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Lisa OS to be released as open source project in 2018

This definitely qualifies as nifty… Come 2017, the Computer History Museum will release the Apple Lisa OS as a free, open source project. Apple’s Lisa, which was the first computer with a graphical user interface, debuted in 1983. The computer was considered a flop, selling only 10,000 units on an R&D investment of US$150 million. […]

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Rumor: Apple could look to MediaTek for iPhone modem components as legal dispute with Qualcomm drags on

Amidst the ongoing legal kerfuffle between Apple and Qualcomm, Apple may be eyeing a partnership with Taiwan’s MediaTek, which could supply baseband modem chipsets for iPhones beginning in 2018. The story was first broken by DigiTimes, which has a hit-or-miss track record on stories such as these, but has landed some good scoops where iPhone […]