Worldwide Newton Conference Begins Today in San Francisco

Following right after Macworld, the Worldwide Newton Conference (WNC) begins today in San Francisco's Warwick Regis Hotel and runs through Sunday. There was a greeter last night. Here is the program.

The WNC is devoted, of course, to the Newton technology abandoned by Apple when Steve Jobs returned to Apple as Interim CEO. The Newton was pushed by former Apple CEO John Scully who forced Steve Jobs out of the company. The Newton technology was essentially the basis for the Palm Pilot developed by former Apple employees and for the once flourishing PDA market. [Bill Fox]