(BusinessInsider)

Don't get too excited for those just yet: According to Atakan Peker, one of the inventors of the substance, Apple's still several years off from being able to manufacture anything. That said, it still may pop up sooner than expected--because if there's anything we already know about liquidmetal, it rather enjoys .

(Network World)

We've seen Apple peer into the future, but how about the past? Former Apple employee Craig Elliott provided Network World with an eight-minute short film, made for a sales meeting, shortly after the Macintosh's launch. Set in 1944, it puts the little computer on one side of World War II, with former vice president of marketing Mike Murray guiding the way as The General and Steve as FDR himself. All I can say is, if you've been missing the "Steve Jobs plays a former U.S. president in a soon-to-be-viral-video" square on your Apple bingo card, now's the time to fill it in.

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