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After discovering that Apple had registered iSlate.com in late 2006 (we dug a little deeper and found trademarks had been filed for 'ISLATE' in both the United States and Europe by a company that was most likely a dummy corporation set up by Apple),

Santa arrived early for Apple Inc. shareholders: The stock surged $6.94, or 3.4%, on Thursday to close at a record high of $209.04. That topped the previous closing high of $207 on Nov. 17.

The buzz continues to build about the company's widely anticipated -- albeit unconfirmed -- tablet computer. The Financial Times reported that Apple has rented a stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco in late January, most likely for a product announcement.

The second outage of BlackBerry service in less than a week frustrated people who depend on the messaging device and comes at a bad time for its maker, which faces increasing competition in the market it helped pioneer....

Nothing says "happy holidays, America," like smartphone apps you can stare at instead of talking to those pesky family members in the living room.

Google has designed a cellphone it plans to sell directly to consumers next year.

A $600 netbook? That's the unsubsidized price of Nokia's new Booklet 3G, the company's venture into the netbook field. Or, it's $300 with an AT&T contract for two years.

Exactly one week after the announcement of its nook eBook reader, Barnes & Noble today announced that it will also sell the Plastic Logic QUE proReader. The QUE will be sold next to the the bookseller's own nook on BN.com and in B&N's stores.

Retailer Barnes & Noble is expected to disclose a $259 electronic book reader at an event in New York on Tuesday.

The world's biggest cellphone maker has seen its share of the U.S. market slide to 7 percent from a peak of 35 percent, but it is now trying to turn around.

A camera you can wear as a pendant to record every moment of your life will soon be launched.