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Apple Inc's maestro Steve Jobs took the stage to unveil the iPad 2 on Wednesday, drawing a standing ovation with his surprise return to the spotlight after a brief medical absence.

Apple Inc's maestro Steve Jobs took the stage to a standing ovation on Wednesday, returning to the spotlight after a brief medical absence to unveil the second version of the iPad.

Steve Jobs said the difference between Apple and its competitors is in its DNA.

Thinner and faster, Apple's newest tablet is joined by iPad versions of Apple's Garageband and iMove software.

After months of speculation and rumors, Apple revealed its iPad 2.

Steve Jobs made it to the iPad 2 launch at Apple's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters.

Apple Inc's maestro Steve Jobs took the stage to a standing ovation on Wednesday, returning to the spotlight after a brief medical absence to unveil the second version of the iPad.

Speculation is rife that Jobs will attend the event, despite skipping many Apple events, including the company's annual shareholders meeting, since he went on medical leave in January.

Apple iPad 2 was spotted in Amazon’s German website by Yourdailyapple.net.

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Apple boss Steve Jobs was denied an honorary knighthood in 2009 because he turned down an offer to speak at the Labour Party conference, the Daily Telegraph reported.

A Taiwan-owned plant making parts for Apple Inc said it is offering around 80,000 yuan ($12,177) as compensation to each of the 115 workers hit by chemical poisoning but some of the affected Chinese workers said the sum was not enough.

A list of top 5 tablets in the 7-inch category that Apple's iPad 2 has to fend with when it arrives on March 2.

Stocks index futures rose on Friday after a week-long Wall Street sell-off as oil prices stabilized.

Stocks index futures rose on Friday after a week-long sell-off, adding to a late rebound in the previous session as oil prices stabilized.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open for Wall Street on Friday, adding to a late rebound in the previous session, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones industrial average and for the Nasdaq up 0.5 to 0.7 percent by 5.02 a.m. EST.

Roughly 30 percent of Apple shareholder votes cast were in favor of a proposal to disclose a succession planning policy for Chief Executive Steve Jobs, according to a tally released by the company.

Apple Inc released its new lineup of MacBook Pro notebook computers, featuring Intel's peppy new processors and graphics chips made by Advanced Micro Devices, helping boost the smaller chipmaker's stock more than 5 percent.

The MacBook Pro refresh today reveals that Nvidia's graphic chips has been replaced by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on high end MacBook Pros.

The upgrade makes the new models the first to include Apple and Intel's new high-speed data transfer technology.

Apple Inc. celebrated the 56th birthday of its Chief Executive Steve Jobs with an update to its MacBook Pro computers