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Exactly how small would an iPad Mini be? Apple will neither confirm nor deny the existence of a mini tablet -- or any of its products, for that matter -- which is why any time photos of iPhone or iPad components surface, it's a big deal. On Tuesday night, Gotta Be Mobile posted exclusive photos of what it believes to be an engineering sample of the iPad Mini design, which reveals many possible features of this tiny tablet.

In a sense, ?Halo? has always been the flagship video game for Microsoft since its inception. The sci-fi adventure shooter escorted the company?s Xbox gaming console to success when it launched in 2001, so it?s no surprise that it will be integrated into the company?s first tablet device.

Ever since Twitter and LinkedIn parted ways June 29, the social mediascape has been witnessing several changes that seemed to have caught users unawares.

Jailbreaking smartphones creates a wide array of theme and customization opportunities that wouldn?t exist otherwise. Some of these themes, such as Winterboard?s eXpLos1on HD, allow iPhone apps to be displayed in an eye-popping way that can distinguish your Apple device from anyone else?s. However, a new, clever jailbreak may disguise your iPhone with an unexpected interface.

The late King Hussein of Jordan titled his autobiography ?Uneasy Lies the Head.? That could be the title Thorsten Heins, CEO of Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM), the ailing BlackBerry developer, could use for his book, too.

Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony are all competing in the race to develop the most dominant brand of next-generation gaming consoles. Nintendo?s upcoming Wii U is the first of the rivaling systems to be launched, with a release date of November 2012 expected for the Wii successor.

If you own an iPad 2 or a third-generation new iPad, you need to buy Logitech's Ultrathin Keyboard Cover. Right now. Logitech accomplished something rare with the Smarter Stand for iPad. It's not very often that companies outside of Apple can build a hardware accessory that actually integrates Apple's hardware and software perfectly.

A newly discovered Microsoft patent filed in 2012 seems to confirm some of the details leaked last month about the company?s next-generation gaming console. The Xbox ?720,? also known as Project Durango, may have separate CPUS: one that runs games and another that runs applications.

Did the world's largest software company remove the home page of an Australian online retailer from the results of its internet search engines in retaliation for the company's cheeky campaign to get people to use a better browser? Microsoft says no.

Facebook, which is expected to claim one-seventh of humanity in its grasp next month, is trying to give LinkedIn a run for its money with a proposed entry into the job-recruiting market.

Many small businesses have been paying nearly twice the amount for half the health care benefits that they are entitled to provide their employees. However, under the new health care mandate, health insurance will be more affordable for small companies.

LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), the leading professional social networking site, lost as much as 6 percent of its value Monday on a report that Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social networking site will start direct competition.

Microsoft has officially announced that it will launch its next operating system, Windows 8, in late October. The release to manufacturing (RTM) edition of Windows 8 will be available in the first week of August, Microsoft CFO Tami Reller said today.

As investors await second-quarter earnings from leading technology companies, several warning signs indicate that save for special cases, it won?t be a blow-out.

Thousands of Internet users who did not heed the call to check their PCs for DNSChanger awoke Monday morning to find themselves cut off from essentially the universe. The FBI estimates about 300,000 people will be left without Internet service Monday due to the malware. Are you among the unlucky few to sleep through the whole thing? Well here?s a bit of help.

BlackBerry developer Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) values its intellectual property at $3.37 billion, or nearly 85 percent of the value of the entire company.

It's July 9 and as multiple reports have been forewarning for the last couple of weeks about a quarter-million people around the world are at the risk of losing Internet access, all because of a malware called the DNS Changer that has been floating around the web since 2007.

At a time when the 7-inch tablet space has suddenly become the talk of the town with already released devices like the Google Nexus 7 and those still under wraps like the iPad mini, a report surfaced Sunday saying that online retailer Amazon is gearing up to unleash its own challenger, a Kindle Fire successor, towards the second half of this year to compete against rival products.

Consider BlackBerry developer Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM): is it in a ?death spiral? or a tarnished diamond that with better management can be revived for a bright future?

Many high school graduates want to forego university altogether.

The smartphone phenomenon has found its latest suitor in Amazon. Following the footsteps of Apple, mobile handset manufacturers, including giants such as Nokia, Samsung and HTC, forayed into the high technology market and witnessed significant change of fortunes. Now, the segment has attracted a new contender with Amazon's reported entry into the market.