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Apple said it sold 5 million iPhone 5s, although some analysts had expected double.

Amid widespread criticism shrouding Apple Maps application, a hacker has successfully managed to port the coveted Google Maps app on to Apple's recently released iOS 6, which deliberately avoided the search giant's popular service in its proprietary solution, AppleInsider has reported.

When New Zealand law-enforcement officials raided the home of Kim Dotcom in January, they probably didn’t think the Megaupload founder would arrange for the return of the file-hosting site. That didn't stop Dotcom from taking to Twitter Friday and teasing that the new version of his site is almost complete, as noted by TorrentFreak.

In good news for iPhone 5 enthusiasts, the Verizon Wireless iPhone 5 that hit retail shelves Friday comes unlocked and works on AT&T's network too.

After winning US$1 million in damages against Samsung in a hard-fought case late August, Cupertino giant Apple appears to be asking for additional $707 million in damages in a motion filed late Friday, ITWorld reported.

Shirley M. Tilghman, Princeton's first woman president, will retire next June. She's a director of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG).

It’s been the topic of most smartphone conversations for the past two years, but on Friday, Apple finally released the long-awaited iPhone 5. But after months of rumors, reports, fake-outs and prototype leaks, is the iPhone 5 everything an Apple fan could dream of?

Don't want to buy Apple at $700? Here are other stocks for riding the iPhone 5 wave.

Google has slowly launched its Jelly Bean update across Android devices throughout the summer, and another handset received the upgrade on Friday. The Verizon edition of Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus is now running on Google’s latest treat-themed software.

YouTube's "Innocence of Muslims" stayed up after a California judge refused a ban, but 19 Pakistanis were killed in demonstrations.

Apple's iPhone 5 phone may sell as many as 10 million units by Monday as customers flooded Apple Stores and mobile carriers.

Shares of Oracle rose more than 3 percent in Friday trading despite reporting first-quarter revenue that fell 2 percent.

As users continue to rant over misgivings in iOS6 Maps application and with iPhone 5 launching commercially today, Apple has conceded to errors in the application and is attempting to quell the unrest, The Verge reported.

Cheng Uei Precision Industry, Molex And Amphenol will supply the new iPhone 5 connector and likely reap profit.

Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL), reported 1Q earnings that met expectations but revenue fell 2 percent to $8.2 billion.

Apple’s iPhone may be one of the most buzzworthy devices on the market, but a new study indicates that it may also be the most accident-prone. According to a survey from SquareTrade obtained by Slash Gear, more than $5.9 billion has been spent on iPhone repairs in America since the first-generation smartphone debuted in 2007.

Just days after Zynga lost its chief revenue officer Wilson Kriegel, the former guru of OMGPOP's “Draw Something,” reports have surfaced that the San Francisco-based social game developer is losing yet another executive. This time, it's chief security officer Nils Puhlmann. The latest resignation brings the total number of C-level executive departures from the struggling game developer to 12 in the two months since its weak quarterly earnings report sent the company into disarray in July.

The release date for iOS 6, Apple’s free software upgrade for its mobile devices, came on Wednesday, just days before the iPhone 5 hits retail stores. Apple enthusiasts patiently awaited the software installation that would bring them 200 new features, but it seems as if the most significant of these additions, the new Apple Maps, was lacking in some crucial areas.

11 federal judges will hear arguments about where dozens of lawsuits against Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) should be tried.

As the release date for Windows 8 approaches, more devices catering to Microsoft's upcoming software have been revealed.

Shares of Adobe Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: ADBE), the top graphics software developer, rose more than 1 percent in early Thursday trading despite projecting fiscal fourth-quarter revenue and earnings that fell below expectations. The company has scheduled major cloud initiatives for next week.

Shares of Adobe Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: ADBE), the top graphics software developer, rose more than 3 percent despite poor revenue outlook.

iPhone Dev-Team’s popular jailbreak tool Redsn0w works on the new iOS 6 release. It can perform a tethered iOS 6 jailbreak on A4-based iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 4th-gen.

After months of waiting, Apple finally released iOS 6 to the masses Wednesday morning. The new operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, as promised, comes with more than 200 new features for users to use and discover. By now, thousands of customers are surely hooked up to their networks downloading the new software as we speak, but users may want to hold off from downloading iOS 6 for a couple of key reasons.

Shares of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, set another record high and closed at a record $702.10, up 19 cents, as millions of global customers began to download the new iOS 6 from the Cupertino, Calif.-based electronics company.

Microsoft's Xbox 720 release could some with innovative technology that is vastly different from its current-generation console. A new patent describing wearable controllers has just surfaced, sparking rumors that this could be part of Microsoft's plan for the next-gen Xbox 720.

First-quarter earnings from Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) could be an early sign for performance by IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft (Nasadq: MSFT).

A new single-player "Mass Effect 3" DLC will get a release date this fall, and BioWare has alluded to the fact that a new "Mass Effect" full-length game could be in development.