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Toronto's main stock index dropped sharply on Friday morning after dismal U.S. jobs data signaled the frail state of the world's largest economy, but rallying gold miners helped break the fall.

The recent brigade of 10.1-inch tablets had rendered the 7-inch form factor redundant until Samsung released a new 7.7-inch Galaxy Tab at the ongoing trade show IFA in Germany.

Samsung has unveiled two of its newest weapons in the battle against Apple, the Galaxy Note and the Galaxy Tab 7.7.

Texas A&M officially announced what has long been suspected -- it's leaving the Big 12 conference and will pursue membership in another conference by June 2012.

Hewlett-Packard is reviving the TouchPad for one last time before its final burial.

Now HP says it may restore the tablet to life as it mulls over a spinoff of its personal computer arm, said the head of its PC division.

The big worry for Red Hot Chili Peppers fans leading into I'm With You, their 10th album, was whether new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer could possibly measure up to the legacy of departed axeman John Frusciante, who'd been with the Chili Peppers for most of their career and all their most popular recordings.

Igniting more chatter of additional TouchPad tablet computer stock, HP introduced a notify me page that asks people to sign up for an email alert when the next shipments take place.

The impending threat that Apple will see Jobs-less days had been looming since CEO Steve Jobs announced his medical leave in January.

The significant change in the strategy of Hewlett-Packard to pull its hand from the fastest growing mobile computing, by withdrawing its TouchPad, has left its competitors wondering about its forthcoming plans and strategies.

Apple will ship 44.2 million iPads, researchers say

Taiwan's Acer Inc reported a worse-than-expected quarterly loss, the first in company history, hurt by charges for an inventory write-off and reorganization, and said it would be impossible to break even for the full year.

With the HP TouchPad getting sold out at $99 like hot cakes customers seem to have deepened their interest in tablet devices. The stores in US have already become empty of the HP tablets. But there is nothing to worry as more stock will be entering these stores by this week.

HP shares gained because they had been beaten down and some saw recovery

HP shares will likely gain Monday after Friday's pounding

Good news for people suffering from infertility. An international team of researchers reports discovering how a human sperm attaches itself to an egg to create new life.

An international team of researchers claimed they've learned how a human egg captures an incoming sperm for fertilization, a discovery that may help couples who are having infertility issues.

With a $99 price tag, Hewlett-Packard's WebOS TouchPad joined Dell Streak 5 in the tablet graveyard after just seven weeks on shelves, and given the weak sales of many other players, it looks like similar deaths are bound to follow.

A team of international scientists have discovered exactly how a human egg captures a sperm in the fertilization process, which could lead to better fertility drugs.

Investors started buying beaten-down stocks Friday, especially in the tech sector, to lift the Nasdaq composite index into positive territory and shortly thereafter boosting other major indexes.

Shares of silver mining companies charged out of the gate Friday, posting huge gains as the price of white metal also rose.