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Elegance and the Machine

Amelia Brown  —  Oct 12, 2011

Amelia Brown takes on Steve Jobs, sewing machines and the need for a multi-faceted understanding of the term "elegance."

Cornellians Mourn Steve Jobs' Death

Sun Staff  —  Oct 7, 2011

A day after Steve Jobs’ death at 56, Cornell students and faculty took time to recall the Apple co-founder’s legacy.

Copyright vs. Ownership: The Right to ‘Jailbreak’

Kirk Sigmon  —  Jan 21, 2011

Law student Kirk Sigmon outlines the legality and illegality of modifying your PS3.

The Mysterious Collapse of the American Honeybee

Jing Jin  —  Sep 8, 2010

Four years ago, a commercial beekeeper, who had trucked thousands of his honeybee colonies to winter in Florida, discovered that all the bees had disappeared. There were no skeletons, so to speak. The bees were just gone. Given the importance of bees in the pollination of apple trees, the local apple industry must confront this new mystery.

Apple's Headphone Ploy

Peter Fu  —  Mar 31, 2009

Being a Mac user, I’m bombarded with the inane advertisement that is the Safari home page whenever I start up my browser. Surprisingly, I can’t believe that I’ve JUST seen the ad for the new iPod shuffle. Aside from VoiceOver, which (l) allows the iPod to announce things to you, such as playlist title, song name, etc., the other feature that caught my attention about the shuffle was the placement of the controls on the right earbud.

Hold on, something’s not right. The controls are on the earbud?

Chris Barnes  —  Feb 19, 2009
There's an app for that.

Best iPhone Applications

Chris Barnes  —  Feb 19, 2009

A fact little known to most people is that, on top of being the best smartphone on the market, the iPhone is also a fantastic gaming device. The iTunes App Store is the ultimate candy shop for gamers, where you can easily spend hundreds of dollars on amazing titles without even breeching the surface of offerings. As an iPhone owner who is also a gamer, I have a few favorites of my own.

Dec 5, 2008

The new aluminum MacBook, released in October, was known as the "brick" before release due to its new single-piece construction method. The notebook's body is built by carving out pieces from a single brick of aluminum.

Another brick in the wall
Sep 12, 2008

Apple's new iPod lineup. From left to right, the iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod nano, and iPod shuffle.

All in the family
Sep 9, 2008

The new iPod nano model introduced by Apple on Sept. 9. (Courtesy Apple, Inc.)

A new iPod nano
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