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After months of hype, speculation and secrecy, Apple Inc will finally put the iPad tablet to the test that truly matters: the buying public.

Technology powerhouses Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics reinforced market optimism that strong demand recovery is in place, while cautioning that competition from global rivals is heating up.

Ever thought that your cotton T-shirt could monitor your heart rate and breathing, analyse your sweat and even cool you off on a hot summer's day? Or have you thought of a pillow that monitors your brain waves, or a solar-powered dress that can charge your ipod or MP4 player? Well, all this could soon be a reality, thanks to new-age cotton threads.

Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs holds his annual face-to-face meeting with shareholders on Thursday, and there will be no shortage of questions for a company famously stingy with information.

DENVER - It's been more than six years since then-Microsoft CEO Bill Gates admitted that Apple caught the company flat-footed in the digital music market and directed his team to make up for lost ground, according to recently surfaced internal e-mails.

The massive manufacturing complex in the South China city of Longhua resembles an industrial fortress. To enter the facility, workers swipe security cards at the gate. Guards check the occupants of each vehicle with fingerprint recognition scanners.

Israeli technology group Emblaze accused Microsoft of infringing its U.S. patent for media streaming technology, after accusing Apple of the same thing, and offered to license the technology to both.

The iPad may still be weeks away from launch, but the companies that feed off the popularity of Apple Inc's products are already hard at work prepping for the new tablet.

Apple's latest product, the Apple iPad, is set to see strong sales, according to an analyst.

Apple unveiled its iPad tablet computer on Jan 27 amid much fanfare and anticipation.

If consumers love Apple's new iPad as much as Wall Street does, it is destined to be a hit.

Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off the iPad tablet on Wednesday, making a big bet on a new breed of gadgets that aim to bridge the gap between smartphones and laptops.

Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs took the wraps off the iPad tablet on Wednesday, looking to define a new category of wireless device that will play video, games and all sorts of other media.

Speaking at an Apple event in San Francisco on Wednesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the widely anticipated Apple tablet, or as it's formally known, the iPad.

Apple Inc's Chief Executive Steve Jobs is expected to make a big bet on Wednesday that he can sell consumers on the value of tablet computing, looking to define an new category of devices.

Publishers have high hopes that Apple Inc's highly anticipated tablet computer will attract new readers and boost revenue, but few expect that it will by itself reverse the fortunes of a beleaguered industry.

Few events can steal the thunder from an Apple Inc quarterly earnings day -- an Apple product launch is one of them.

Apple Inc's strong quarterly results and mounting excitement over its product launch on Wednesday pushed shares of the iPhone maker sharply higher on Tuesday.

Apple shares were up on Tuesday, a day after the electronics maker reported its latest quarterly results.

Apple Inc posted better-than-forecast Mac sales and strong growth in Asia and Europe, but iPhone shipments came in just below Wall Street's somewhat heightened expectations.

Asian stocks slid on Tuesday, with Taiwan suffering its worst one-day fall in six months, as fears mounted that China could impose further measures to curb soaring loan growth, potentially dampening a global recovery.