11 posts and columns on biography

Pulling Back Apple’s Magic Curtain: Fortune’s Lashinsky Talks About New Book (Video)

in Media on January 24 at 10:01 am PT

And you’ll be interested to see what he found.
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Introducing Lauren Goode

in Walt Mossberg on December 1, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Meet our newest AllThingsD writer, who will cover consumer tech products and issues.
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“Superman” by Walter Isaacson (Comic)

in Voices on November 14, 2011 at 4:20 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Android Gets Steved (Comic)

in Voices on October 26, 2011 at 3:38 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Steve Jobs Was an “Awesomely Emotional Person”

in Media on October 26, 2011 at 3:48 am PT

Walter Isaacson stops by “The Daily Show” for a spoiler-free interview with Jon Stewart.
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New Steve Jobs Biography Reveals Personal Details

in News on October 20, 2011 at 11:56 pm PT

Steve Jobs had a disdain for people who put profits first. In an upcoming authorized biography of the late Apple Inc. CEO, he calls the crop of executives brought in to run Apple after his ouster in 1985 “corrupt people” with “corrupt values” who cared only about making money.

New Jobs Bio Cover Is All Apple With Pub Date of November 21

in Media on August 15, 2011 at 8:34 am PT

Walter Isaacson’s new biography of tech legend Steve Jobs certainly looks like an Apple product — at least the simple and elegant cover does, as you can see here.
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Update: Steve Jobs Bio Moving Forward, But No Launch Date As Yet

in News on March 15, 2011 at 11:42 am PT

A little over a year ago, news of a Steve Jobs’ biography, penned by well-known author Walter Isaacson, made the rounds. Since then, according to numerous sources in Silicon Valley, Isaacson has been busy interviewing well over 100 people in the Apple CEO’s past and present, both inside and outside the company.

Another One Down at AMD: COO Rivet Steps Down

in News on February 9, 2011 at 7:15 am PT

The executive turnover at Advanced Micro Devices continues. Robert Rivet, who has served as the company’s COO since 2000, has left the company, according to an 8-K filing. His last day was yesterday and his executive biography on AMD’s Web site is already returning 404s.
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Microsoft Packs The New Zune HD With Bells, Whistles And Plenty of Style

in The Mossberg Solution on September 22, 2009 at 2:58 pm PT

The new Zune HD offers a rich screen and a wealth of artist information, but it can’t compete with iPod Touch’s app offerings.
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