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Researchers blame the decline in PC sales on "weak demand amid economic uncertainties." But is the economy truly to blame for this unexpected sales slump? According to the Wall Street Journal, two industry research firms, Gartner (NYSE: IT) and International Data Corp., believe that the economy is...

Forget the rumors. Ignore the supporters. Come back to Earth and realize that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will never buy Nokia (NYSE: NOK). Nokia is a dying firm. It may be one of the world's largest manufacturers of wireless devices, and it may be responsible for shipping almost as many phones as...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was once famous for manufacturing computers that were impervious to viruses. But the Cupertino, California-based corporation is no longer promoting this feature, a move that some are referring to as the end of an era. According to PCWorld, Apple updated its website over the...

Just make sure you clone the hardware and leave the software behind. Otherwise, a U.S. District Court might decide that you have "violated Apple's exclusive reproduction right, distribution right, and right to create derivative works." In fact, that's just what happened in 2009. And according to...

“Facebook will need to acknowledge the innovation that Yahoo! has done and probably pay them some licensing fees,” says analyst Trip Chowdhry. Chowdhry, the Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities Research, told Benzinga that the Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) lawsuit should not hurt...

By the end of 2012, the world of personal computing could be changed forever. Right now it appears that we are living in a Mac world. Or, more appropriately, an Apple world comprised of shiny and silvery, aluminum-encased items that are taking over the tech industry. Later this year, Apple (NASDAQ...

It's a weird feeling. And a horrible one. I am always saddened when I hear that someone has passed away. But I am doubly saddened when it happens to someone so early in their life. The only thing that differs here is that Steve Jobs was a well-known innovator – a man that not only co-founded Apple...

Apple's strategy in the patent wars could include a supplier change. That's according to an afternoon update from Global Equities Research. Earlier today, the research firm released a report regarding the sales of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) computers, particularly those associated with the company's...

What has Apple gotten itself into now? I knew it was a mistake when the Mac maker started to sue everybody. You can't do that. There will always be copycats. There will always be clones. And just because Company X tries to imitate Company Z does not mean you can head into court and walk away with...

Will we even remember what FaceTime was five years from now? Probably. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is a stickler for standing by its own technologies, so it seems unlikely that FaceTime will be abandoned. But while it may have seemed like a necessary evolution in videoconferencing when it first debuted,...

JP Morgan is reiterating its Overweight rating on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and is establishing a Dec-12 price target of $450 (unchanged from Dec-11 target). “Our call is that the wow factor, i.e., extraordinary upside to consensus estimates, is about to return to the model,” JP Morgan writes. “We...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is profiting at the expense of our stupidity. “Stupidity!?” Yes, stupidity. Consumers have been a little too excited about Apple's products lately, and the company is more than happy to take advantage of that. Earlier this month it was revealed that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:...

Just when you thought it was safe to assume that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) wouldn't release its own television sets, a prominent analyst has given support to the idea that Apple will design and release its own TVs. “What Apple does really well is put everything into one box,” Gene Munster, the famous...

It has been compared to Windows Vista. It has been called “big,” “clunky,” and “just an upgrade of iMovie.” And it runs exclusively on Mac computers. It is (drum roll please)… Final Cut Pro X! The long-awaited, lower-cost, download-only upgrade to the world's second most popular video editing...