Remains of the Day: All about Steve

25.08.2011
By now, you've surely heard the news. An icon of the tech community, stepping down from the post that he's held for more than a decade, leaving the institution he helped found. I'm not sure if will ever be the same agai--what? I'm talking about ; who are you talking about?

Oh, right! Steve Jobs! With , it seemed only fitting that we assemble a collection of tidbits from around the Web about the legendary tech maven. The remainders for Thursday, August 25, 2011 would like you to fasten your seat belts--it's going to be a bumpy night.

(PCMag.com)

Well, I think we all know why Steve Jobs's forthcoming biography was bumped up to November now, huh? According to publisher Simon & Schuster, the book will contain an account of the announcement, as told by Jobs. And here I thought he just woke up Wednesday morning, discovered he had no clean black turtlenecks to wear, and that was that.

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Did you know Steve Jobs has 313 patents to his name? Did you know that the ring-necked pheasant is the state bird of South Dakota? Admittedly, the first is a little more . Still, it's worth checking out this interactive chart of Steve Jobs's patents over at the , if for no other reason than to admire the numerous line drawings of inventions like the "white electronic device" and "packaging."