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Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple

A major development out of Cupertino: Apple CEO Steve Jobs has stepped down, the board naming Tim Cook as his replacement. The company said "Steve's extraordinary vision and leadership saved Apple and    

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Tablet PC fever is already cooling down, says Acer chairman

Acer chairman JT Wang, commenting on tablet PC's impact on the notebook industry, pointed out that tablet PC fever is already starting to cool down and consumers are also being attracted by notebooks again    

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Netherlands judge rules that Samsung Galaxy S, S II violate Apple patents, bans sales (updated)

A judge in The Hague just issued a ruling in Apple's patent infringement case against Samsung, prohibiting "the marketing of Samsung smartphones Galaxy S, S II and Ace for violation of Apple Inc. EP 2    

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iPhone 5 coming to Sprint, other carriers in mid-October?

Watch out AT&T and Verizon, it looks like there's an iPhone 5 hat-trick coming this fall. WSJ is reporting that the Apple smartphone will hit Sprint at the same time as those other two networks, br    

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App logs reportedly confirm dual mode CDMA / GSM iPhone 5 in testing

While the world waits to find out what the fifth-generation iPhone looks like, TechCrunch reports an anonymous app developer has pulled information from their registration logs confirming the existence of a new    

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All Things D: HP kept executives in the dark about webOS decision

If you thought the saga surrounding HP's decision to cease production of webOS devices was over, you may be mistaken. All Things D reported yesterday that key executives -- specifically Todd Bradley of the    

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HP TouchPad Goes On A Fire Sale! Now Selling For $99 At Best Buy And Future Shop [Update]

It's no secret that the HP TouchPad, which launched only a few months ago, has had lousy sales, before being discontinued altogether earlier this week, as part of a larger shift within HP (likely caused by    

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Tablets And Smartphones Before And After The iPhone And iPad [IMAGES]

Its no surprise that Apple is setting the standards when it comes to design and innovation of smartphones and tablets, whilst rivals continue to imitate!    

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Apple retakes top mobile PC market share position from HP in 2Q11, says DisplaySearch

Apple shipped over 13.5 million mobile PCs in the second quarter of 2011 for 136% on-year shipment growth, overtaking HP for the top spot, according to preliminary results from DisplaySearch's quarterly mo    

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Handset vendors reportedly cutting back chipset orders for 4Q11

Some handset solution suppliers have indicated that a number of handset vendors, including Apple and HTC, have scaled down their chipset orders for the fourth quarter as compared with the third on concerns of t    

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