Remains of the Day: Washington comes to Mr. Jobs

18.02.2011
The most powerful man in the world is about to meet the president of the United States, Sony's making a dumb move for a change, and now you can browse the Web circa 1986--from the comfort of your own Mac. The remainders for Thursday, February 17, 2011 are firing up the wayback machine.

(ABC)

President Obama is traveling to San Francisco on Thursday to meet with tech industry titans like Mark Zuckerberg, Eric Schmidt, and, of course, Steve Jobs. Nobody knows exactly , but my money's on the president holding a no-holds-barred cage match between executives to decide which type of smartphone he should get to replace his BlackBerry.

(Business Insider)

Sony Network Entertainment COO Shawn Layden quashes rumors that Sony Music would be pulling its content from the iTunes Store in order to drum up demand for the company's newly launched Music Unlimited service. Which, for those of you keeping score at home, is only about sixty-fifth time Sony has launched a music store.

(Cult of Mac)