Muse (band), 498

Museum of Modern Art (New York), 445

music industry, 394–95, 398, 399–400, 503

MusicMatch, 406

MusicNet, 395, 403, 404

Myth of the Machine, The (Mumford), 57

Napster, 382, 394, 402

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 810

Narcissistic Personality Disorder, 265–66

NASDAQ, 379

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 8–9

National Medal of Technology, 192–93

National Press Club, 228

National Security Agency, 241

National Semiconductor, 75, 79, 296, 297

NBC, 400

Negroponte, Nicholas, 185

Nepal, 106

netbook concept, 494

Netflix, 545

Netscape, 291

Neville Brothers, 410

Newman, Randy, 288, 432

News Corp., 507–8

newser.com, 523

Newsweek, 165–66, 218, 236, 290, 323, 355, 393, 445, 494, 495–96

Newton (Apple), 308–9, 338, 385

Newton, Isaac, 69

New York Post, 507

New York Times, 228, 233, 281, 290, 291, 384, 408, 411, 451, 478, 494, 498, 504–5, 516

NeXT, xviii, 166, 245, 246, 259, 268, 297, 363, 374, 445, 447, 458

Apple and, 213–15, 217–18, 221–22, 298–300, 305–6

Apple’s staff “raid” on, 213–15

bundled features of, 224–25, 234

circuit board of, 222, 233–34

design of, 222–23

electronic book of, 234–35

failure of, 293–94

finances of, 226–28

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 811

Gates and, 229–30, 236–37

headquarters of, 223–24

IBM and, 231–32

idea behind, 211–12, 214

late release of, 234–36

launch of, 232–35

Lewin and, 212–13, 224

licensing issue and, 231–32

logo of, 219–21

matte finish of, 223