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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.

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.

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.

Apple, which was left upset by how the iPhone 4S launch party in Mainland China, was spoiled by scalpers, has set up a lottery system, for the iPhone fans in Hong Kong, aimed to keep the scalpers at bay.

Apple co-founder and chairman Steve Jobs inspired his company to create some of the world's greatest inventions, from computers to smartphones to tablets. But you don't need to work in the tech industry, or wear a black turtleneck and jeans, to run your company like Apple.

Apple has pulled a snafu again. An app called QuasiDisk, which has the ability to tether via proxy, has escaped the detection of the Apple police and has found its way into the App Store.

Shareholders of InterDigital, owner of wireless patents, got a rude awakening when it canceled its company auction only days after Eastman Kodak filed for bankruptcy after failing to sell 1,100 patents. Is the patent gold rush over?

Apple Inc has never turned a blind eye to the problems in its supply chain and any suggestion it does not care about the plight of workers is patently false, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said in an email to employees.

This is the tablet battle of the year: The Apple iPad 3 versus the Asus Transformer TF700T HD. Although the new Transformer Prime HD won't be here until this summer, Asus released the Transformer Prime in December, and the Prime TF700T (HD) is nearly identical to it.

Very few people know that Apple didn't originally own the iPhone and iOS trademarks. Jobs and his company took both names from an enterprise/infrastructure company by the name of Cisco. Here's how Apple managed to get the right to use the iPhone and iOS monikers…

Apple CEO Tim Cook sent an email to the employees, Thursday, claiming the company cares about the worker's welfare, after the New York Times published, Wednesday, a lengthy report about the terrible working conditions in the major Apple product manufacturer Foxconn.

Apple's Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer, a transgression that threatened one junior Google employee's job, according to a court filing.

Apple Inc.'s late co-founder, Steve Jobs, apparently e-mailed former Google Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Erich Schmidt in 2007, asking him to stop trying to hire an Apple engineer, a court filing revealed on Friday.

Both the Apple iPad 2 and Acer Iconia Tab A500 have been out for nearly a year, but only one of them is now available for less than $500, so here's what you need to know about these two 10-inch tablets. Both devices are ready for an update in the next couple of months, and Acer has actually already shown the Iconia Tab A510 at CES this year. It's not out yet, and all the features aren't even known yet, but there is still the A500, an average Android tablet that has some nice features yo...

Apple celebrated the second birthday of the iPad on Friday, but the tablet's success has been overshadowed by a recent report from the New York Times that exposes labor violations at Apple's supply chain in China.

Apple announced its most profitable quarter ever on Tuesday, but now that the bar is set so high, all eyes will be on the next iPad and iPhone to carry the company's success through the year.

Apple Inc. has never turned a blind eye to the problems in its supply chain, and any suggestion it does not care about the plight of workers is patently false, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said in an e-mail to employees.

A scam currently circulating offers the chance to obtain a free iPhone 5, plus a test-run before the release date.

Just because people love shiny electronic gizmos doesn't mean they should be kept in the dark about some technology firms' practices, and the recent spate of suicides among Chinese factory workers in Apple's supply chain are only one example. While many factories, even in the U.S., expose their workers to dangerous conditions and poor salaries, the tech world is now inundated with stories about Amazon scammers, Facebook clickjackers, SOPA, PIPA and Google+ privacy concerns.

Apple leadership has unveiled the tech-forward reward for Apple all employees, which number well over 60,000. Soon after announcing that in the holiday quarter, Apple has sold a record 37.04 million iPhones with a 128% growth compared to same period last year and 15.43 million iPad with a 11% increase, Apple CEO Tim Cook followed up by announcing in a town hall meeting that Apple will offer a total $750 discount on its products, which can be used once every three years.

Investors in Apple Inc. have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate juggernaut can maintain its phenomenal momentum in the years ahead: Asia.

Investors in Apple Inc. have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate juggernaut can maintain its phenomenal momentum in the years ahead: Asia.

Investors in Apple Inc have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate juggernaut can maintain its phenomenal momentum in the years ahead: Asia.

Apple could ship a 42-inch TV set featuring organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays as well as controls activated by the Siri “voice assistant” in the iPhone 4S, a report said.It could Apple TV or iTV.

More and more businesses are adopting Apple products, be it workers bringing their iGear with them to work or IT managers favoring it over Microsoft, a new report from Forrester Research said. Forrester asked nearly 10,000 workers in 17 countries about the subject, and found 21% of information workers use at least one Apple device at work.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has a problem, a $98 billion problem.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has a problem, a $98 billion problem. Just 18 months ago, Apple's $46 billion mountain of cash, while huge by most standards, attracted only muted complaints from investors, who did call for a dividend or share buyback, but were mostly happy with the meteoric rise in the stock price.