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The auto maker hopes to capitalize on a shallow interpretation of the ancient tradition to sell cars, regardless of whether it makes sense to practitioners or if there's really demand.

Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL), the No. 3 software developer and No. 1 in databases, is scheduled to report third-quarter results Tuesday. Last quarter, it missed estimates and the shares plunged 15 percent, shaving as much as $5.3 billion from the net worth of CEO Larry Ellison.

Porsche Automobil Holding SE plans to build a plug-in hybrid edition of its Porsche Panamera sedan beginning in 2014, Auto News reported Monday.

The much speculated and highly anticipated third generation iPad from Apple has finally been announced by the company. Though it has been considered as a revolutionary device, it still has to face a tough competition from the other big guns in the arena.

Max Payne 3 is expected to be one of the biggest games of 2012. The game's new multiplayer mode, with two unique multiplayer modes, Payne Killer and Gang Wars, likewise, holds much promise for the gamers.

I've said it before: The new iPad is an incredible device. It's gorgeous, it's agile, it works on speedy 4G LTE networks, and it has all of the applications for news, games, music, movies, entertainment and productivity that you could possibly want. Yet, when you give the device an honest shake, you realize that there are still a few problems to it.

Gone will be the days when the mainstream tablet market would be just confined to Android and iOS credibility or on the less thriving RIM's Playbooks.

Directors of the U.K. banking-software company accepted a £1.27 billion ($2 billion) cash bid from San Francisco private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners that represents a 6 percent premium to Misys's closing price Friday.

The owners of the New York Mets settled a lawsuit Monday with Irving Picard, trustee for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, for $162 million, avoiding a potential costly trial.

As the world's largest company with a market cap of more than half a billion dollars, Apple Inc. [AAPL] is sitting on a large pile of cash upwards of $100 billion and decided Monday to institute a $2.65 a share quarterly dividend and buy back $10 billion in stock, the tech behemoth announced today.

The New iPad with 4G LTE support is here, but choosing the network between AT&T and Verizon can become a difficult decision.

Air India Ltd. will receive a 40 billion rupee ($800 million) cash infusion from the Indian government under the new federal budget beginning April 1.

CEO Tim Cook decided on a new course for the Cupertino, Calif., company regarding shareholders. We have plenty of cash to run our business, he said.

Major car manufacturers will raise prices across the board in India following a budget announcement by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday, Indian newspaper The Hindu reported.

Apple announced it will repurchase as many as $10 billion worth of shares now. Later this year, it plans to pay an initial dividend of $2.65 a share.

Speculations are rife that Apple will launch the next generation iPhone in the second half of 2012. However, Apple fans have already started crowding the Web with speculations on what features the next iPhone will offer to its users.

Samsung Galaxy tab 2 10.1 is competing with Apple's new iPad. See how the Android devices stack up against Apple's best bet.

Capcom have confirmed that a host of unlockable content has been included with Street Fighter X Tekken retail disc for Xbox 360 and PS3, including 12 previously unknown characters, and that players have to pay an additional fee to unlock and access them.

Apple, whose stock is currently trading at $585, has announced that it will be holding a conference call on Monday morning to discuss the company's plans for its approximately $100 billion in cash reserves.

Apple Inc. -- the world's most valuable publicly traded company by its market capitalization of $545.97 billion -- will conduct a conference call to announce the outcome of discussions concerning its cash balance on Monday at 9 a.m. EDT, which is before the U.S. equity-market open.

Apple Inc. said it would host a conference call on Monday morning to discuss the outcome of discussions about its cash balance as investors clamor for a return from its massive holdings.

Wireless carrier Sprint has called off its spectrum-hosting deal with would-be LTE operator LightSquared, following unresolved issues the latter had with the FCC. The satellite portion of LightSquared’s operations has been nearly wiped out by government regulators, because it interfered with GPS signals. As part of the termination process, Sprint is returning $65 million it received as prepayments, to LightSquared.

According to J.D. Power and Associates, Apple has ranked top among smartphone manufacturers in terms of customer satisfaction, and it achieved this ranking for the seventh consecutive time.

Dave Girouard, Vice President of Product Management (Google Apps), has resigned from his post. He is leaving Google behind to start his own company name UpStart.

A U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians is being represented by attorney John Henry Browne. Browne has a history of controversial and media-hyped cases, including serial killer Ted Bundy.

Pity Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) at your own peril. The world's fastest growing video game maker suffers from the sort of unenviable problems most companies pray for. Its 37 percent growth rate over the last three years, with 2011 revenue topping $4.8 billion, earned it No. 185 on IBT 1000, a proprietary list created by the International Business Times of the top 1,000 fastest growing companies in the world.

The Retina Display in the new iPad features 2048×1536 pixels, which is about 3.1 million pixels packed into a 9.7-inch screen. That's roughly 1 million more pixels and than in an HDTV, and frankly, with my HDTV on in the background, I'd rather look at the iPad.

John Demjanjuk, a former Ford autoworker and convicted Nazi, died Saturday in the Bavarian town of Bad Feilnbach at the age of 91. Demjanjuk, who was a guard at the Sobibor Nazi death camp in Poland during World War II, was sentenced to five years in jail in 2011.

The New iPad is here and, with the launch of this iPad, Apple is all set to reaffirm its role as the leading tablet maker. But despite the fact that the latest gadget is beautiful, the question is - was it the device the tablet fans had been waiting for?