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As Apple gears up to release its most anticipated tablet yet, Android competitors are getting ready to rival the iPad 3, with Google plotting the latest aspiring iPad-killer.

Another Siri port, dubbed Spire, reportedly brings Apple's personal, voice assistant to any jailbroken device running iOS 5??

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, a $30 billion Chinese telecoms gear maker, has initiated a system this year to allow top executives to take turns acting as chief executive, its founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said in a year-end message

A new program called Spire allows users to add Siri to any jailbroken iOS 5 device, from an iPhone 4 to a first generation iPad. But before you start downloading Spire, brought to Apple lovers by iOS cracker Chpwn, take care: without a proxy, this 'legal' hack is only the beginning for Siri on iPhone 4, and could endanger your information's security.

With the reports of the new jailbreak's release on the Internet there are some reports of a product which can unlock and jailbreak even A5 devices like iPhone 4S.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Pinnacle Financial Partners, ARM Holdings, Randgold Resources, Infosys, Research In Motion, Amazon.com, Google, and Apple. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Cavium, Sears Holdings, Windstream, and Cisco Systems.

Christmas 2011 came and went without a new iPad, but if you're still thinking of gifting yourself a new tablet a la after Christmas sales, check out the Acer Iconia A500 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Both are 10-inch Android powered tablets, but the Iconia is cheaper by $100.

As T-Mobile gets ready to bring the Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone to its lineup, the Microsoft system at the core of the device has seen its app store grow to 50,000 available apps. This is the number of apps published, and there have been around 6,000 apps pulled by the developers or Microsoft for a variety of reasons tech blog All About Windows Phone reported.

That Adele's 21 will rank as the year's top-selling album is no surprise - the English singer-songwriter's hits Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You dominated playlists in 2011. What is surprising is that 21, released by independent British label XL Recordings, sold more than 5 million copies.

According to research released from mobile app analytics company Flurry, Google Android and Apple iOS devices combines for 6.8 million activations on Christmas Day. The number of activations went up 353 percent from the 1.5 million average activations for most of the month of December.

Recent reports have indicated that the iPhone 5 could hit markets in the summer of 2012, but Boy Genius Report wrote on Tuesday that the new phone won't be available until the fall.

Pod2g's Corona will never be able to enter any Apple device until the user runs MuscleNerd's Redsn0w and jailbreak it. This is the first time in the history of jailbreaking when an untethered jailbreak will not work without a tethered jailbreak's support.

The Conan O'Brien show decided to have some fun at the expense of the Kindle Fire. On the show, an actor portrays Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. He is on hand to show viewers how to fix issues with the Kindle Fire tablet. Bezos, or rather the actor playing Bezos, is sitting in a living room decorated by framed money.

The markets rewarded Apple and Google Tuesday after reports that activations of new iOS and Android devices surged over the weekend that included Christmas.

Italy's antitrust body has fined units of U.S. technology group Apple Inc a total of 900,000 euros for failing to adequately inform customers about their rights to product guarantees and assistance.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market movers are: Parlux Fragrances, Makita, Siliconware Precision Industries, Amazon.com, and Apple. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Sears Holdings, RAM Energy Resources, ZAGG, QUALCOMM, and Research In Motion.

Italy's anti-trust body has fined units of U.S. technology group Apple Inc a total of 900,000 euros for failing to adequately inform customers about their rights to product guarantees and assistance.

In a blog posting on Tuesday, pod2g announced the release with links to their respective blog posts and wishes of Happy jailbreaking!!! from the French hacker who has been working to crack Apple's iOS code.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics aims to raise its global handset sales by 15 percent next year by boosting its smartphone sales, putting it in a closer race with bigger rival Nokia, a local newspaper said on Tuesday.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics aims to raise its global handset sales by 15 percent next year by boosting its smartphone sales, putting it in a closer race with bigger rival Nokia.

Hackers are working round the clock in their attempt to find an untethered jailbreak for A5 (iPad 2 and iPhone 4S) or A4 processor devices and in the hack race, two names stand out bold - pod2g and MuscleNerd. Between these two, who do you think will win the unofficial title of 'jailbreaker of the year'?

Apple has filed two patent applications related to Fuel Cell batteries, hoping to develop and launch technology that allows its devices including the iPhone, iPad tablet, and laptop computers like the MacBook go weeks without a battery charge.

Technology giant Apple's products are well known for design and functionality but Apple fans have an age-old wish - a better battery life. And, this wish could be fulfilled soon as Apple is developing a battery that will run on hydrogen-fuel, a battery that can keep all portable Apple devices including iPhone, iPad, iPod and Macbook powered, not for days, but for weeks.

Computer maker ASUS' Eee Pad Transformer Prime is expected to hit the U.S. market in 2012 but a rumor suggests the 32GB Amethyst Gray version could be made available to certain pre-ordered customers after Christmas.

Christmas may be over but never forget the shopping season is still going strong. There were Christmas deals until Dec. 25... now there are after-Christmas sales!

Users with Apple devices running iOS 5 are eagerly awaiting an A5 jailbreak and Chronic Dev-team's French member, Pod2g, is already working on it.

Apple newbies can rest assured. This handy guide to the top ten free apps is guaranteed to put your shame to rest.

Sony Corp has agreed to sell its nearly 50 percent stake in an LCD joint venture with Samsung Electronics to the South Korean company for $940 million, as it struggles to reduce huge losses at its TV business.

After Christmas Sales 2011: Walmart, Best Buy, Target's Best Holiday Shopping Deals