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Woz exits Dancing with the Stars

by Christina Warren (Apr 1st, 2009)

Taking a break from pure silliness to borderline-news-related silliness, yesterday was elimination night on Dancing with the Stars, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak danced off the stage. After avoiding the bottom two last week, Woz, along with ...

DWTS Week 2 is kinder to Woz

by Michael Rose (Mar 26th, 2009)

You think a pulled hamstring, judges' scorn, and general lack of grace or terpsichorial skill are drawbacks? Fuggedabout it. You cannot stop the Woz, you can only hope to contain him: the second-week results from Dancing With The Stars were a ...

SCOTTEVEST: Think you can make a better Woz ad? Prove it!

by Steven Sande (Mar 12th, 2009)

Remember the horrible SCOTTEVEST ads featuring Woz that were going around back in October? A lot of people thought they could do better, so many that SCOTTEVEST is hosting the "Woz Green Screen Contest". The rules are simple. All you need to do is ...

Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET: Guns in the App Store and news of the week

by Christina Warren (Mar 1st, 2009)

Last week, Mike and the boys talked movies and Macs (I was watching the Oscars and moonlighting with /Film guys) and you can download the show from Talkshoe or subscribe in iTunes. Tonight, I'll be hosting -- provided the snow in Atlanta doesn't ...

Woz is set for his Dancing with the Stars debut

by Mike Schramm (Feb 20th, 2009)

ABC has released a promo picture of Woz and his dancing partner in the upcoming series of Dancing with the Stars, and it is amazing. Woz is looking good. I thought about photoshopping a pimp hat and a cane into his hands, but frankly, he doesn't ...

Woz to be on 'Dancing...'

by Christina Warren (Feb 8th, 2009)

We heard the rumors, but now it has been officially confirmed: Steve Wozniak will be appearing on the upcoming season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars. We're as shocked/horrified as you, but apparently, ABC has deemed Woz Dance worthy. We're still ...

"Chief Scientist" is an apt title for Woz

by Dave Caolo (Feb 5th, 2009)

Apple co-founder, Segway polo player, date to the stars and über-nerd Steve Wozniak has accepted a position at Fusion-io. Specifically, he'll be the company's Chief Scientist. Fusion-io uses densely-packed clusters of flash memory chips in ...

Woz on Jobs' medical leave

by Dave Caolo (Jan 19th, 2009)

In a conversation with NBC about Steve Jobs' leave from Apple, co-founder Steve Wozniak said this break could be exactly what Steve -- and Apple -- needs. Woz had some great things to say, and my favorite was his answer to the question, "If Steve ...

Woz gets a new job

by Steven Sande (Dec 22nd, 2008)

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak seems to be a lot more visible lately. First, he's been making bad web ads for SCOTTEVEST. Next, we received pictures of Woz whizzing from the deck of his Segway. He was fined US$700 for driving his Prius at 104 miles ...

Found Footage: SCOTTEVEST Woz-i-sodes

by Steven Sande (Oct 24th, 2008)

Apple co-founder Steve "The Woz" Wozniak must have a lot of time on his hands. He's acting in online ads for SCOTTEVEST, the company that makes those great geek clothes with all sorts of pockets, cable runs, etc... Two Woz-i-sodes are already ...

UK newspaper interviews Woz

by Dave Caolo (Oct 6th, 2008)

UK newspaper Telegraph recently interviewed Steve Wozniak about the iPod, iPhone and his future wishes for Apple. He discusses, among other things, the gradual end of the iPod's reign. "The iPod has sort of lived a long life at number one," he says. ...

Happy Birthday and Best Wedding Wishes, Woz!

by Steven Sande (Aug 9th, 2008)

A very happy birthday to Stephen Gary "Woz" Wozniak, the co-founder of the company we all know and love. No comments about "third founder" Ron Wayne, please. Woz will be 58 on Monday, the 11th, but we wanted to give you the scoop on some other things ...

Woz: How it all began

by Robert Palmer (Jun 21st, 2008)

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and inventor of the Apple I and II, talks with the BBC about starting Apple in 1976. "Everything was ... thinking about the good of humanity," he said. His starting salary? $24,000 a year: maybe a quarter of what an ...

Woz talks Apple again

by Dave Caolo (Mar 3rd, 2008)

Steve Wozniak is in Australia this week to speak at the Broadband and Beyond Conference. He's also sat down with The Sydney Morning Herald to discuss, among other things, his disappointment with the iPhone: "To tell you the truth I was really ...

Wharton interviews Woz

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 21st, 2008)

Knowledge@Wharton, the online business journal of The Wharton School, has published an interview with Steve "Woz" Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, notorious prankster and a somewhat reluctant entrepreneur. It's one of the more in-depth interviews with ...

20 minutes with Woz

by Brett Terpstra (Jan 22nd, 2008)

Dutch site One More Thing brings us a serving of Steve "Woz" Wozniak from Macworld. You may or may not be nonplussed by the exclusive interview with Apple's co-founder, but they use the word "computergeschiedenis" in the post, which you have to admit ...