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Apple Inc on Tuesday surpassed Exxon Mobile Corp, if only briefly, to become the most valuable company in the United States. With a market cap of almost $342 billion, Apple's sales have been increasing 80 percent a year, coupled with even faster profit.

Apple beat oil company Exxon Mobil to briefly became the most valuable business in America, with a jaw-dropping $338 billion dollars on Tuesday. Exxon's stock was down earlier Tuesday, which allowed the Cupertino-based tech company to grab the top spot. Just last year, Apple took Microsoft's number two spot, and on Tuesday became the official most valuable company in America as the ipad, iphone and Macbooks continue to sell successfully.

In another victory for Apple's legal team, courts in Germany ruled against rival Samsung Electronics, barring it from selling its competing tablet computer in most of the European Union.

Apple Inc briefly edged past Exxon Mobil Corp to become the most valuable U.S. company on Tuesday, displacing an old economy stalwart and heralding an era where technology holds sway.

Apple has done it again - after blocking rival Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia, the technology giant managed, Monday, to get a preliminary injunction (or temporary restraining order) from a German court that prevents Samsung from selling Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the whole of Europe (excluding the Netherlands).

Tech stocks gained nearly 5 percent in Tuesday's market rally

America's economy is barely growing, and policy-makers are searching for solutions. If only Apple made its popular iPhone and iPad in America. The unemployment rate would shrink, and the economy would get moving again.

Ironically, Exxon still generates about four times the annual revenue that Apple does.

The Tribune Co., one of the largest newspaper publishers in the U.S., is working on a tablet computer of its own to offer its subscribers, CNN reported, citing interviews with more than half a dozen current and former Tribune employees.

Apple has released Lion Recovery Disk Assistant for beleaguered OS X Lion users, allowing them to create recovery partitions on external drives. Previously anyone who had purchased the Lion upgrade through the Mac App Store would be forced to reinstall and update Snow Leopard before they could reinstall Lion if disaster struck, forcing them to replace the hard disk.

A 10-year-old girl, who goes by the handle of CyFi, found that the gaming prowess of many a smartphone can be undermined by some serious security holes.

Previously a number of set-top boxes, unlike Apple TV, supported gaming and other user applications.

Google is building on top of the allure of its new social network, Google+, with the release of an updated app that will work on all Apple devices.

A U.S. trade agency will review Apple Inc's patent-infringement complaint against Taiwanese phone maker HTC Corp.

The latest in a series of patent lawsuit against Apple has to do with the speed booting method of Mac OS X.Two weeks ago, Operating Systems Solutions, a company whose identity remains unknown, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the tech giant for Mac OS X startup process.

Monday, Apple launched a low-spec iMac to the educational market.The 21.5-inch desktop is priced at $999, $200 cheaper than the regular entry-level iMac of the same size. It is available only to education institutions.

Up until now, Apple's iPad has largely monopolized the tablet market, but not any more. Pierre Cardin has just come up with a tablet computer which focuses on being fashionable as well as useful.

The latest in a seris of patent lawsuit against Apple has to do with the fast booting feature of Mac OS X.A Florida company Operating Systems Solutions, LCC has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the tech giant for Mac OS X startup process.

Today Apple launched a low-spec iMac to the educational market, rather quietly.The 21.5-inch desktop is priced at $999, $200 cheaper than the regular entry-level iMac of the same size. It is available only to education institutions.

Consumer technology giant Apple is set to gain share in the computing market during the second half, helped by new operating systems in desktop and mobile space.

The MobileMe to iCloud transition for developers is expected to generate an extra 5GB storage space in addition to iCloud?s 20GB plan.

The next Apple iPhone rendition, the iPhone 5, will sport speech-recognition feature courtesy of Nuance Technologies.

Apple released the fifth version of its iOS 5, the upcoming OS of the company, two weeks after the launch of the iOS 5 Beta 4.

As the fall release of iOS 5 - the latest version of the world's most advanced mobile operating system - approaches, iOS 5 beta 5 was released today for developers to download at Apple's iOS developer website. In the meantime, Apple reportedly started to close the accounts of some iOS 5 developers for selling their slots for UDIDs, the unique identification numbers associated with every iOS device.

Mobile ad network Jumptap has put out a report with a map reflecting the geographical mobile makeup in the United States.

At a time when multiple fake Apple stores have been uncovered in China, Apple turned its attention on retail stores in the Chinatown section of Queens, New York, that sell cases and other accessories for Apple products like the iPhone, iPod and iPad, with a trademark lawsuit.

Market capitalization, also called market cap, means the total dollar market value of a company's all outstanding shares. It represents the aggregate value of a company or stock.

Facebook has one up on Apple in the recent polls, unfortunately the competitive category is less than flattering. According to the latest issue of GQ magazine, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been named the worst dressed among a group of 15 other Silicon Valley CEOs. Coming in second was Apple's Steve Jobs. The ranking is among the various publications listed by magazines such as GQ, Vanity Fair, and Esquire.

Apple Inc has won a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against several retail stores in the Chinatown section of Queens, New York, that sell cases and other accessories for Apple products, including the iPhone, iPod and iPad.