The council is a group that advices the President on international trade. Current members include the CEOs of such U.S. firms as Boeing, UPS, Verizon, Walt Disney and Xerox.

In 1991, Jobs was the CEO of NeXT, the computer company he founded after being forced out of Apple. Subsequently, Jobs returned to Apple, which he co-founded in 1976, where he remained until his death last October at age 56.

The documents, released by the FBI after the Wall Street Journal filed a Freedom of Information Act request, also detailed an 1985 investigation of a bomb and extortion threat against Apple.

While little revealed in the documents was new, several threads ran through the investigation, including the FBI’s focus on Jobs’ admitted drug use.

Jobs acknowledged that he had used marijuana, hashish and the psychedelic drug LSD from 1970 through 1974.

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Google’s Chromebook has failed to become a disruptive force in the market since it was launched six months ago. In the hope that it might make at least some consumers take another look, the Mountain View company has announced a price cut for the machine.

With the holiday season fast approaching, Google has announced a price cut for some of its Chromebook computers, with the cheapest models receiving a $50 discount but will that really be enough to tempt consumers?

The news came in a blog post by Google’s senior product manager Venkat Rapaka. “

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Pinnacle Telecom has beaten out its competitors to win the contract to provide data, connectivity and voice services to BBC International for its broadcast of the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympic Games.

The contract will include all BBC International’s partners based at the Stratford Broadcast Tower, the BBC’s 22 storey building which overlooks the Olympic Stadium, the Aquatics Centre and the Orbit Tower.

“We have been negotiating this unique opportunity for a long time and are therefore delighted to announce that Pinnacle will provide data, voice and connectivity services for the BBC and its worldwide international broadcasting partners at the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games,” said Alan Bonner, CEO of Pinnacle Telecom.

The agreement means Pinnacle will supply the fibre connections; microwave back-up links and analogue and ISDN connectivity.

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The iPhone has reached a legendary status in today’s modern world, and this is because of the features that no other phones can offer. It is only right to say that most phones nowadays are patterned after the iPhone, which makes it a benchmark for today’s devices.

Other mobile phones with touch screens boost a large screen display, in an obvious attempt to rival iPhone’s display. Aside from Samsung, other mobile devices that copied the external features of the iPhone is HTC Sensation and Sony Ericsson. This made it possible for the public to avail large phone displays, at a more affordable price.

The HTC EVO 3D and the LG Optimus boasts a three dimensional display which they thought would finally beat iPhone in the game. Howev

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ZTE isnt a name most smartphone shoppers would recognize, but the company has ambitions to change all that with the ZTE Tania. A 4.3-inch Windows Phone 7 device, the Tania aims to deliver not only all that Microsoft OS goodness youve come to love, but at a price that significantly undercuts rivals. The unit weve been using since last week is final hardware but non-final software, hence this being a preview and not a full review, but its still enough to get an early take on what ZTE hopes will be a smartphone game-changer in more ways than one.

Hardware

We cant say ZTEs styling has exactly blown us away.

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