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Apple CEO Tim Cook emerges from Steve Jobs' shadow

(AP) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook has long seen as the humorless and unemotional guy running the show from behind the scenes. But he is beginning to reveal a more assertive and eloquent side, hinting that he's learning ...

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created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Flat-panel TV shipments predicted to fall

U.S. flat-panel television shipments are expected to dip for the first time on an annual basis this year, ending an unbroken string of growth since the segment was created.

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created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PC shipments to improve in 2012, but still modest

(AP) -- Worldwide shipments of personal computers will pick up in the second half of the year with the debut of a new Windows operating system and the broader availability of notebooks that are thin like tablet computers, ...

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created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Amazon tests waters in India

US online retail giant Amazon has made its first foray into India with launch of a shopping website, Junglee.com, as it tests the waters for a possible full entry into the nation's e-commerce market. ...

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created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Apple's iPhone hot but Android handsets on fire (Update)

An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the hottest smartphone maker worldwide at the end of 2011 but handsets powered by Google's Android software were shaping up as true winners in the market.

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created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Long-awaited Facebook IPO looms in New Year

Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has deflected talk of going public for years but it looks like it is finally going to happen in 2012.

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created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

RIM shares soar on takeover rumors

Research In Motion's shares took off Wednesday amid unconfirmed reports that tech heavyweights Microsoft, Nokia and Amazon had looked to take over the BlackBerry smartphone maker.

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created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kodak patent ruling delayed amid cash worries

A U.S. arbiter for trade disputes is delaying a ruling on Eastman Kodak Co.'s high-stakes patent-infringement claim against smartphone makers Apple Inc. and Research in Motion Ltd.

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created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HP to offer webOS as open-source software

(AP) -- It may be one of the technology world's most expensive efforts to give something away: Hewlett-Packard Co. said Friday that it's making its webOS mobile system available as open-source software that anyone can use ...

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created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Microsoft pledges Windows developers generosity

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is stepping up its competition with Apple and plans to give developers who write software for Windows computers and devices a greater share of revenue sold through the company's upcoming Windows Store. ...

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created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

AMD struggles to reinvent itself

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Advanced Micro Devices was hoping to profit from a bigger share of the PC chip market after its longtime nemesis, Intel, suffered a string of antitrust regulatory rebukes in recent years.

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created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Amazon may be planning smartphone: Citi analysts

Amazon, which began shipping a tablet computer this week, may be eyeing the smartphone market.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Netflix shares tank amid backlash and defections

(AP) -- Netflix shares plunged 35 percent Tuesday after the one-time Wall Street favorite revealed a massive departure of subscribers angered by price increases and other questionable changes at rental service that was created ...

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created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stuxnet-like virus points to new round of cyber war

Internet security specialists have warned of a new round of cyber warfare in the form of a computer virus similar to the malicious Stuxnet worm believed to have targeted Iran's nuclear program. ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Companies are like-minded on social media jobs

Like many people, Evan Cunningham spends time on Facebook and Twitter while at the office. He sends out party invitations or chats about beer. But unlike most people, he gets paid for it. And he gets a title.

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created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0