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Will iPhone sales help Sprint end subscriber losing streak?

For the fourth quarter of 2011, analysts expect Sprint to break the trends of subscriber losses, thanks to the iPhone, which the company started selling in October.

Neil Young: Steve Jobs preferred vinyl, not digital, for music

"Steve Jobs was a pioneer of digital music. His legacy is tremendous," the legendary rocker told a conference Tuesday. "But when he went home, he listened to vinyl."

Study: iPad diagnosis takes longer than using LCD

Radiologists using the iPad 2 took twice as long to diagnose patients with tuberculosis as those who used a 27-inch LCD monitor in a new University of Maryland study. However, the research found that the two screens yielded no significant difference in display or diagnosis.

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Apple hires UK electronics chain CEO to lead retail group

John Browett fills a job left open when Ron Johnson left to become the CEO of J.C. Penney Co. in November. Johnson pioneered Apple's highly successful retail stores, known for their stark design and their "Genius Bar."

Just how hot is Apple? $215,000 in sales per employee

Inside the numbers: Apple's net income over the past three months of $13.1 billion was more than the combined total of Intel, Microsoft, Google and Yahoo - combined.

iPhone sales surge triggers record quarter for Apple

Apple sold 37 million iPhones in the last three months of 2011, vastly exceeding analyst estimates and propelling the company to record quarterly results. For the first time, the mobile phone produced more than half of Apple's sales.

iPhone 4S

Apple plans digital interactive textbooks for iPads

IBooks 2 will be able to display books with videos and other interactive features. Apple also revealed iBook Author, an application for Macs that lets people create electronic textbooks.

Textbooks coming to iPads

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New iPad reportedly coming in March with loads of new features

Expected to go on sale in March, the iPad 3 will sport a high-definition screen, run a faster processor and work with next-generation wireless networks, according to three people familiar with the product.

The iPad 2

After suicides at China parts plants, Apple agrees to outside inspections

The electronics giant joins the Fair Labor Association, which monitors manufacturing facilities. Apple is the first big tech company to join. The firm also discloses its suppliers for the first time and says it increased audits by 80 percent from 2010.

Workers at a China parts plant (Apple photo)

Frenzy causes Apple to suspend new iPhone sales in China

Would-be buyers throw eggs and call Apple "Liars!" after the company declines to open its store in Beijing. "This is a debacle," a retail advisory firm executive says.

Huge crowd gathers at Apple store in Beijing.

Lenovo bucks global decline in PC sales with growth topping 20%

The world's No. 2 PC maker strengthens its hold behind HP in global sales with growth of well over 20 percent. However, US PC sales fell for the first time in a decade. Worldwide shipments fell as well.

Lenovo's Yoga after flip to tablet

Apple plans education event, acquires memory firm

Details are sketchy about Apple's event which is set for next week. Meanwhile, Apple confirms that it has acquired an Israel-based flash memory firm.

Lenovo CEO concedes Apple will rule 'niche' tablet space

"Apple is the leader," Yang Yuanqing says at CES show. "For the Android ecosystem, we still need to learn something, we still need to improve something." In other news, Lenovo says it will use Intel chips in smartphones.

Lenovo's Ideatablet

Apple's Tim Cook pay package a whopping $378 million

Cook, who replaced Steve Jobs as CEO and earned his MBA at Duke University, received $376 million in stock options last August. He could be America's top paid CEO.