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Steve Jobs, RIP

This is a very sad day for the technology world, and indeed, for all humanity.

Today, Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of of Apple Computer, died. He was just 56 years old.

Steve Jobs was named as an inventor on 338 U.S. patents., some of which can be found here.

Among Job’s legacy:

* among the first to understood the commercial value of the modern computer interface, including the mouse;

* revolutionized desktop computing using the new computer and operating environemnt;

* revolutionized computer-generated movies (Pixar);

* developed iPod revolutionizing how music is distributed  (through iTunes store);

* developed iPhone revolutioning the smart phone industry (including applications); and

* developed ipad creating the first widely used tablet computer.