South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and Japan’s Toshiba each unveil tablet computers designed to rival Apple’s popular iPad.

NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) - News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said the global economy is still in an uncertain state and the media industry is going through a fundamental transformation that is unpredictable

News Corp.'s decision to make its TV shows available for 99-cent rental to Apple TV users is just the latest chapter in an increasingly cozy relationship between Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs.

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In the last year, generic searches for e-readers have doubled, while Kindle-related searches have increased eight fold. With the smaller, sleeker and cheaper Kindle 3 now available Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) looks set to further capitalise on its position as a market leader in the e-reader market.

In the last year, generic searches for e-readers have doubled, while Kindle-related searches have increased eight fold. With the smaller, sleeker and cheaper Kindle 3 now available Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) looks set to further capitalise on its position as a market leader in the e-reader market.

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The PC industry is gearing up for an intense push into the tablet computer market now dominated by the Apple (AAPL) iPad, with a slew of new devices due to hit the market in the coming months. What’s not clear, though, is if any of the other entrants will succeed. According [...]

Apple (AAPL) shares are little changed today after Wednesday’s flurry of announcements at its product launch event yesterday in San Francisco. In case you happen to have recently been released from solitary confinement, I remind you that the company yesterday announced a refreshed lineup of iPods, unveiled a new version [...]

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) refreshed its iPod line, introducing new features to the iPod Touch, iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle at its event held in San Francisco yesterday. Apple also introduced iTunes 10 with Ping (quite unexpectedly), a social networking feature that enables users to follow, comment and recommend songs and albums. Most importantly, Apple launched a ...

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