The Discovery Channel has announced an upcoming Steve Jobs documentary and the good news is that it will be aired relatively soon. The documentary will be airing on October 16th at 8PM and it will be hosted by Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters. So far it looks like the documentary will include interviews more »

Wednesday was not a good day for AT&T. The United States Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit that is meant to block the AT&T/T-Mobile merger from going through. AT&T also made local headlines when a window just above the 19th floor of its downtown Indianapolis building shattered, effectively shutting down traffic for hours. Today, Sprint has refuted AT&T’s claims that a T-Mobile merger would create 5,000 call center jobs.

What’s this? Another hacking story? Surely you didn’t think the fun would be over so quickly did you? One of the latest victims of the great hacking craze of 2011 is the jobs website for The Washington Post. At this time, it isn’t known who is behind the hacks, but they did make off with a bunch of email addresses.

Just in case you missed the WWDC coverage from yesterday, or maybe you just wanted to relive some of the highlights — Apple has posted the complete keynote video. Those interested in watching can hit the via link below and head to the Apple website where they can watch the video in all its streaming more »

Speaking at a keynote at Storage Networking World conference, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak remarked on tablets growing popularity. Wozniak says he believes tablets will be come PCs for “normal people”. That is, tablets will be the only computer the average consumer will need. “The tablet is not necessarily for the people in this room,” Wozniak more »

As one could expect, Apple has posted the video from yesterdays iPad 2 announcement event. The video is available for streaming by way of the Apple website or for direct download by way of iTunes. Links for each are below… Via [Apple.com (Streaming)] and [iTunes (Downloading)]

What’s the most common phrase heard around the Gadgetell newsroom? Is it “I love Apple?”, “that’s cool!” or “sweet!”? Answer: none of them, it’s “they are on crack.” This week we take a look back at the things that made us chuckle in the tech world. This week, it seems there were more folks on more »

In an email to Apple employees, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced his latest medical leave of absence. He does not cite any specific reason as to why he is taking the leave of absence, but we can only assume it is a serious enough medical condition. Tim Cook will take over in day-to-day operations, as more »

Up to 5,000 Microsoft jobs are about to be history. When Google and Microsoft can’t afford to keep people employed, you know the economy is in the tank. Microsoft has never had to let go of people in this manner before in its entire history.

These job cuts are companywide — no specific division is getting the axe. These times are forcing a lot of companies to rethink their strategies. Expect Microsoft projects like “Photosynth” and “Surface” to take a backseat to Windows 7. Windows has been Microsoft’s heavy hitter along with Office, but Windows sales are down.

So far I have looked at two sections of Obama’s policies: an open Internet and his aim for a connected democracy and infrastructure so it comes the turn of the final section: teaching adults and children of the world of technology.

But what does teaching children and adults actually mean? Let’s first address the children. The first thing that Obama will put in place is to make teaching Math and Science a priority and although this may not seem like it will affect IT, not only will this have subsequent effects to this industry, but remember that we are talking about technology as a whole, not just IT. Keep reading for the conclusion of this series.