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Bush: Government Invented the iPod

EnGadget turned up this gem from a recent speech President Bush gave at Tuskegee University: “The government funded research in microdrive storage, electrochemistry and signal compression. They did so for one reason: It turned out that those were the key ingredients for the development of the iPod.” Yes, I’m quite certain that was where the […]
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EnGadget turned up this gem from a recent speech President Bush gave at Tuskegee University:

"The government funded research in microdrive storage, electrochemistry and signal compression. They did so for one reason: It turned out that those were the key ingredients for the development of the iPod."

Yes, I'm quite certain that was where the government research was focused during the 1980s and '90s: A better digital audio player. Apple just showed up to steal the government's thunder at the last minute, those rascals!

Word of warning to Bad Boy Records: The government invented the remix, too.

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