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The CEO of Adobe Systems, Shantanu Narayen, thinks the era of Apple's dominance of the tablet market will soon come to an end.

While the media is awash with rumors regarding the next iPhone, Apple is silently working in the background to piece together its next version of iPad 2, the iPad 3.

Hacker attacks, real and fake claims on who hacked and who didn’t, and to top it all, speculation regarding who is going to be the next target. While distressed corporations that have been victims of these virtual hooligans in recent days struggle to restore order and gain back control over the dwindling shares, people across the world debate on the next likely target.

There is immense buzz in the market over the features, form and release date of the next generation iPhone from Apple, ahead of Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) that kick starts in San Francisco next Monday. Fans have kept fingers crossed as to what CEO Steve Jobs will tell them about the next generation iPhone.

Japan's Sharp Corp forecast an unexpected jump in operating profit as demand for smartphones and tablets boosts sales, but said a temporary production halt at two TV panel plants earlier this year would force it to book an extraordinary charge.

Sharp Corp on Friday forecast a 23 percent rise in annual operating profit to 97 billion yen ($1.2 billion) expecting growing demand for smartphones and tablets will boost its sales of small liquid-crystal display panels.

Microsoft previewed its much-awaited Windows 8 which could best be described as one OS to rule all devices -- tablets, notebooks and desktops alike.

Susquehanna Financial has raised its profit estimates of Apple, saying that the technology giant is well positioned with leading market share in two of the fastest-growing segments in technology: smartphones and tablets.

Apple iOS 5 powered iPhone 5 may not be debuting after all at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) next week, leading people to wonder whether the next generation smart phone will be playing a catch up game or whether it is prowling for the right opportunity to reveal itself and blast its rivals into oblivion.

iPhone 5 production may be delayed by one to two months, with a slight downtick in the second quarter.

Japan's Sharp Corp said it plans to dedicate more than 70 percent of output at one of its liquid-crystal display panel plants to small panels for smartphones and tablets, a move the Nikkei newspaper says is expected to boost the company's 2011/2012 earnings.

Although Apple's confirmation that it will launch iOs 5 and iCloud at WWDC has stolen the thunder from the ongoing Computex Taipei trade show there are quite a few gadgets which were revealed at the show which could give the iconic iPad 2 a run for its money.

Apple’s compititors have slowed down their production plans in the tablet market as they are unable to catch up with Apple’s iPad sales, JP Morgan said.

Popular social networking site Facebook snubbed the partnership offered by Google Inc, denying the search giant access to its trove of personal information, said Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt on Tuesday.

Despite the yearlong concerns over his health, Steve Jobs will be headlining WWDC once again.

The company says it can no longer give full-year estimates based on lowered net sales from its devices and services.

One product was notably missing from Apple's pre-announcement of its WWDC announcements.

Activision today has finally announced a subscription service for its popular Call of Duty game series providing gamers with stats for their play and some social features.

The Computex, the world's second-largest consumer electronics trade fair, has kicked off Tuesday, unveiling over 50 new tablets from manufacturers of all sizes.

Diehard fans of Google will have to wait if they are planning to own a Chrome OS run tablet PC. At the Computex PC show in Taipei on Tuesday, Google announced its plans to stick to Notebook computers for Chrome OS while mobile devices and tablets will be in queue.

Auriga USA LLC upgraded its rating on shares of Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) to buy from hold and raised its price target to $24 from $19, as it sees potential for strong growth in Tegra, which may more than offset its flattish GPU business.