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Apr 27, 2006

Apple's telescreen

Irony enough for anyone: Apple, the company that once rode to fame on a TV commercial showing how the Macintosh could liberate us from Orwellian dystopia, now holds a patent for a 1984-esque telescreen.

(Looks like I'm not the first to notice.)
posted by Jim Anderson at 7:17 AM
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