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Jan 27, 2012 - 05:06 PM EST — AAPL: 447.28 (+2.65, +0.6%) | NASDAQ: 2816.55 (+11.27, +0.4%)

Is Apple CEO Tim Cook insane (or just one heck of a guy)?

Tim Cook reportedly sent an urgent memo yesterday addressing alleged violations…

Bill Gates: ‘I wrote Steve Jobs a letter as he was dying. He kept it by his bed’

One of the few people to understand Bill Gates’ compulsions was Steve Jobs…

ABI: Apple iPhone tops smartphone market as Android suffers its first decline in share

Apple’s iPhone 4S cut Samsung off at the knees and outpaced Samsung…

Former Palm CEO Rubinstein out at HP

Former Palm CEO and principal architect of the WebOS platform Jon Rubinstein…

Best use of Apple’s cash? How about an Apple credit card?

Apple’s iPhone users could have two big advantages…

It’s about time for Apple to dramatically improve graphics card driver performance

For years, Apple never really spent time and resources for improving performance…

Don’t blame Siri: She’s not a bandwidth hog and her users are not the problem

The sky is falling again in cellular land, and this time Siri is to blame…

New Siri patent paves way for Apple stock to run to $1,000

I have come across Apple’s plan to become a $1,000 stock…

Motorola moves only 200K tablets, reports $80-million loss in Christmas quarter

Motorola Mobility only 200,000 Xooms and Xyboards sold in the fourth quarter of the year…

Apple overtakes Samsung to take world’s largest smartphone vendor crown

Apple has reclaimed top position as the world’s number one smartphone vendor

Samsung loses second German 3G patent lawsuit against Apple

The Mannheim Regional Court has rejected Samsung’s second complaint…

Apple CEO Tim Cook calls New York Times supplier report ‘patently false and offensive’

Apple CEO Tim Cook has sent out a lengthy letter to all of his employees…

Level 3 Communications gives 1,300 iPads to its North American sales team

Level 3 Communications just gave iPads to its 1,300 North American salespeople…

New Yorker writer Susan Orlean threatened divorce to convert her husband to Mac

Talking on stage about her love of technology and gadgets…

RUMOR: Apple OLED HDTVs up to 42-inches with souped-up Siri coming in April/May

Expect the long-rumored Apple TV set this April, or possibly May at the latest…

These charts will make the Fandroids want to puke

iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 took center stage and strongly dominated activations…

AT&T sold 7.6 million iPhones and fewer than 1.8 million Android phones in Q411

Thanks to Apple’s iPhone, AT&T has announced their best-ever mobile broadband sales…

Forrester: Apple gear used by 1 in 5 workers; Apple will ‘end Windows’ dominance

Apple’s presence in the enterprise is growing quickly, with one in five workers now using an Apple device…

The PC is dying. The iPad and Mac are not

The PC is dying. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see what’s coming…

Why the fuss about iBooks Author? Apple’s intent has never been to improve the book publishing industry

Apple’s recent announcement and release of its iBooks Author tool was met with plenty of controversy…

Why Apple dominates

Apple reported one of the most sensational quarters in corporate history this week…

Three fairly radical ideas for Apple’s $100 billion cash hoard

When Apple reported its monster Q1 results on Tuesday, the company revealed..

3 drop dead easy ways to rip DVDs to your Mac

All you need are DVD movies, your Mac, and one of these three Mac apps…

Western Digital previews revolutionary My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage system

Western Digital is to preview the ultra-fast data transfer rates of its upcoming My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage system…

Apple’s universal remote concept hints at future television set

Apple has shown interest in building a new, simplified remote control that would automatically control…

Who has Apple Macs, iPads, and iPhones at work? In many cases, it’s the bosses

Apple products are catching on inside businesses, but who exactly is using them there?

