How's this for a gripping corporate story line: Youthful founder gets booted from his company in the 1980s, returns in the 1990s, and in the following decade survives two brushes with death, one securities-law scandal, an also-ran product lineup, and his own often unpleasant demeanor to become the dominant personality in four distinct industries, a billionaire many times over, and CEO of the most valuable company in Silicon Valley.

Sound too far-fetched to be true? Perhaps. Yet it happens to be the real-life story of Steve Jobs and his outsize impact on everything he touches.....

He revived Apple and remade entire industries, defying the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression - and his own serious health problems.....

The past decade in business belongs to Jobs....

Steve Jobs has been crowned CEO of the Decade by the preeminent house organ of US corporate shillery, Fortune magazine.

Love him or hate him - or both - Jobs has earned the honor....

Fortune Magazine crowned Apple top dog Steve Jobs "CEO of the Decade" in its newest edition....

Fortune traced "the decade of Steve" back to 1997, when Jobs returned to Apple's helm and took the California company on a course that gave the world iPhones, iPods, and increasingly popular Macintosh computers.

From hardware and software makers like Apple and Microsoft to booksellers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble, many companies now appear to be betting the next must-have accessory will be a tablet a hybrid of a laptop and a smart phone that can be used to view media and connect to the Internet, among other things.

The stakes are potentially huge... Why, exactly, has the well-worn idea of tablets suddenly been resurrected?...

The most oft-cited reason is the phenomenal success enjoyed by the iPhone, which is essentially a mini-computer, and the belief that there's an underserved market of consumers who would like a similar portable device that allows them to, say, read an e-book or a newspaper, play video games, and watch a movie without ruining their eyesight....

Decisions, decisions. When it comes time to buy a new computer, it can be tough to make a decision. There's the processor speed, longevity of the product and, most importantly, the price. So how do you choose between a MacBook and a MacBook Pro? Here s how we break it down.

Featuring bigger and better screens and shiny new mice, the physical changes to the aluminum iMac in this update are the most dramatic since it was introduced over two years ago, but the speed improvements are marginal at best.

We've received four configurations of the 21.5" and four configurations of the 27" machines so far. The quad core i5 and i7 machines aren t due out till later this month. Between the advancements in Snow Leopard and adding additional memory to these computers, they sure can go fast!

In fact, we found up to a 46% performance boost by installing the OWC 16GB Memory Upgrade Kit versus the factory installed 4GB.

By putting 320GB of capacity on a 1.8-inch drive, Toshiba has signalled its confidence in this micro-drive form factor....

Tosh does have a 2-platter 2.5-inch drive offering 640GB with a 528.5Gbit/sq in areal density. In September it announced a single platter 160GB 1.8-inch drive with a lower areal density level of 467Gbit/sq in: the MK1634GAL....

After reading the [Mike Doyle] entry at Chicago Carless entitled, "I Am a Future PC: Why I m Dumping Apple after 15 Years," I had a number of left over thoughts that needed to be removed from my head. I would like to first list the thoughts and then work out each separately. First, I thought of my relationship with Apple. Second, my thoughts moved to my work as a technologist and generally open-minded and curious individual. Lastly, my mind wandered to whether or not I felt as though I could ever fully devote myself to Microsoft or an otherwise non-Apple technology set. (Spoiler: I am not sure I can!)...

My last thought is at the crux of why I cannot, however, agree whole-heartedly with Chicago Carless. I have been using Windows 7 since the day it was released! I would even say I find it innovative in some ways and clearly better than its predecessors. When I think about using Windows 7 as my main and only outlet, however, I vomit in my mouth a little. Not because it is a bad OS or because I have preconceived notions of what it is to be exclusively a Windows PC user (although I do); my negativism is from my dislike of Microsoft as a company.

All right, you don't have to possess an inside track at Apple or be a registered developer to pretty much know that more Snow Leopard maintenance updates are on the horizon. So I will readily accept the possibility that there is no a 10.6.2 in our future, and it may even arrive by the time you read this article.

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