Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle is in talks to direct a movie about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, with Leonardo DiCaprio tipped to star in the title role.

More than a year after the death of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s authorised biography of the Apple founder remains a fixture on the bestseller lists.

THE BESTSELLING biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is most notable for revealing that the innovator and aesthete genius behind Apple — the world’s most successful company — was in many ways a giant, semi-autistic toddler.

Jonathan Ive, Apple’s head of design, has emerged as a totemic figure.

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POSSIBLY the most impressive book of last year — the best I read anyway — was about one of the most significant people to have died during 2011.

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Walter Isaacson’s biography of the late Steve Jobs reveals his innovation and drive, as well as his less laudable traits, but ultimately neglects to reveal what made him tick, writes Brian O’Grady

STEVE JOBS called long-time rival and Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates “unimaginative” and not really a product person, according to a biography of the deceased Apple chief executive.

Steve Jobs was often bullied in school and stopped going to church at the age of 13, according to an authorised biography of the late Apple CEO. Jobs also revealed that the Beatles was one of his favourite bands, and one of his wishes was to get the band on iTunes before he died.

An authorised biography of Steve Jobs was high on pre-order best-seller lists within hours of Apple’s announcement of his death.

A joint US-Vietnamese action plan today put a $300m (€244m) price tag on the most contentious legacy still tainting relations between the two countries – Agent Orange.

The US Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill bearing $29bn (€24.5bn) in reconstruction aid for the Gulf Coast, nearly four months after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the surrounding region.