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Iconic rock musician Neil Young shared a passion for great sounding music with Apple founder Steve Jobs, but Young expressed his dismay at Apple's seemingly disinterested stance on high-definition music since Jobs died. Jobs had wanted to improve the quality of music available on iTunes, but Apple has not made any overtures to that affect since Jobs' death, Young said during an interview at News Corp.'s D: Dive into Media conference Jan. 31.

Apple's iPad 2 and Acer's Iconia Tab A200 are both 10-inch tablets, but the Iconia Tab is $150 less than than the iPad. The A200 lacks a rear-facing camera and has no HDMI port for plugging into an HDTV, but that may not equal a $150 difference. It's a bit thicker than iPad, and some users have complained about poor sound quality, so add those up, and the A200 comes off as a discount tablet, but a decent one for sure. It's even scheduled to get the Android 4.0 update.

Apple Inc. just can't lose. After becoming one of the most valuable companies in the world (the market cap is currently at $425.61 billion), Apple followed up by becoming the top PC maker in the world. The achievement is a testament to the company's ability to sell innovative products and to its rabid fan base. Whether Apple is able to remain the top PC maker remains largely dependent on new senior vice president of retail operations John Browett's ability to keep sales strong.

Using the iOS 5.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak on your Apple devices could become illegal if the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) grace period expires in two weeks. In fact, any jail-breaking of devices would become illegal if the two-year long grace period expires, but it only opens up jail-breakers to potential lawsuits. It would not be a criminal act, but if you are the type of person who enjoys flashing custom ROMs on your gear, here is the latest.

Apple updated its professional video editing software offering Final Cut Pro X, injecting the platform with significant improvements to enhance the editing experience.

Apple Inc has hired Dixons Chief Executive John Browett, who revived the British electronics retailer by emphasizing customer service, to lead the iPad maker's global retail expansion.

Apple beat Samsung twice Jan. 31, and a German court found the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 mimicked the iPad 2 just a little too much, banning them from store shelves completely. Samsung is not worried about the ruling because they already designed the Galaxy Tab 10.1 N, a device that complies with the copyright infringement ruling and is sold throughout Germany, an Associated Press report said.

Apple has selected John Browett to be the company's new senior vice president of retail, replacing Ron Johnson, who left Apple in June 2011 to become CEO of J.C. Penney. So who is Apple's new retail head?

Samsung Electronics lost a bid to overturn a ruling barring its local unit from selling its Galaxy 10.1 tablets in Germany, handing a symbolic legal victory to Apple Inc in efforts to keep its lead spot in the tablet computer market.

Apple, which lost its retail chief to J.C. Penney last year, hired the CEO of Britain’s top electronics chain to replace him and push an international expansion.

Apple Inc is hiring Dixons chief executive John Browett, who drove a recent turnaround at the UK electricals retailer, to lead the iPad maker's retail expansion.

The Near Field Communication (NFC) technology will reportedly be packed in the next generation iPhone - dubbed iPhone 5.

European Union regulators are investigating whether Samsung Electronics breached antitrust rules in its legal battles against rivals, among them Apple, which use its mobile technology patents.

Taiwanese Web site Apple.pro has reportedly been sued by an Apple supplier over the purported image of iPad 3's dock connector and ribbon cable that were leaked last July.

The European Commission opened an investigation into whether Samsung Electronics has distorted competition in the European mobile device market, breaking EU antitrust rules, the EU executive arm said in a statement on Tuesday.

Hong Kong shares rose on Tuesday with the Hang Seng Index streaking to its best January since 1996, but further upside is expected to be capped going into earnings season after several profit warnings from mainland companies.

Adding to the rumor mill surrounding Apple's future products, a recent report suggested that Apple's next generation iPhone would feature near field communication, or NFC technology.

Here are the methods that you can implement to install iOS 5.1.

Apple Inc overtook Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's largest vendor of personal computers in the fourth quarter for 2011, helped by increasing demand for its iPads, according to a latest report.

Samsung Electronics lost a bid to overturn a ruling barring its local unit from selling its Galaxy 10.1 tablets in Germany, handing a symbolic legal victory to Apple Inc in efforts to keep its lead spot in the tablet computer market.

Logitech, the world's largest computer mouse maker, cut its full-year outlook for the third time after third quarter sales and profit were hit by euro weakness and as computer systems become less dependent on peripheral components.

Europe's second-biggest electrical goods retailer Dixons Retail said on Tuesday that its chief executive was leaving the company to join the world's most valuable technology corporation, Apple, as senior vice president of retail.

Nothing much is known about the upcoming tablet thus far.

According to the latest report, based on a source that is closely linked to one of the largest manufacturers of Apple accessories, there have been interesting discoveries regarding the upcoming iPad 3. In particular, the source said that the external shape of both the iPad 2 and the new iPad 3 will almost be identical.

Amazon tablet Kindle Fire will help the company post record sales, according to Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordan Rohan.

Stocks edged lower on Monday on stalled Greek debt talks, but an afternoon rally cut losses in a sign of the underlying resilience the market has shown early in the year.

Shares of Apple, the most valuable technology company, set another record Monday as shares closed at $453.01, up $5.73, still another record.

Wondering how Apple has always managed to keep details about yet-to-be-released products a top secret? Here's how - according to Adam Lashinsky's new book Inside Apple, Apple makes its new hires work on fake projects for several months until the company is certain the new engineer won't leak out its product information.

QuasiDisk, a file management app in the iTunes store, has a sneaky hidden feature, one that might get it pulled from the App Store: Tethering.