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Nokia Oyj, the world's largest phone maker by volume, posted better-than-expected quarterly profit thanks to a major royalty boost from settling a patent dispute with Apple.

A comparison of two new Android Honeycomb tablets,Toshiba Thrive and Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet K1 with Apple iPad 2.

Ailing Nokia on Thursday surrendered its lead in the global smartphone market to rival Apple and shed more market share as it reported a steep net loss for the second quarter.

Stock index futures were flat on Thursday as investors awaited details on a second rescue package for Greece, though weakness in technology shares kept Nasdaq futures slightly negative.

Given Jobs’ history of medical issues, and the lack of an explicit successor, there are some concerns about the future of Apple – despite its immense success and market domination.

Apple's latest operating system Mac OS X Lion debuted yesterday, and is now available for download from the Mac App Store. If you have a really slow connection, you can come back August and pick up a flash drive from an Apple store for $69.99. It has more than 250 new features, including FaceTime video chatting, AirDrop wireless transfer, multi-touch gesture and autosave. Here are some reviews from around the web.

Taiwan's Acer Inc will buy U.S.-based cloud computing firm iGware Inc for $320 million, the fifth-largest ever Taiwanese buyout of a U.S. company, as it seeks to move beyond its core hardware manufacturing business .

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Thursday as encourage results from Morgan Stanley lifted optimism over the battered financial sector.

Apple is hoarding record amounts of cash, currently holding $76 billion. But the company has not historically made big acquisitions. CEO Steve Jobs says Apple is merely keeping its "powder dry" for strategic opportunities in the future.

Apple's new line of 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air notebooks, which went on sale on Wednesday with the new Mac OS X Lion pre-installed, will pose a threat to PC sales, according to analysts.

Apple has currently made some strides in the area of high definition (HD) displays for their future mobile devices. The iPhone 5 and iPad 3 are rumored to be producing HD displays that will support a lineup of 1080p movies through Apple TV, possibly hitting the market this fall. Utilizing more powerful hardware, the mobile devices are expected to run iOS 5 which can support 1080p video file output.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: InterDigital, Express Scripts, Alaska Communications Systems Group,Mellanox Technologies, and BioSante Pharmaceuticals. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Travelzoo, Seagate Technology, LM Ericsson Telephone, F5 Networks, and The Cheesecake Factory.

AT&T Inc's second-quarter revenue beat Wall Street expectations and its customer growth improved in the first full quarter after it lost exclusive U.S. rights to sell Apple Inc iPhone.

Alongside its highly anticipated releases Mac OS X Lion and Intel Sandy Bridge-based MacBook Air, Apple also launched the world's first Thunderbolt Display.

Nasdaq and Dow index futures were lower on Thursday as investors awaited details on a second rescue package for Greece, bringing the euro-zone's debt crisis back into the spotlight.

Investors braced for more bleak news from smartphone laggard Nokia Oyj on Thursday with the world's largest handset maker likely to post a second-quarter loss and a weak outlook.

An American blogger living in China has exposed fake Apple stores thriving in the country. The fake Apple Store in Kunming, the capital of southwestern Yunnan province, looked exactly like those genuine retail stores run directly by the consumer electronics giant, and even the liveried employees believed that they were Apple employees.

By embracing post-PC era where mobile computing dominates the market, Apple successfully unleashed its latest beast, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

Apple unveiled the much-awaited Mac Os X Lion, the latest version of its desktop operating system. The following are major features of the Mac OS X, according to Apple:

Apple's latest desktop operating system - Mac OS X Lion - is off to a strong start and is expected to be a runaway success for the technology giant.

Investors braced for more bleak news from smartphone laggard Nokia Oyj on Thursday with the world's largest handset maker likely to post a second-quarter loss and a weak outlook.

The euro climbed a third day on Thursday as a deal between France and Germany over a bailout of Greece raised hopes ahead of a major European summit, though investors barely moved from government bonds and precious metals.

Qualcomm Inc said it will ship fewer cellphone chips than expected this quarter because its customers are shaving product inventories, sending its shares down almost 3 percent as investors worried the move could signal weakening demand due to an economic slowdown.

Investors braced for more bleak news from smartphone laggard Nokia Oyj on Thursday with the world's largest handset maker likely to post a second-quarter loss and a weak outlook.

The Chinese are recognized world wide for their skill of producing stylish counterfeit designer bags and sunglasses but who would have imagined a fake Apple Store equipped with a 'genius bar', spiral staircase and Apple Store trademark wall to wall glass windows? You don't need to. An expat stumbled into three in China's southwest providence of Kunming.

Wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc's third-quarter profit was better than expected and the company raised its guidance for the current quarter due to strong demand for smartphones.

Amazon.com Inc has licensed thousands of television shows from CBS Corp to help the largest Internet retailer compete with DVD rental and video streaming company Netflix Inc.

Intel Corp trimmed its forecast for 2011 personal computer unit sales, warning of softness in mature markets and sending its shares more than 1 percent lower.

Apple Inc shares flirted with a record $400 on Wednesday, a day after the world's most valuable technology company posted blockbuster results and triggered a spate of brokerage upgrades.