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Submission + - Original Apple 1 up for auction, only $240,000 (9to5mac.com)

Submitted by vanstinator
vanstinator writes: An original Apple 1, complete with manual, box, original software, even a letter from Jobs answering questions the customer had. Only 200 of these machines were produced in Jobs' garage, and each sold at $666.66. Anyone interested in this piece of important Apple history can get it at Christie’s in London on November 23rd.

Comment Lesson Learned (Score 2, Interesting) 91

by vanstinator (#34200730) Attached to: JooJoo Tablet Dies, Fusion Garage Continues On
The problem I always saw with the JooJoo was how Fusion Garage rushed it to market whilst in the middle of a complex lawsuit and the looming launch of the iPad. All the pieces could not have fallen together worse, yet they still pushed the launch. After the launch it was hardly better, the interface was buggy, laggy, and slow. It was lacking features, and was paled in comparison to the iPad. I can't help wonder what would have happened if they had taken more care in the product itself than worrying about who owned what.
Handhelds

JooJoo Tablet Dies, Fusion Garage Continues On 91

Posted by timothy from the expiration-date dept.
vanstinator writes "Due to heavy competition from the iPad and a less-than-stellar entrance into the market, Fusion Garage today released a statement saying that the JooJoo tablet is no more." Company founder Chandrashekar Rathakrishnan says that the company will move forward, but hasn't provided much information about future products. According to Geek.com, "The JooJoo has had a short life and will be remembered more for the fighting it caused between Fusion and Michael Arrington than anything else. It started life as the CrunchPad and a collaboration between Arrington and Fusion Garage. Then Fusion cut Arrington out of the picture, the name was changed to JooJoo and the price increased from $200 to $500."

Submission + - JooJoo Tablet dies, Fusion Garage continues on. (engadget.com)

Submitted by vanstinator
vanstinator writes: Due to heavy competition from the iPad and a less-than-stellar entrance into the market, Fusion Garage today released a statement saying that the JooJoo tablet is no more. Chandrashekar Rathakrishnan, founder of Fusion Garage did say that the company would be moving forward, although he did not allude to what future endeavors may bring about.
Space

Submission + - Fermi telescope discovers giant structure in space (astronomy.com)

Submitted by digitaldc
digitaldc writes: The object spans 50,000 light-years, and it may be the remnant of an eruption from a super-sized black hole at the center of our galaxy.

"What we see are two gamma-ray-emitting bubbles that extend 25,000 light-years north and south of the galactic center," said Doug Finkbeiner from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who first recognized the feature. "We don't fully understand their nature or origin."
Firefox

Submission + - Firefox 4 beta7 now includes JagerMonkey (cnet.com)

Submitted by vanstinator
vanstinator writes: Mozilla's next generation web browser, Firefox 4, has been in development for quite some time, with a large focus on simplifying the UI and increasing speed. The latest beta, version 7, finals cashes in on the promise of increased speed as Firefox 4 is now using JagerMonkey, Mozilla's successor to TraceMonkey. The new javascript engine will propel Firefox back into prime-time with the likes of Chrome, Opera, and the upcoming IE 9.

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