Apple announced today that it will be saying goodbye to Bertrand Serlet, Apple’s senior vice president of Mac Software Engineering. Serlet is leaving the company after 22 years of working with Steve Jobs. Serlet is responsible for Mac OS X and has spent nearly 14 years leading Apple’s development of its operating systems.

Apple has been getting a lot of heat for allowing an app into the App Store that many people find objectionable. The app, from anti-gay Christan group Exodus International, is designed to be a resource for men, women, parents, students, and ministry leaders. The organization describes itself as “the world’s largest ministry to individuals and families impacted by homosexuality.”

With the retirement of the Space Shuttle imminent, a lot of attention has been given to the spacecraft and the work that goes into preparing it for travel. What has seemed to go unnoticed are two lesser components which are necessary for any successful shuttle mission. The solid rocket boosters (SRBs), one attached to each […]