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Rumors Tip Lighter, Thinner Apple iPad

Apple is developing a thinner, lighter fifth-generation iPad sharing some design points with the recently released iPad Mini, a Japanese tech blog is reporting. The Macotakara site also said Apple’s…

Leading Tech Analyst Said ‘Sell’ Apple When It Traded Above $700

Latest Reports Outline New Direction for Apple Stock PRINCETON, N.J. — Next Inning Technology Research, an online investment newsletter focused on technology stocks, has published an updated outlook on Apple…

Public Libraries Generate Record eBook Traffic on Christmas

Public libraries utilizing OverDrive's Next Generation digital lending platform served a record number of eBook, audiobook, music and video titles to patrons on Christmas Day. The most dramatic growth occurred…

NYU Student Stole an Apple a Day: Cops

An NYU student has been charged with stealing at least five Apple computers from his classmates, police sources said yesterday. Christian Windley, 20, of Texas, went on a five-day rip-off…

2012: Consumer Tech Takes Center Stage

For technology, 2012 seemed equal parts innovation and confrontation as the world’s tech giants seemed willing to spend as much time in the courtroom as in their R&D labs. In…

Gifting Music Takes a New Tune, Digitally

Got a music lover on your holiday gift list? Still not sure what to get? It’s a lot harder these days. CDs that were once wrapped and placed under the…

Apple’s Lead Under Threat

Competitors are turning up the pressure in the tablet sector on market-leader Apple. While sales of the latter’s latest tablet, the iPad Mini, may have gone through the roof when…

EU: Samsung May Have Violated Antitrust Rules

BRUSSELS–The European Union’s executive arm, the Commission, has informed Samsung of its preliminary view that the company’s seeking of injunctions against Apple for allegedly infringing “standard-essential” patents in the EU…

Motorola Working on ‘X phone’ for Google?

Motorola is working on a sophisticated smartphone to compete with devices like Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy III S, The Wall Street Journal is reporting. Sources familiar with the effort…

Steve Jobs’ Yacht Caught Up in Payment Spat

AMSTERDAM — The sleek, white superyacht Apple founder Steve Jobs commissioned before his death cannot leave the Netherlands just yet due to a payment dispute. Jobs collaborated on designing the…

TSMC Confirms it Seeks a U.S. Site, But Denies Link to Apple

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. CEO Morris Chang confirms that his company is contemplating another U.S. factory, but says the hunt has no connection to Apple. “The U.S. is one of…

An Apps-Eye View of Global Warming and Climate Change

Drought in the Midwest; forest fires in the Southwest; blizzards and hurricanes on the East Coast; rising ocean levels on both coasts. If you’re wondering what to make of the…