jOBS stars Ashton Kutcher as, of course, Steve Jobs, and Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak, telling “the story of Steve Jobs’ ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century,” as the movies’ producers have framed it on IMDB. Matthew Modine has a small role as well, playing ill-fated Apple CEO John Scully.

The jOBS movie, following on the footsteps of The Social Network just two years ago, shows the increased importance technology and those who create it have in popular culture. No one made a movie about Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in the ’80s or IBM founder Thomas Watson — who led IBM for a staggering 42 years — in the ’70s.

Of course, it helps that Steve Jobs was crazily charismatic. Even though Bill Gates is one of the richest people in the world, and now one of the foremost philanthropists of all time, no one has ever produced a biopic of the Microsoft founder.

While most of us will have to wait almost three months to see the movie, the worldwide premiere is actually in just three days at the Sundance film festival in Park City, Utah. (If you’re attending and want to provide a review for VentureBeat, let me know.)

Meanwhile, the rest of us will just have to settle for a one-minute clip released to Entertainment Week this morning.

Source: Entertainment Weekly

Jobs and Wozniak arguing in an underground HP parking lot

Image credit: jOBS movie

It’s MacWorld’s 29th year, and it’s the fourth year since Apple unceremoniously took its ball and left. But it could just be the best MacWorld yet, with star power, fan power, and … ecosystem power.

“The show really has become the ultimate iFan festival,” MacWorld general manager Paul Kent told me last week. “We have training classes, celebrities, noted experts, tips and tricks … before it was really a platform for Apple, but now it’s really about the ecosystem.”

Kutcher and Gad will provide some of that celebrity star power, but not all of it.

Will.i.am will also be present to talk about technology, gadgets, and creativity with Intel futurist Brian David Johnson. And the NASA team behind the Mars rover Curiosity will also be in the Moscone Center, home of so many of Apple’s iconic product announcements, to talk about their use of Apple products.

“But perhaps the most interesting story is going to be the innovation in the products,” Kent said. “We have the accessory companies, over 100 app companies … it’s like walking into an Apple store, except that the products kind of come life at MacWorld.”

Forty percent of the companies demoing products are new to the market, Kent said, adding that MacWorld was sort of like “CES for Apple fans,” and perhaps the last great consumer-focused technology convention.

MacWorld/iWorld 2013 starts on Jan. 31st, in just over a week. IDG World Expo, the company behind the convention, expects “more than 25,000″ attendees.

Image credit: The Jobs Movie

The event, “DEMO Enterprise Disruption: An Evening of Change & Innovation,” which takes place in San Francisco, is already full, so we can’t take anymore registrants. However, we’ll be running a live feed of the event on our home page. So tune in to VentureBeat starting at 6:15 pm PST to watch the evening’s events, including student demos of the latest cool enterprise technology, a VC Sage panel and a special demonstration by Fusion-io Chief Scientist and co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak.

I’m especially excited about Nimoy joining us. He’s famous for playing Mr. Spock in the original Star Trek series and for his roles in other entertainment vehicles such as Mission: Impossible, but he is renowned for his legendary creativity overall. He’ll be joining Wozniak on stage for a discussion about innovation. I’ll be moderating that session.

And afterward, we’ll be throwing a massive holiday party.

See many of you there tomorrow.

Here are more details on VentureBeat’s special event in SF on January 5 focused on innovation in the enterprise. Why enterprise? Well, it’s one of the sexier areas for entrepreneurs right now.

Sure, the consumer companies — Facebook, Zynga, Twitter — led the revolution. But now the disruptive social media and cloud computing trends are hitting the enterprise — and there’s a lot of action there.

As mentioned, the first part of the event in invite-only, and features an on-stage demonstration by Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and currently chief-scientist at Fusion-io, who will be unveiling some cool stuff.

We’ll follow that up with a blowout bash that is open to a larger tech influencer audience, including entrepreneurs, developers, press and investors. (Register here fast, because we have limited capacity).

But there’s more to it than just an incredible party. We’re looking for you — college students, fresh-minded young entrepreneurs — to showcase the amazing enterprise technology emerging from trenches of Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT and beyond. We’re giving six student-led startups the opportunity to present their ideas in front of a select group of influencers, venture capitalists, and media via an on-stage, six-minute demo.

Alongside the on-stage demo, students will receive:

• Script review with Rob Lee of Evergreen, DEMO’s production team and coaches
• Rehearsal time the day of with demo team to prepare
• Supplied display on site in tech Showcase
• Audience of 75 top venture capitals and press during VIP portion of event 5:30 -9pm. Doors then open to 400 members of the DEMO Alumni and tech community for the a rocking after party
• Demo streamed live on VentureBeat
• Demo videotaped and hosted on DEMO.com and DEMO’sYou tube Channel.
• Meet Steve Wozniak
• Feedback from VIP guests during private reception
• Two free passes to DEMO Spring
• Profile of the product on VentureBeat
• Team with the most views after 30 days wins a showcase sponsorship to DEMO

The best part? It’s free. Thanks to Fusion-io, who is a co-host of the event, and sponsor.

Applications are still being accepted. Requirement: You should be a student-run business and have a product focused on the enterprise.

For more information, check out this website.

The Fusion-io, DEMO and VentureBeat teams look forward to kicking off the New Year with this memorable event!

Among other things, we’ll feature an on-stage demonstration by Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and currently chief scientist at Fusion-io, which is co-hosting the event. Can’t say more at this point, but it will be pretty cool (press can request access here). That is a closed-door, invite-only event. But we’ll follow that up with a blowout bash: a New Year’s party open to anyone in the tech community of entrepreneurs, developers, press and investors (register here fast, because we have limited capacity).

We’re going to have a lot of fun.

But here’s another part of the main program earlier in the evening: We’re giving six student-led startups the opportunity to present their ideas in front of a select group of influencers, venture capitalists, and media. Applications are still being accepted. Requirement: You should be a student-run business and have a product focused on the enterprise. Let us know by the end of this week if you’d like to participate.

The evening, called “DEMO enterprise disruption: an evening of change & innovation,” is another way we’re extending the activities of DEMO, the big launchpad event that we co-produce twice a year.

For more information, check out this website.

The Fusion-io, DEMO and VentureBeat teams look forward to kicking off the New Year with this memorable event!

Among other things, we’ll feature an on-stage demonstration by Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and currently chief scientist at Fusion-io, which is helping underwrite this event. We’ll follow that up with a blowout party: It’s basically a New Year’s party and open to anyone in the tech community of entrepreneurs, developers, press and investors.

The evening, called “DEMO Enterprise — An Evening of innovation,” is another way we’re extending the activities of DEMO, the big launchpad event that we co-produce twice a year.

We’re also giving six student-led startups the opportunity to present their ideas in front of a multitude of the best venture capitalists, as well as key members of the media.

As of today, applications are being accepted from student-run companies, with a product focused on the enterprise, to partake in this event. If you’re interested, submit your company information here. The deadline for applications is December 23, 2011.

The event will feature discussions from some of the industry’s top innovators, offering insight into the future. The evening is definitely going to be one to remember.

For more information about the invitation-only launch event or the DEMO Innovation Party, open to DEMO alumni, the development community, press and VCs, check out the website.

The Fusion-io, DEMO and VentureBeat teams looks forward to kicking off the New Year at what will truly be a memorable event!