This book is intended to provide an introduction to, and an overview of, the computer industry - or the "Computer Age" - as well as the key people who created the computerised world we live in... without too many technical details. The idea is to offer a snapshot of the industry at this point in time and find out how it got where it is today, highlighting its most notable inventions and innovations and the pioneering people who are responsible for them. It is not really meant to be an exhaustive record of anything, although it does feature some lists. This book includes a look at the legacy of Steve Jobs. Here's an extract: * In an often turbulent and frequently amazing career, Jobs had scored success after success in many areas of business, including film. His Pixar Animation Studios dramatically changed the face of animation films. Until Pixar's hit film Toy Story the "Disney style" of animation was looked upon as the benchmark. But, while the traditional Disney animation style is still widely admired, Pixar's computer-generated imagery caught the imagination of an entirely new generation, and converted many of the older generation as well. His NeXT Computer company, which he founded in 1985 after the first time he left Apple, was considered by many to be producing hardware which was far superior to anything that was commercially available at the time. And even though NeXT machines did not sell in huge quantities, the technology eventually formed the basis of Apple's resurgence when Jobs returned to the company in 1996. Moreover, it was on a NeXT workstation that Tim Berners-Lee first developed the World Wide Web, while working at CERN. * Abdul Montaqim is a journalist, based in London, and has been working in the media since 1989. Among the more well known titles he has written for are The Guardian newspaper, Time Out magazine and the International Business Times website. He has edited a number of local and community newspapers, magazines and websites, and has, over the course of his career, worked for some of the largest publishers in Europe, including Emap, LLP and Mirror Group Newspapers. Abdul has also worked outside of the United Kingdom, moving to Abu Dhabi for a year to work on the first national daily newspaper in United Arab Emirates, The National; and he has consulted for media companies in Bangladesh, where he was born. Abdul briefly worked for a New York-headquartered cable television channel called AsiaNet as a news editor, and realised that although he loves researching, writing and other "technical" parts of a journalist's job, he does not like presenting, preferring to be behind the camera or back in the studio. He also realised that, although reporting a story through the medium of television is obviously different from telling it through a newspaper or magazine, the heart and mind of every media company is researching and writing. In his spare time, Abdul likes to spend time with his family, cooking, eating, watching films, listening to music, reading and writing. When he goes out he likes to watch movies at the best cinemas, see live music performances, and eat at good restaurants. He also loves gardening, fishing and going for long walks.