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The websites of computer giant Dell Inc and book seller Barnes & Noble Inc provide some of the worst customer service, according to a survey of the largest Internet retailers released on Monday.

Almost as quickly as it was announced, Apple was sued by a company claiming damages and infringement after Apple announced its use of the now famous iCloud name.

Apple's cofounder and CEO Steve Jobs made a surprising presentation of Apple's new campus at a Cupertino City Council meeting, drawing comparisons with a giant spaceship.

I found Sara Yin’s piece on the suspected “strangling” of Windows Phone 7 by carrier retail stores to be highly interesting, so I’m going to share my actual shopping experience (Yin was a mystery shopper) with the Windows Phone 7.

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich’s White House campaign lay in shambles on Thursday as more than a dozen top officials and advisers deserted him en masse.

Steve Jobs says he would like Apple to break ground next year on a 'spaceship'-type campus in the company's home town of Cupertino, California and move in by 2015 in a building the iPad-maker's CEO described as having a shot at being the best office building in the world.

Cupertino mayor says there is no way Apple's headquarters isn't staying in his city.

Hewlett-Packard's iPad competitor is set to hit the market in the beginning of July.

Practice Safe Policy launched condoms featuring the image of embattled Congressman

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Titan Machinery, Zoran, DryShips, XOMA, JA Solar Holdings, and Lululemon Athletica. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Vertex Pharmaceuticals,Urban Outfitters, Brocade Communications Systems, Brigham Exploration, and Aixtron.

Apple has proposed a new headquarters that is a perfect circle, four stories tall and houses 12,000 workers. Gone are the parking lots and taken underground, and more trees for freshness.

Jobs made surprise appearance at Cupertino city council meeting

During the Cupertino city council meet on Tuesday, a day after Apple launched its new services at the 2011 WWDC, CEO Steve Jobs announced new plans of starting a massive space-ship like campus at Cupertino, California.

Sony seems to be learning from Apple’s forte of touch based controls and super-cool devices. Sony’s PlayStation Vita, earlier code-named as Next Generation Portable (NGP), will have 5-inch OLED touch screen and front and rear touch pads, Sony announced at E3 conference on Monday.

Stars were given Twilight-inspired styling tools, an e-reader, and a $50 Starbucks gift card

A group of pranksters posted a Windows logo onto the facade of a future Apple Store in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday, after the U.S stock market resulted in Apple’s market value exceeded the combined value of Microsoft and Intel.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has set a late summer timetable for his decision on whether he'll try again for the White House.

The Swiss luxury watch brand opens its first North American store.

The slowdown has begun. The economy has started to sputter and unemployment claims have tipped 400,000 for the last seven weeks. Manufacturing is cooling, the housing market is struggling and consumers are keeping a close eye on spending, meaning the U.S. economy might be on a slower path to full health than expected.

Stocks were little changed on Thursday, a day after suffering their biggest losses in nearly a year, as a slight improvement in weekly jobless claims failed to impress and chain-store sales were lackluster.

High prices for food and gasoline, a sluggish economy and picky shoppers going to fewer stores cut into sales at big U.S. retailers in May.