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Apple TV's present UI would have Steve Jobs cringing with shame as he had rejected the same five years back, tweeted Michael Margolis, a former engineer at Apple.

Apple’s latest iPad boasts of a stunning Retina display, but to make most of this jaw-dropping HD fearute, you should download only the best addicting games that enhance the fun, as well as the showoff quotient of your valued Apple slate. Diamond Dash, Infinity Blade II, Fruit Ninja: Puss in Boots HD, Mass Effect Infiltrator and Real Racing 2 HD are some of the games that are addicting while looking great on the new iPad.

The Samsung Galaxy S2 is one of the most popular smartphones on the planet at the moment. Although the device's features have been explained away on the Internet over the months, there are still a few features that may come across as something new. These are certain accidental or experimental discoveries by the users which you may or may not know about.

From an Apple fan's point of view, one could trust the Cupertino tech giant in terms of the wide range of products it offers to the customers. Parting with hundreds of dollars each year for laying hands on Apple gadgets does tell that story. But would you ever trust Apple with all your money? Would you trust Apple with your savings and consider banking with an iBank?

BioWare’s Mass Effect 3 is of the most talked about games of the year mostly because of its alternate endings.

The luxurious LA mansion where US President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline spent their honeymoon in 1953 is up for auction for $95 million.

In the wake of the uncommon cancellation of the initial public offering by Bats Global Markets Inc. on Friday, the company's chairman, CEO, and president apologized to customers and members of the trading community in a letter posted on its website on Sunday.

Disagreement emerged on Sunday over the re-listing of an electronic stock exchange that suffered a high-profile crash last week, a breakdown that forced it to unwind its initial public offering of shares.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC has a whole lot of money on its balance sheet, but European Union and U.S. financial sanctions are making it difficult for the major integrated oil-and-gas company to pay an estimated $1 billion it owes the National Iranian Oil Co. for crude purchases, according to Reuters.

BATS Global Markets, the U.S. exchange operator that withdrew its public offering Friday after a computer glitch sent its newly-issued stock into a tailspin, should develop a "credible IPO plan" and go through with it in the second quarter, its founder and current director said.

In today's competitive world, Microsoft and Apple are known rivals and each does its best to reach the top and gain a larger share of the market. With such tough rivalry, it makes sense to promote and use your own products, instead of the competition's. On this note, Microsoft is now banning purchases of Apple products with company funds.

The day broke unseasonably warm as we prepared for a daytrip up to Beacon, NY, to visit the Dia Art Foundation. Spring, possibly early summer, came early to Brooklyn, and I was glad for the sun-roof on the Lexus hybrid I was driving for the weekend (for a review of the car, the Lexus CT 200h, see the related articles).

iPhone 5 rumor mill has been supercharged into overdrive in the past few months with speculations flying all around the media world, faster than any product's news in the super smartphone arena.

In conducting an investigation of possible fraud in relation to Wells Fargo & Co.'s sale of almost $60 billion in residential mortgage-backed securities, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday requested that a federal court order the country's largest mortgage lender to comply with its subpoenas.

Greg Smith -- the former executive at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. who put a new spin on the old letter of resignation with his "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs" op-ed article in the New York Times on March 14 -- apparently would like to amplify on his remarks in book form, according to the newspaper.

Don Thompson's journey to the top spot at McDonald's Corp started in front of a computer, not a deep fryer.

Caroline Monet, a pregnant 21-year-old, will marry her boyfriend, Abel Chennouf, 25, in a few weeks. The only catch is that Chennouf, a French soldier, was killed earlier this month.

Don Thompson's journey to the top spot at McDonald's Corp started in front of a computer, not a deep fryer.

In a recent development, Microsoft together with West Coast Customs swanked one of its most exceptional creations - the most hi-tech car - 2012 Ford Mustang. Microsoft unveiled the 2012 out-of-the-box car officially with the codename Project Detroit.

Samsung Galaxy S3 is still creating a buzz with its anticipated features and release dates. Another purported image of the most eagerly awaited Android phone has hit the Internet this week and that again is making waves of anticipation among the Android smartphone lovers. Check out the specs of the Galaxy S3.

HTC Corporation has become a direct competitor to the Korean giant Samsung Electronics in the Android market. To prove this, the company has released a latest scheme for preordering its new smartphone -- HTC One X.

Mass Effect 3's ending controversy has raised questions all over the world and has witnessed bad responses over the week.

At a time when the tech world is busy churning the rumor mill about Apple TV, a recent report from Patently Apple also added iPhone 5 to the scene, saying that the Cupertino-based tech giant might offer a universal remote control feature to upcoming iPhones and possibly iPads.

Apple's recently released New iPad has received an overwhelming response from many of its users. But at the same time, the device is not free from criticisms.

Rockstar North is all set to bring out its latest project, the highly anticipated Grand Theft 5 (GTA 5) which will be the first major title in the GTA series since the release of GTA 4 in 2008.

Bruce Wayne drives a Lamborghini Gallardo, as we all learned in The Dark Knight. Normally, when he's all suited up to fight crime, the Caped Crusader switches to the all-purpose personal tank known affectionately as the Batmobile. But not today.

American Honda Motor Co. Inc. is voluntarily recalling 1,316 of its 2006 CR-V sport utility vehicles because of an increased risk of crashing due to potentially faulty control arms.

Michael Clare, a former minister and school principal from West Harrison, N.Y., was charged Thursday with sexually abusing a teenage girl in his congregation. Clare, who worked at Harvest Worship Center International, was accused in 2010 of raping and impregnating another teen girl, according to media reports.

Because of serious glitches in equity-market trading operations on Friday, Bats Global Markets Inc. announced it has scuttled its planned initial public offering, which had been scheduled to close on March 28.