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The dollar slumped to a record low against the Swiss franc and a four-month trough versus the yen on Monday, with more losses seen if U.S. lawmakers fail to compromise on a deficit reduction plan.

A U.S. judge rejected Oracle Corp's claim for billions of dollars in damages from Google Inc for infringing on Java patents, a day after warning both sides they had taken unreasonable positions in a patent battle over the Android mobile system.

iPhone has a great history. History of ruling over the smart phone market, ever since its launch in 2007, with the kind of charisma others found impossible. Four years later, as the industry is eager to have a look at iPhone 5, would it be realistic to believe that iPhone's charismatic grip hasn't loosened?

Lytle and Hardy square off on August 14.

HP TouchPad is the latest tablet to challenge the supremacy of Apple's iPad but can it really beat the iPad?

Samsung Hercules, the new rumored smartphone “beast” that will allegedly steal Apple iPhone 5’s thunder this Fall, is flexing its muscles, much like the Greek demigod whose name it bears, but can it really wean away iPhone fans?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social network giant plans to launch something awesome next week, possibly in response to the Google+ release earlier this week.

Apple's next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, is set for launch in September according to the latest rumors and will boast of beefy specs - but does it have enough firepower to stave off the challenge from the top ten 'super' smartphones that run on Google Android?

Apple's next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, which is expected to feature a radical new design, and boast of major hardware and software changes, could rule the smartphone jungle but it faces a powerful adversary in Google Nexus 4G.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, which launched in the United States on Friday, is the best ever Android tablet launched yet but is it an iPad-beater?

Apple's new mobile operating system iOS 5 could be the magic tonic the technology giant needs to help it beat Google Ice Cream Sandwich - the new ambitious Android OS.

The euro hit a three-week high versus the dollar on Tuesday on a report that Germany could make concessions on efforts to put together a bailout for Greece, while Japanese shares rose on data suggesting industrial activity has begun to recover from the March earthquake.

A day after oil prices plunged an unprecedented $12 a barrel, a New York trader sat on the steps of the dormant oil futures pit, playing a word game on his tablet computer.

Federal prosecutors have narrowed their criminal case against Allen Stanford, the Texas financier accused of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme.

A patent trial between tech giants Oracle and Google should be held before November, a U.S. judge said at a hearing.

The yen briefly hit record highs versus the dollar on Thursday as quake-hit Japan's nuclear crisis unleashed a global risk sell-off, while world stocks ticked higher after Tokyo stocks came off earlier lows.

Hollywood has long had a weak spot for renegade computer hackers. In the 1983 film War Games, a teenage whiz breaks into military data networks and almost sets off World War III. In The Matrix, the 1999 blockbuster, a rebellious programer fights for humanity against soulless machines. And in this year's model, the hero of Inception hacks into, and manipulates, people's dreams.

The U.S. dollar rallied versus the yen on Friday after a government report showed U.S. employment fell by far less than expected in August and private payrolls growth was surprisingly strong. The dollar jumped 1 percent to trade above 85 yen as the data fueled expectations the U.S. labor market is not as bad as feared and helped lift U.S. Treasury securities yields.

The yen dipped against the dollar on Thursday as jitters about whether Japanese authorities would take new steps to rein in the yen's rise left investors reluctant to chase it higher. Investors are watching to see if the central bank will take more monetary easing steps -- such as expanding liquidity -- ahead of a meeting between Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa expected on Monday.

The euro hovered near one-month lows against the dollar and fell sharply versus a broadly firmer Swiss franc on Monday, amid heightened sensitivity to risk in euro zone bond markets. The premium investors demand to hold 10-year Irish and Greek government bonds rather than German Bunds rose on Monday, while the cost of insuring their debt against default also increased.

The dollar rebounded from an eight-month low against the yen on Wednesday and rose against the euro as encouraging U.S. employment and service sector data prompted traders to unwind bets against the U.S. currency.