Teen who hacked into Apple two years ago will now study criminology, cyber safetySep 27 (AZINS) Remember the teenager who hacked into Apple systems over two years and saved the data on an obviously named folder called 'Hacky, Hack, Hack, Well, it turns out the teenager will not be serving in prison for his misdeeds.

As Cnet reported, the teenager was 16-years-old when he first gained unauthorised access to Apple's mainframe only because he was a fan of the company and wanted to work there. He pleaded guilty in August, but was sentenced this week. No conviction will be recorded and an eight month probation order will be placed. The teenager, who is now 19, has been accepted into a university where he will be studying criminology and cyber safety.

An extremely rare, fully functional Apple-1 computer -- one of the first PCs that did not require the users to assemble components -- was recently sold for $375,000 at an auction. The Apple-1 was originally conceived by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak as a bare circuit board to be sold as a kit and completed by electronics hobbyists, their initial market being Palo Alto's Homebrew Computer Club.

Seeking a larger audience, Jobs approached Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first personal computer stores in the world, according to US-based RR Auction. Aiming to elevate the computer beyond the realm of the hobbyist, Terrell agreed to purchase 50 Apple-1 computers, but only if they were fully assembled.

The Apple-1 thus became one of the first 'personal' computers which did not require soldering by the end user. All together, over a span of about ten months, Jobs and Wozniak produced about 200 Apple-1 computers and sold 175 of them. This Apple-1 is one of only 60-70 remaining of the original 200 that were designed and built by Jobs and Wozniak that originally sold for USD 666.66, the auction house said in a statement.