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Found Footage: The Woz on how Apple got its name

by David Winograd (Nov 29th, 2010)

For all you trivia buffs who may not know the real story, TV Deck has posted a short video where the Woz explains exactly how Apple got its name. An amazing thing is that Steve Wozniak didn't really know himself until recently. The quality of the video isn't the best, but for all you completists, ...

Woz drives his Prius very quickly

by Dave Caolo (Aug 21st, 2007)

Who says hybrids are slow? Woz was recently ticketed for pushing his Prius to 104 m.p.h. on California Interstate 5. His excuse was that international traveling had him thinking in kilometers per hour, not miles. The judge thought this over, then handed Steve a $700US fine. Why was Woz in such a ...

Line report: iPhone mania!

by Mike Schramm (Jun 29th, 2007)

Oh, buddy. It's 4:30 in the middle of the country, lots of people are just starting to get out of work, and things are really starting to pick up now. Benjamin Gilbert sends pictures from his campout at Legacy Village in Ohio. Andrew Abate is lineblogging from the West Farms Mall Apple Store ...

iWoz on iTunes

by Laurie A. Duncan (Dec 8th, 2006)

iWoz - From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It has made its way into the audiobook section of the iTunes Music Store (iTs link). All 9 hours and 14 minutes of it. Patrick Lawlor does a fine job of narrating it, but he sounds ...

Found Footage: The Woz sells the Datsun 280z

by Scott McNulty (Dec 7th, 2006)

The Woz always makes me smile, and his turn in this Datsun commercial is no different. Watch and find out why the Woz prefers the Z, and how his voice goes down many octaves when he is enthusiastic. [via stevenf] ...

Woz speaking in Philly

by Scott McNulty (Sep 28th, 2006)

Attention Philadelphia area Mac geeks, Steve Wozniak will be speaking at the Free Library, on 19th and Vine, this Saturday at 2pm. He'll be talking about iWoz, his new autobiography. This even is free, and tickets are not required. I'll be attending, and I thought it would be fun to see if we could ...

Woz's old house up for sale

by Scott McNulty (Sep 5th, 2006)

What do you give the Mac fanatic who has everything? Well, if your budget is $10 million dollars how about a newly remodeled house that used to be the residence of Steve Wozniak? The house, located in Los Gatos, CA, is 7,100 square feet has 6 bedrooms and 7.5 baths (pictured above). I know what ...