Apple patent application reveals wild world of programmable magnetic devices

Apple’s invention reveals a wild world of programmable magnetic devices…

Apple’s mind-boggling earnings validate Siri, iPad’s corporate appeal

Google Android, Microsoft Windows Phone and RIM BlackBerry were no match for Siri…

Prodigal son Autodesk all smiles with its revived Mac software business

If you’re in the business of designing things like machines or buildings…

Money manager: U.S. Fed is not helping anybody but Apple

The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates at rock-bottom levels for three years already…

Tim Cook: Apple employees to get $500 off Macs, $250 off iPads

Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed some new Apple employee benefits…

Beleaguered Nokia’s earnings take 73% dive, Windows Phones fail to dent iPhone dominance

Nokia reported a 73 percent fall in fourth-quarter earnings as Windows Phone sales failed…

Nintendo sees first annual loss, cuts 3DS forecast; devices continue to lose ground to iPhone, iPod touch

Nintendo Co Ltd posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit…

In China, human costs are built into iPads and tens of thousands of other non-Apple products

In the last decade, Apple has become one of the mightiest, richest and most successful companies…

Tim Cooks’ $98 billion problem: Apple CEO faces first test with cash mountain

Apple’s cash balance now roughly equals California’s 2012-2013 state budget…

A single Apple Retail Store is worth as much as the White House

It is by far the most valuable chain in the U.S…

Foxconn gets Brazil tax breaks, looks to begin iPad production

The Brazilian government has approved tax reductions or exemptions pertaining to tablet…

EFF launches petition campaign to keep jailbreaking legal

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking the public to join the campaign…

Despite enormous profits, staggering growth, record sales and all-time highs, Apple stock still massively undervalued

By standard Wall Street measures, Apple stock is a bargain…

Apple shares hit new all-time intraday, closing highs

Apple Inc. shares today rose $26.25 to set a new all-time closing high…

Analyst maintains ‘sell short’ rating and $270 price target on Apple Inc.

Very few Wall Street analysts are willing to bet against Apple Inc…

New Motorola lawsuit alleges Apple’s iPhone 4S and iCloud infringe on their patents

According to court documents, Motorola has launched their second patent infringement…

iPhone 5 with 4-inch display being prepped for production, says source

We’ve gotten word from a reliable source at Foxconn in China that the iPhone 5…

Samsung hints next Galaxy Tabs may use pens, 3D gestures

A conversation with Samsung product marketing manager Ryan Bidan late Tuesday…

Where have all the profits gone? Gone to Apple, every one

Apple’s blowout December quarter was stunning enough viewed in isolation, but…

Apple CEO Cook: iCloud more than a mere product; it’s a strategy for the next decade

With 85 million customers in just three months, Apple’s iCloud is just not a product…

Apple’s iOS passes Google’s Android to take U.S. smartphone market share crown

Booming demand for the latest iPhone model helped Apple beat all phones using Google’s Android…

Apple’s iPhone business alone generates more revenue than all Microsoft

Apple’s fiscal 2012 first quarter earnings report was a jaw dropper…

Slew of analysts rush to raise Apple price targets

Price targets and estimates are going up pretty much across the board today…

Bill Gates recalls his final meeting with Steve Jobs (with video)

Bill Gates talked about how Steve Jobs’ death affected him…

AAPL Analyst Smackdown: Once again the ‘pros’ blew it, humiliated by the ‘amateurs’

Apple is a $400 billion giant that acts — and grows — like a start-up…

More iPhones sold than babies born in the world every day

Apple is now making iPhones at a rate that exceeds the amount of babies that humans produce on earth every day…

Apple shares hit new all-time intraday high; Apple passes Exxon as world’s most valuable company

Apple Inc. shares today rose $34.14 in early morning NASDAQ trading to set a new all-time intraday high…

Morgan Keegan hikes Apple price target from $513 to $650

Morgan Keegan analysts today hiked their price target on Apple shares…

Canaccord ups Apple price target from $560 to $650

Analysts at Canaccord said on Wednesday that they set a price target of $650…