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Rare Apple-1 hits the auction block

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 3rd, 2013)

There are only six known working Apple-1 computers in the world, and one of these units will go on sale later this month. According to a report in Computerworld, German auction house Breker will be auctioning off the machine that was owned by Fred Hatfield. The Apple-1 includes the original ...

Woz, Wigginton videos surface in 1984 user group talk treasure trove

by Steven Sande (Mar 22nd, 2013)

TUAW reader Vince Patton provided us with several links to videos that he's uploading to YouTube. Patton's father had saved a VHS tape of a talk made by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to the Denver Apple Pi computer club at the Colorado School of Mines on October 4, 1984, which Vince uncovered ...

Macintosh pen holder holds your writing utensil in a classic way

by Mike Schramm (Feb 19th, 2013)

Sure, at over US$53 it's a little pricey, but I am completely charmed by this pen holder shaped like an old Macintosh. Maybe it's that Susan Kare face, or the floppy drive slot, or just the reassuring, all-in-one, boxy shape, but there's something about this little 3D-printed desktop decoration ...

Woz: Apple 'somewhat behind' on smartphone features

by Randy Nelson (Feb 7th, 2013)

Woz he talking about? Steve Wozniak recently gave an interview with German business weekly Wirtschafts Woche in which he contended that the company he co-founded has fallen behind its competitors when it comes to its flagship product, the iPhone. According to Woz, Apple is "somewhat behind with ...

Woz predicts that in 2013, iOS devices are headed to work

by Mike Schramm (Dec 17th, 2012)

Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak often appears here on the pages of TUAW for doing some silly things like joking around with Stephen Colbert or starring in an iOS game. But the man's still got a great mind (and a lot of experience with technology), so when he makes some predictions for 2013 ...

Vengeance: Woz With A Coz iOS game stars cartoon Steve Wozniak

by Mike Wehner (Nov 14th, 2012)

Imagine Steve Wozniak. Now imagine Steve Wozniak as an adorable cartoon character. Now imagine giving that character a large revolver, a somewhat evil grin, and team him up with convict-turned-movie-star Danny Trejo. You just dreamt up one of the strangest iOS games ever, and as MacWorld ...

Woz discusses what he'd change about Apple

by Mike Schramm (Oct 3rd, 2012)

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently did a Q&A over on Slashdot, and Gizmodo has boiled down his answers into five things he'd change about Apple today. There's a little bit of putting thoughts in Wozniak's head here, as he wasn't specifically talking about what he would change. Still, ...

Early Apple employee Daniel Kottke on the Apple I, more

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 10th, 2012)

Apple employee #12, Daniel Kottke, talked to Avi Solomon of Boing Boing about his time working at Apple. The interview has captivating stories about Kottke's life in the early 1970s tech scene. Besides a long discussion of the influence of psychedelics on technology, Kottke also talks about ...

Daily Update for August 2, 2012

by Steven Sande (Aug 2nd, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Pink feather boa time! Fusion-io throws surprise birthday party for Woz

by Steven Sande (Aug 2nd, 2012)

Apple co-founder and legend Steve Wozniak won't officially turn 62 until August 11, but that wasn't enough to keep flash memory tech company Fusion-io from holding a surprise birthday party for him last night. Ina Fried from AllThingsD was in attendance and provided a photo record of the ...

Woz's backpack brings new meaning to "overpacking"

by Mike Schramm (Jul 17th, 2012)

If you were a genius who helped create the first Apple computer and have since then been able to pretty much do whatever you want, wouldn't you carry around a crowded backpack as well? Steve Wozniak has listed out just what he happens to carry around on his back every day, and the entire list ...

Woz wants a Surface

by Mike Schramm (Jul 10th, 2012)

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak spoke at a recent conference in Chile, and perhaps the most interesting thing he said was that he is looking forward to Microsoft's new Surface tablet. Yes, there's something about Microsoft's consumer-focused attempt at making a tablet computer (maybe the case ...

Rare video of Woz from 1984 talking about computing, joining Apple and the Mac

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jun 24th, 2012)

Reader Sarah Bailey of the North East Ohio Apple Corps sent us the video below of Steve Wozniak talking about the then-new Macintosh and lots of other Apple (and early computing) lore when he visited the Cleveland Apple club back in 1984. It's always great to see these old videos digitized for ...

Vintage Apple I sells for $375,000

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 18th, 2012)

A rare piece of Apple history is no longer on the market. Last Friday, Auction house Sotheby's sold a working Apple I computer for US$374,500. The vintage computer sold for more than twice its estimated value after a bidding war broke out between two bidders, according to a CNN Money report. ...

Woz says Apple could not emerge in Singapore

by Mike Schramm (Dec 15th, 2011)

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak got a little political lately, saying in an interview with the BBC that a society like Singapore, with its relatively strict approach to aberrant behavior, would never be able to host a company like Apple, with its early days of long-haired weirdos working on ...