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The world's top consumer technology firms have agreed to provide greater privacy disclosures in mobile applications before users download them in order to protect the personal data of millions of consumers according to an annoucement by California Attorney General.

Hewlett-Packard and Dell Inc are keeping a close eye on a big jump in wages for workers that assemble Apple Inc's iPhone in China, and could be forced to nudge up prices for their own products if labor costs keep rising.

Hewlett-Packard reported Wednesday that net income fell sharply for the first fiscal quarter and warned of continued weakness as it was losing market share in personal computers and printer business.

Six of the world's top consumer technology firms have agreed to provide greater privacy disclosures before users download applications in order to protect the personal data of millions of consumers, California's attorney general said on Wednesday.

Six of the world's top consumer technology firms have agreed to provide greater privacy disclosures before users download applications in order to protect the personal data of millions of consumers, California's attorney general said on Wednesday.

Hewlett-Packard and Dell Inc are keeping a close eye on a big jump in wages for workers that assemble Apple Inc's iPhone in China, and could be forced to nudge up prices for their own products if labor costs keep rising.

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris of California said on Wednesday she reached an agreement with six major companies to provide consumers with greater privacy disclosures.

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris of California said on Wednesday she reached an agreement with six major companies to provide consumers with greater privacy disclosures.

Android users are flat-out demanding the release of popular smart phone game Temple Run on the Android market, taking to online forums and social networks to pressure Imangi Studios into releasing the game. Imangi responded to their frenzied fans on Twitter with the unfortunate news that there was no scheduled release date as of yet, and that until one was posted on the company's Facebook page all other rumors should be ignored.

Microsoft Corp has asked EU antitrust regulators to intervene in a patent dispute with Google Inc and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc as it stepped up its battle against Google.

In recent weeks, Apple has received increasing scrutiny over the working conditions within the factories that produce its highly profitable products like the iPad and MacBook. In an ABC exclusive that aired Feb. 21, Nightline was permitted to tour Apple's largest manufacturer, Foxconn, at its facilities in Shenzhen, China.

Apple will retain more than 50 percent of the market past 2015 according to projections from a recent TrendForce report. The company is expected to control 59.3 percent of the tablet market share in 2015.

Microsoft has asked EU antitrust regulators to intervene in a patent dispute with Google and Motorola Mobility as it stepped up its battle against the Internet search giant.

All the GDC 2012 information you need to know can be found here, from what companies will be at the early March conference in San Francisco, Calif., to rumored announcements and all the details about when and where the annual event will be hosted this year.

Fitch Ratings downgraded J.C. Penney's debt rating to junk levels, expressing skepticism about the retailer's ability to reverse declining revenue trends with a highly-publicized makeover.

In a heated courtroom hearing in Shanghai Wednesday, Apple defended its right to use the iPad trademark in China.

A Chinese technology firm sought to halt the sale of Apple Inc's iPads across the affluent city of Shanghai, arguing at a local court hearing on Wednesday that the U.S. firm had infringed on its trademark.

In several prominent leaks over the weekend, Apple insiders have confirmed rumors related to the iPad 3's specs in anticipation of its March 2012 release date. Here's a rundown of the rumors the recent leaks have confirmed so far, from the tablet's camera and battery life to the possibility of a dual-core A5X processor rather then a quad-core A6.

A scanned advertisement of the Proview iPad made its way onto the Wall Street Journal's China Real Time Report Blog, Feb. 17, so now everyone can see what the Apple trademark dispute is really all about. As mentioned in the accompanying report, Proview's iPad looks nothing like Apple's, but it does look a little bit like the iMac desktop computer of a decade ago.

Nearly 12 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2011, an increase of 13 percent over 2010, according to a report released on Wednesday by the research firm Javelin Strategy & Research.

In the past few weeks, a lot of leaks relating to iPad 3 components and expected release date made their way into the Internet and there's no way of verifying what is true and what is not, as Apple has not made any official announcement yet about its upcoming tablet. The latest leak – a photo of affront glass panel (allegedly of iPad 3) – is the clearest photo leaked yet but it has little new to reveal.

The hype around iPad 3, which is expected to debut on March 7, refuses to die – the latest buzz is that it’s going to release in Germany on March 23.

Shares of Dell, the No. 3 PC maker, look likely to fall sharply Wednesday after the company reported earnings below estimates and issued a dismal forecast.

BlackBerry PlayBook was written off for losing grip on the tablet market. But that may not be true anymore. The new PlayBook OS 2.0 announced on February 21, has some astonishing features and it’s going to help RIM tighten its grip on the tablet market.

When is the next generation iPad finally getting released? Amid increasing rumors, latest reports suggest that Apple will launch the highly anticipated tablet in Germany March 23.

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook is in an enviable position - market leading products, a $98 billion warchest and a seemingly gravity-defying stock price.

iPad 3, Apple's next generation tablet, is expected to debut on March 7 and hence, it's not surprising to find Apple watchers vie with one another in trying to be the first to come out with an authentic leaked photo, that would throw light on what the new tablet will boast of. One such site, Apple.pro, published a photo of an alleged component of iPad 3 though, unfortunately, it had very little new to reveal.

Apple is going to have the annual face-to-face meeting with shareholders Thursday, which is days after its shares crossed the record mark of $500.

Apple's next generation tablet iPad 3, the successor to Apple's iPad 2, is expected to be launched on March 7. If rumors are to be believed, iPad 3 (or iPad 2S?) will pack such great features that will give the existing tablets like Amazon Kindle Fire and BlackBerry PlayBook run for their money.