states when comparing who gives the most to charity per capita are all red states? Why do these states consistently rate at the top of the list even though they are also consistently the poorest in the union? I have no doubt that liberals do care about people. I may disagree with their politics but I don't question their humanity. However the evidence clearly shows that not only do conservatives also care but are also willing to do something about helping their fellow man despite their own poverty.

Perhaps climbing out of your ivory tower for a short while to survey the real world is in order, don't you think?
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RED STATES SUCK
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07/06, 7:57pm, EDT
poor red states.. voted for a president that will send more money to IRAQ for 1 year then to Africa for 5.
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caring = liberal
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07/07, 2:16am, EDT
if right-wingers cared so much they wouldn't be constantly fucking the poor, OK? like bush's tax cuts
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GOP is
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07/07, 2:17am, EDT
the party of 'fuck you, i got mine' and for good reason

i never heard of a 'fuck you, i got mine' democrat or liberal, ok?
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But but
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07/09, 3:41am, EDT
blink blink...but isn't steve jobs a liberal...I mean really Al Gore.... on the board he is a hippy. He wears jeans and a turtleneck...come on of course hes a lib, and besides people the fact is he did it.. In world where everyone is afraid to get sued over anything. He took time out of his day to call this guy who just lost his kid. Theres no doubt he checked to see if he should have first but I truly believe he did this out of his own volition and caring. IMHO
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