(Daring Fireball)

Buried in the press release is the fact that Johnson will invest $50 million of his own money in the company's stock, effectively tying his success to the Penney's. Granted, if anybody should make that bet, it's Johnson--the man has spent the last ten years getting us to fork over our cash for luxury items like iPods and iPhones. Imagine what he'll be able to do with pants-- needs pants.

(Amazon)

Yes, Steve Jobs's authorized biography will drop sometime next year, but if you wished it had less in the way of words, and more in the way of pictures, then consider Bluewater Productions's forthcoming comic book treatment of the Apple co-founder's life. The graphic novel will cover Jobs's founding of Apple, his departure and eventual return, and, of course, his brief tenure as a member of the Fantastic Four.

(FOSS Patents)