Sony Pictures officially announced this morning that they have chosen The Social Network screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (as previously rumored) to adapt Walter Isaacson’s official Steve Jobs biography for the big screen.

From the press release, quoting Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal (via SlashFilm, The Verge):

Steve Jobs’ story is unique: he was one of the most revolutionary and influential men not just of our time but of all time. There is no writer working in Hollywood today who is more capable of capturing such an extraordinary life for the screen than Aaron Sorkin.

Sony acquired the rights to the film September of last year. Considering Sorkin’s work on projects such as The Social Network, as well as the TV series The West Wing, I’m pretty excited to hear that he’s accepted the call to write the Steve Jobs biopic! I think he’ll do an excellent job.

It should also be noted that this is a completely separate production from the independent Steve Jobs film starring Ashton Kutcher.

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Yzi has recently released an affordable Android 4.0 tablet. Priced at 159 Euro or around $170, the gadget is powered by a 1.2GHz single-core Cortez-A8 processor, a Mali-400 GPU, a 10-inch display with a native resolution of 1,024 x 600 pixels and a five-point capacitive touch support. The Yzi 10-inch Android 4.0 ICS tablet also features a 512MB of RAM, a 4GB of storage space, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera, Wi-Fi and 3G support. Additional specs include a USB port and an HDMI connector. Its battery provides enough juice for up to 15-hour on a single full charge. [Android Community]

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The new Pioneer BDP-150 is not an ordinary Blu-ray player, because it comes with a USB port, allowing you to play Divx HD, Divx HD plus, FLAC, MKV, JPEG, MP3, WMA, WMV files directly from any USB Flash drive. The player also supports 3D Blu-ray movies, SACD and DLNA. The Pioneer BDP-150 is priced at 20,000 Yen ($249). [Akihabara]

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So, yesterday, we learned that the AT&T HTC One X and Sprint’s upcoming HTC EVO 4G LTE had been delayed in the US due to Apple’s how-the-hell-did-it-get-granted “link” patent. Patent #5,946,647 deals with the now standard Android method of clicking a link (like in email) and being presented with a menu displaying a list of apps you want to launch from there. Apparently, Apple’s got this locked down. Looks like something like this has never been done before in the history of software and Apple is fully responsible for this “invention.” (Sigh)

Anyway, there was a lot of talk and anger (and suspicions) on why HTC — who knew for the longest time exactly what this patent dealt with, after facing Apple in court — didn’t attempt to sidestep Apple’s patent, as to avoid action like the delays we’re seeing today (and during a crucial time for HTC financially). Well, as it turns out — they did.

This feature of a menu popup after clicking a link has been removed in the new version of Sense for HTC’s US devices. Now, clicking a link will automatically launch the appropriate app giving Android users slightly less usability, but also avoids Apple’s legal team. If a user wants to specify which links will launch which app, there is a new option inside the Settings app that deals with links called “App Associations.” Boom.

I can see in my mind’s eye… A top level Apple exec gets a hold of an international One X. He scrolls through the device only to find his patent brazenly ignored by the rival smartphone manufacturer. His face turns blood red and eyes widen. He rushes to grab the telephone, calling up the top officials at the ITC and US Customs, demanding they block the biggest threat to their upcoming iPhone 5 — HTC’s One X and EVO 4G LTE. Little does he know, the US versions shipped with tweaked software. HTC be trollin’.

It’s still unclear if Customs will see things our way. It’s very possible they could still interpret HTC’s new method of handling links as a violation of Apple’s patents. But, providing HTC’s workaround is adequate, we could see this whole mess sorted out a lot sooner than later. Let’s hope those One’s and Evolte’s will be in everyone’s hands again shortly.

[TheVerge]

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“Type City” is an art installation by artist Hong Seon Jang. Jang’s taken pieces of movable type from an old printing press to build an impressive grey Gotham that at a glance one could mistake for an old black and white photo of New York.

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“Type City” is an art installation by artist Hong Seon Jang. Jang’s taken pieces of movable type from an old printing press to build an impressive grey Gotham that at a glance one could mistake for an old black and white photo of New York.

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