NEW YORK — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday showed off the Kindle Fire, a $199 tablet computer, challenging Apple’s iPad by extending its Kindle brand into the world of full-color, multipurpose devices. Bezos also took the opportunity at a ...

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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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FREDERICK — Professor Christopher Stromberg picked up a paperback book with a creased cover. “All right,” he said to a group of 10 first-year Hood College students gathered in a windowless classroom. “Let’s talk about ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns.'” He ...

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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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BOSTON — As lawyers increasingly perform their work using mobile devices, work-related applications are more important than ever before. For tracking billable hours, signing documents and other tasks, these eight apps are useful additions to any lawyer’s arsenal of tools. ...

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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 — Netflix Inc. is giving kids and their parents a new reason to embrace its Internet video subscription service amid an outcry over an upcoming price increase. A “Just For Kids” tab will be added to subscribers’ accounts ...

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