Bill Gates's Microsoft was a long time Apple rival , as well as a respected competitor; the two companies also collaborated many times, including Microsoft's role as one of the original Macintosh third-party developers. The Telegraph reports that a letter to Steve Jobs from Gates was kept on Jobs's nightstand during the Apple co-founder's final days. Gates and Jobs had met to reminisce and re-connect in the months before Steve's death due to complications from cancer in October 2011

The Steve Jobs Moment of Silence audio track lets you remember Steve Jobs's legacy and make a donation to pancreatic cancer research. The audio file is a silent recording that's eight seconds long. Each second is a reminder of the eight years that Jobs spent battling the cancer that eventually took his life

AllThingsD has an interesting story on their site about the Newton and a few specifics on the end of its short life. At the 1997 Worldwide Developer Conference (held the year Steve returned to Apple), Steve was asked about the Newton, and he said, "...if somebody would just make a little thing where you're connected to the Net at all times, and you've got a little keyboard. God, I'd love to buy one." In what will surprise approximately no one, he went on to describe how he hated the stylus, calling it a "little scribble thing." Another tidbit came to light when Sculley mentioned how the Newton's technology had carried forward to today

Do you remember the Steve Jobs action figure that was so life-like it was creepy? It appears the model may never see the light of day because of Apple's proactive legal team. According to a report in the Telegraph , Apple is threatening to sue InIcons , the company that created and marketed the figurine.

Tech Crunch reports that a life-size statue of Steve Jobs has been unveiled in Budapest, Hungary . The statue captures Jobs with an iPhone in one hand and gesturing with the other as he strides across an imaginary keynote stage. It was commissioned by Gabor Bojar, the founder and chairman of Hungarian software development house Graphisoft .

Tech Crunch reports that a life-size statue of Steve Jobs has been unveiled in Budapest, Hungary . The statue captures Jobs with an iPhone in one hand and gesturing with the other as he strides across an imaginary keynote stage.

Steve Jobs has been awarded a posthumous Grammy by the Recording Academy . On Wednesday the group announced the winners of its 2012 Special Merit Awards, including musician Dave Bartholomew, recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder and Steve Jobs. Jobs, Bartholomew and Van Gelder were awarded the Trustees Award, which recognizes "outstanding contributions to the industry in a nonperforming capacity." The Recording Academy will hold a special ceremony for the Merit Awards recipients on Feb.

Steve Jobs has been awarded a posthumous Grammy by the Recording Academy . On Wednesday the group announced the winners of its 2012 Special Merit Awards, including musician Dave Bartholomew, recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder and Steve Jobs.

On this day, December 20, just fifteen years ago, Apple paid $400 million to purchase NeXT . That's the move that brought Steve Jobs back to the company he helped to found, and it was the beginning of the incredible run of success that continues to this day

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