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Virus targets Macs; iPad WiFi issues; Lenovo Smart TV launch; GSK HPV drug discount; Nortel trial

Inside the Bulldog Blog: Hackers reportedly hit Macs; iPad WiFi issue draws Apple attention; Lenovo preparing for Smart TV orders; GSK, Merck talking discounts for HPV virus drugs; Nortel execs acted in good faith, trial told.

iPhone for $150? Yes - at wireless firm with some NC coverage

NTelos of Virginia and several other companies will offer iPhones at a lower price than big carriers AT&T, Verizon and Sprint.

SAP targets SAS, IBM; new iPad rates No. 1; iPhone dominates sales; Nortel trial; Cisco invests big in Brazil

Inside the Bulldog blog: SAP unveils its predictive analytics software; Consumer Reports likes the new iPad despite heat; iPhone outsells its rivals - combined; Nortel's earnings "error;" Cisco to invest $547M in Brazil

How hot is Apple? Analyst sets $1,001 share target price

Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White says Apple's current stock price does not reflect its rapid growth in the last years, nor its future growth prospects.

GSK's HIV drug matches Merck; AT&T, Verizon speed-date startups; stalking women app pulled; unveiling Lenovo's new laptops; Steve Jobs the movie features Ashton Kutcher

Manufacturer's pledge could lead to raises for Chinese workers

Foxconn Technology's promise comes as Beijing is pushing foreign companies to share more of their revenues with Chinese employees. It follows a report by a labor auditor hired by Apple Inc. that found Foxconn was regularly violating legal limits on overtime, with factory employees working more than 60 hours per week.

FoxConn workers in China.

Report: Apple device employees in China often work illegal OT

Workers who assemble Apple iPhones and iPads often put in more than 60 hours per week --and sometimes work for a week straight-- in violation of Chinese law, according to the first independent audit of Chinese factories where Apple products are made.

Foxconn plant in China

Review: New iPad screen is eye-opening upgrade

Beware the new Apple iPad, not because it's an inferior product, but because it's a superior one. Using one is like living the life of a millionaire for a day, then getting dumped back in your regular life. Your eyes are now opened to how miserable your existence is.

New iPad features better than high definition display

Apple CEO tech support; Icagen's new name; Duke delays in China; Cisco virtual surveillance; Nortel court wins

Inside the Bulldog blog: Apple's CEO helps an iPhone customer with AT&T; Icagen is now Neusentis; Duke pushes back China campus; Cisco offers virtualized surveillance; Nortel wins in bankruptcy court.

Chinese workers are biggest losers in Apple theater show debate

The creator of "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" is defiant in defense of the show even though he has admitted that some events in it aren't true. But the uproar will cloud what the debate should really be about: The working conditions under which Chinese workers make our playtoys and other devices.

Mike Daisey

Apple rejects stock split, to pay dividends

Apple is sitting on $97.6 billion in cash and securities. For years, it has resisted calls to reward shareholders with some of that money. Since the death of CEO Steve Jobs, management has signaled that it's been considering options for the money.

New iPad more expensive to make, research firm says

The higher-resolution display and the larger battery needed to support it are the main reasons the new Apple iPad is more expensive than the iPad 2. It has four times as many pixels as the iPad 2's screen.

New iPads on display

Artist revises anti-Apple show after firestorm of criticism

Mike Daisey, the off-Broadway performer who admitted that he made up parts of his one-man show about Apple products being made in Chinese sweatshops, has cut questionable sections from the monologue and added a prologue explaining the controversy.

Mike Daisey is shown in "The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs

Anti-Apple show not all factual, artist concedes

An artist admitted Friday to taking shortcuts in crafting an often harrowing tale about Apple Inc.'s operations in China after the veracity of his one-man theatrical show was challenged by a public radio program that had based a broadcast on his work.

Mike Daisey is shown in "The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs

New iPad mania begins before sun even rises in Asia

The third version of Apple's iPad draws crwods of shoppers in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore before it goes on sale in the U.S. and five other countries beginning at 8 a.m. local time

New iPad features better than high definition display