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Windows 8 Versus Mountain Lion: Which is the First True Multi-Platform OS?

Microsoft VS Apple, the old wars are back again. But, now the battle is for best multi-platform OS. Both the big OS giants are narrowing the gap between their desktop and mobile OSes with the launch of Windows 8 and Mountain Lion. But, which of these two can be called the first true multi-platform OS? Let's find out.

iPhone 5: What is Apple CEO Tim Cook Doing in China?

Apple CEO Tim Cook talks to employees at an Apple store in central Beijing
Tim Cook has taken a step that Steve Jobs never did: Visit China. This is the first time an Apple CEO has visited the country in an official capacity, several sources report, including Apple-centric blog AppleInsider.
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Microsoft Bans Apple Products

Microsoft Bans Its Marketing and Sales Group From Using Apple Products: Why?

In today's competitive world, Microsoft and Apple are known rivals and each does its best to reach the top and gain a larger share of the market. With such tough rivalry, it makes sense to promote and use your own products, instead of the competition's. On this note, Microsoft is now banning purchases of Apple products with company funds.
An employee poses with Samsung Electronics' Galaxy phones at a store in Seoul March 14, 2012.

Insight: Samsung: 'Fast Executioner' Seeks Killer Design

When Samsung Electronics rushed its first smartphone to market in a panicky response to the smash-hit debut of the Apple iPhone, some customers burned the product on the streets or hammered it to bits in public displays of disaffection.
Raindrops are seen in front of an Apple logo outside an Apple store in Shanghai February 22, 2012.

Apple's Cook Finally Shares $98 Billion Cache

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, moving swiftly after taking over from late Silicon Valley icon Steve Jobs, fulfilled a longstanding desire of investors by initiating a quarterly dividend and share buyback that will pay out $45 billion over three years.
Apple (AAPL) Shares Soar to 601 Following Dividend, Stock Buyback Announcement

Apple (AAPL) Stock Closes At 601, Boosted By Dividend, Shares Buyback Announcement

Apple (AAPL) shares soared on Monday, breaching the 600 mark a few times before finally settling on 601, after the Cupertino, Calif.-based tech company decided to share some of its $100 billion in cash with its investors. Apple announced it would reward shareholders by launching a quarterly dividend and a stock buyback program that will pay out about $45 billion over three years, set to go into effect later this year.
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Apple finally shares $98 billion cash hoard

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, moving swiftly after taking over from the late Silicon Valley icon Steve Jobs, fulfilled a longstanding desire of investors by initiating a quarterly dividend and share buyback that will pay out $45 billion over three years.
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Wall Street flat after Apple starts dividend

Stocks were little changed on Monday, as equities stayed within reach of nearly 4-year highs and after cash-rich Apple said it will begin paying a dividend and buying back stock.
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Foxconn not to take legal action after retraction

Foxconn Technology Group, the top maker of Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads, said on Monday it had no plans to take legal action over a U.S. radio program about its activity in China, parts of which have been retracted.
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Apple's Cash Disposition To Be Discussed On Call Monday

Apple Inc. -- the world's most valuable publicly traded company by its market capitalization of $545.97 billion -- will conduct a conference call to announce the outcome of discussions concerning its cash balance on Monday at 9 a.m. EDT, which is before the U.S. equity-market open.
FLA: Better Pay, Working Conditions for Apple Chinese Assemblers

Radio show on Apple's Chinese workers is retracted

The U.S. radio program This American Life has retracted an episode critical of working conditions at a Chinese factory that makes iPhones and iPads for Apple Inc, saying it had contained numerous fabrications.
Russell Brand Gives Up 4 Million Pounds To Kate Perry

Russell Brand Mugshot Released: 10 Celebrity Mugshots [PHOTOS]

Forgetting Sarah Marshall's Russell Brand had a warrant out for his arrest in New Orleans on Wednesday after he allegedly threw a photographer's iPhone through a law firm's window on Monday. Brand was released on a $5,000 bond after turning himself in on Thursday. The actor was booked on misdemeanor charges of two counts of simple criminal damage to property.

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