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Apple iPad 2 launch caught its rival's off-guard, as it upped the ante with a slimmer, faster and lighter rendition while retaining the virtues of the older iPad.

Blackberry maker Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) said its chief marketing officer Keith Pardy will be leaving in six months, just weeks ahead of its PlayBook tablet launch.

Nervous analysts have worried for years that the stellar stock prices of technology giants Apple Inc and Google Inc could tumble back to earth.

Time Inc.'s Fortune magazine released its fourteenth annual World's Most Admired Companies list.

Late night comedian Conan O'Brien says Apple might be getting a little too cocky for their own good.

More and more people continue to discover the art of buying back thanks to the emergence of the iPad 2, and wanting to upgrade from the original.

Apple iPad 2 will not face competition from Microsoft as the Windows OS maker will not release its tablet specific OS until 2012.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Friday are: Capital One Financial, Deere & Co, Chesapeake Energy, Bank of America, Apple, Massey Energy, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs.

Apple unveiled its lighter, thinner and faster rendition of iPad, the iPad 2 with upgrades sufficient enough to give a tough fight to the current breed of Android, webOS and QNX-based tablets.

The possible factors that could lead to the cannibalization of the PC by tablets are classified into consumer growth and enterprise growth. Tablets may ultimately cannibalize around 15 percent of the total PC market through 2014, which while material, doesn't deter the PC markets from seeing sustained growth over the next 5-years, according to RBC Capital Markets.

Apple Inc, will give a refund of $100 to shoppers who bought the first-generation iPad at one of its retail stores or through its online store in the past two weeks.

The decline of the mobile PC, or laptop, is going to happen at a much faster rate according to recent research from Gartner.

RBC Capital Markets estimates that tablets may ultimately cannibalize around 15 percent of the total PC market through 2014, which while material, doesn't deter the PC markets from seeing sustained growth over the next 5-years.

Apple unveiled the next version of its game-changer tablet iPad, the iPad 2, and the sequel is certainly tantalizing with a slimmer and a lighter frame.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled iPad's new avatar, the iPad 2, an evolution rather than a revolution -- slimmer, lighter and faster.

Apple, along with the launch of iPad2, has officially updated its iOS mobile operating system to 4.3, with features including a faster browser, iTunes home sharing and enhancements to AirPlay.

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

Apple could be a victim of its own hype, created by its muted response to media prodding for details about the upcoming iPad 2.

A former Apple Inc employee pleaded guilty to multiple criminal counts after being accused of taking kickbacks from Asian suppliers. Paul Devine, who worked at the iPhone maker as a global supply manager, was accused of using his position to pass confidential information to help suppliers negotiate favorable contracts with Apple.

HTC's Android smartphones are among the best selling devices at all major U.S. carriers, according to checks of Robert W. Baird.

Apple launched its iPhone 4 in June 2010 and current reports affirm that the next version of the device the iPhone 5 is due this June.