That Steve Jobs action figure is pretty cool, right? I mean, who wouldn’t want to have one? Apple apparently, and it looks like they don’t want you to have one either. According to the Telegraph, the company making the doll received a little letter from Apple, threatening legal action. The argument, it seems, is that Apple feels like it owns the rights to Steve Jobs. It’s worth noting that the Telegraph’s report of the legal trouble is cautiously worded and no sources are cited, so it might not be the real deal.

Because nothing says that you really cherish the memory of someone than buying their likeness cast as a 12-inch model, in icons is planning to bring a Steve Jobs action figure to market. The pint-sized version of everyone’s favorite deceased tech visionary comes with a black turtleneck, blue jeans, New Balance sneakers, an apple (fruit), glasses, stool, and “one more thing” backdrop. I have to admit that this thing looks remarkably well made, but of all the cash-ins at the death of Jobs, this seems like the creepiest.

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has announced that they will be awarding a Grammy to Steve Jobs. Jobs will receive the Trustees Award for is contributions to the music scene, cited as having helped create products that changed the way people consume music — a summary that is actually true, rather than something we boast after someone respected has passed on. The award focuses on how the iPod and the iTunes Store as changed how music was distributed and bought, which, again, is actually true.

Time’s Person of the Year this year is officially “The Protester.” I can see what they’re getting at, but it does seem like something of a cop-out, right? I mean, “The Protester” is more like a Type-of-Person of the Year, or maybe the Class-Loadout of the Year. Besides that, Steve Jobs sure did spend a giant portion of the year dominating headlines. Of course, he might not have been a great person exactly, but that is up for debate. Also, let me remind you that Hitler (yes, that Hitler) was once Time’s Person of the Year, and Stalin was twice. They aren’t all heroes. On that note, as lame as “The Protester” might feel, there are way, way lamer ones in the past. Let’s take a look, shall we?

The biggest surprise during Apple’s 4S announcement wasn’t what was onstage, but what wasn’t. For weeks before hand, a steady stream of leaks and near-constant press coverage all foretold the release of totally redesigned iPhone 5. When one didn’t materialize, some were left puzzled, others disappointed. But now, Business Insider claims that not only was there an iPhone 5, but that it was scrapped in favor of the 4S just months before the scheduled announcement.

According to their source, which Business Insider says has provided reliable information in the past, the phone was dramatically different than the one that launched.

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams nominated Steve Jobs for Time magazine’s Person of the Year. If selected, Jobs would be the first posthumous winner of the prestigious award. Both Mario Batali and conservative lobbyist Grover Norquist supported Williams’ nomination of Jobs. Williams’ nomination speech, nominating not only Jobs, but his pioneering spirit.

“Steve’s final words, hours earlier, were monosyllables, repeated three times.

Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them.

Steve’s final words were:

OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.”

Steve Jobs’ sister Mona Simpson, novelist and English professor, in a moving and eloquent piece on the life and final days of her brother.

High profile businessmen and rich people tend to have their reported quirks. Money allows this sort of thing, but Steve Jobs wasn’t known for any kind of eccentricities that money allows, like having a diamond-plated iPad or something. He did, however, manage to avoid having a license plate on his Mercedes SL55 AMG. This wasn’t made possible because he cut some kind of deal with state government, but because of a loophole in the California vehicle laws that stated a new car has a maximum of six months to be without a license plate. Yes, this is going where you think it is: Steve Jobs cut a deal with a leasing company that allowed him to lease a new Mercedes SL55 AMG every six months so as to avoid having to slap a license plate on the back.

It wasn’t revealed why he didn’t want license plate numbers on his car — one can only assume he didn’t want to be tracked — but, you know, he had an iPhone. I’ll be here all night.

Under Steve Jobs, Apple changed how most people listen to music and established a gold standard for both smart phones and tablet computers. All this while the company’s set-top box called Apple TV has seen only modest sales. However, excerpts from Jobs’ forthcoming authorized biography by Walter Isaacson suggest that Apple’s assault on the living room is only just starting.

Isaacson said that Jobs wanted to make TV simpler, more elegant, and fully connected to Apple’s existing media infrastructure. The Washington Post quotes Isaacson quoting Jobs:

‘I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,’ [Steve Jobs] told me. ‘It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud.’ No longer would users have to fiddle with complex remotes for DVD players and cable channels. ‘It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it.’

Rumors of an updated Apple TV have been swirling for some time, but perhaps some far grander could be the last “one more thing” Steve Jobs has in store for us. 

If you’re planning on visiting an Apple Store tomorrow, you might want to make other plans. According to Reuters, all U.S. Apple stores will close on Wednesday between 10 AM and 11:30 AM PT (2 PM to 3:30 EST) during a memorial Apple will hold for their late founder Steve Jobs.

During this down time, employees will be able to watch a live stream of what is being called a celebration of the technology innovator. The actual event itself will be held in an outdoor amphitheatre on Apple’s corporate campus. In the wake of Jobs’ death, there has already been a spontaneous outpouring of grief around the world in addition to a private funeral and a separate memorial service. Now it seems it’s the employees’ turn to raise a glass to their former employer.