Amazon would like to know, preferably by the time you make your holiday wish list. The company is expected to unveil its much-anticipated tablet Wednesday morning. What this will mean for the burgeoning “tablet wars” is a question of much ...

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NEW YORK — Amazon is expected to unveil a tablet computer Wednesday, picking a fight with Apple Inc. and its iPad. The iPad has many challengers, but analysts say Amazon’s could be different — it has a chance to be ...

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LOS ANGELES — Apple Inc. stock reached its highest level ever Monday, hitting $413.23 in intraday trading even as the broader market declined. That price was 3.2 percent higher than Friday’s close and brought the company’s market capitalization to $383 ...

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a major overhaul of the nation’s patent system, a measure designed to ease the way for inventors to bring their products to market. “We can’t afford to drag our feet ...

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BERLIN — Samsung Electronics cannot sell its new Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in Germany after a court ruled Friday that its design “too closely” resembles Apple’s iPad2. The ruling by a Duesseldorf state court, however, only applies to direct ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Since Steve Jobs’ return to Apple Inc. in 1997 as CEO, the company has been on an unparalleled upswing, highlighted by the immense popularity of the iPad and iPhone. Now, with Jobs no longer leading, Apple will ...

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CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple’s Board of Directors announced Wednesday that Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer, and the Board has named Tim Cook, previously Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, as the company’s new CEO. Jobs has been elected Chairman ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp. is accusing Apple Inc. of violating three patents covering smartphones and other technologies, the latest round in an ongoing dispute between the two companies. HTC filed the latest lawsuit Monday in U.S. ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc.’s $12.5 billion deal to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. is aimed at giving the Internet search leader more legal firepower as it battles Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to gain the upper hand ...

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NEW YORK — Apple has surpassed Exxon Mobil as the most valuable company in the U.S. Apple Inc.’s stock gained 3.2 percent to $364.60 on Tuesday afternoon, bringing the iPhone and iPad maker’s market capitalization to about $338.0 billion Exxon ...

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