Amid the fanfare accompanying the noisy launch of the iPad mini this week, Apple Inc also took the wraps off new Mac computers.

Apple's Mac flies in under the radar

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Microsoft Corp  put its Surface tablet center stage at its Windows 8 launch event, hoping the sleek new device will spark a fightback against Apple Inc  and Google Inc  in the exploding mobile computing market.

Microsoft highlights Surface at Windows 8 launch

Apple Inc  delivered a second straight quarter of disappointing results and iPad sales fell well short of Wall Street's targets, marring its record of consistently blowing past investors' expectations.

Apple iPad sales fall short of Wall Street's targets

An Apple India spokesperson said distributors Ingram Micro and Redington India will start supplying iPhone 5 from November 2 to retailers.

iPhone 5 in retail stores in India from Nov 2

Press Trust of India

Amid our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader.

E-readers grapple with a future on the shelf

Google Inc  unveiled a larger version of its Nexus-branded tablet computer on Monday, and updated its mobile gadget and online content offerings as competition with Apple Inc , Amazon.com Inc  and Microsoft Corp  heats up ahead of the holiday sales season.

Google unveils first 10-inch Nexus tablet

Seeking to capitalize on a major legal victory over its rival Samsung Electronics Ltd, Apple Inc has asked a federal court in a separate case to find that four additional Samsung products, including the Galaxy S III, infringe Apple's patents.

Apple targets more Samsung products in suit

In his 1997 book, Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee wrote that a successful company needs a &quot;heightened sense of crisis&quot;, so that it always looks ahead even when it's doing well, and needs to be able to respond to change.

Samsung's crisis culture - a driver and a drawback

Apple could unveil a fifth edition of its blockbuster iPhone at an event scheduled in San Francisco next week.

Apple may unveil iPhone 5 next week

Nokia and Microsoft Corp took the wraps off the struggling European company's most powerful smartphone on Wednesday, in what may be their last major shot at reclaiming a market lost to Apple, Samsung and Google.

Microsoft, Nokia unveil new Lumia as mobile race revs up

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd today announced expansion of its dual-sim smartphone portfolio with the launch of two new models.

Samsung launches two new smartphones in dual-sim category

Microsoft, Nokia unveil new Lumia smartphone

Nokia's  new Lumia smartphones drew a quick thumbs-down from investors looking for transformational handsets to rescue the struggling Finnish company, sending the firm's shares tumbling 13 percent.

Nokia's new Windows phones disappoint investors

Amazon&rsquo;s new Kindle Fire tablets aim to challenge Apple iPad&rsquo;s dominance in the market. Amazon has introduced devices that may not have all features of an iPad, but are attractive offerings in terms of price, display and size.

Amazon re-kindles competition

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Bill Moggridge, a top British industrial designer who created the first laptop computer in 1979, has died.

First laptop designer Moggridge dies

Five years after the first iPhone took the smartphone market by storm and left mobile companies to play the catching up game, Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 5 today at its event in San Francisco today.

It's iPhone 5 day! 

While globally, iPhone 5 was one of the most searched item on Google,in India more people looked up for news items related to cricket or movie release, than articles on the iconic product from Apple.

Indian netizens least upbeat about iPhone launch

Sales of Apple Inc's  new iPhone 5 may be double those of the previous model in its first week on the market, and up to 33 million iPhones may be sold this quarter, brokerage houses forecast on Thursday.

New iPhone boosts forecasts for Apple smartphone sales

Sales of the new iPhone 5 could be double those of the previous model in its first week on the market, thanks to Apple Inc's most aggressive smartphone launch plan yet, and up to 33 million iPhones may be sold this quarter, analysts said.

Aggressive iPhone launch plan boosts Apple outlook

The new Apple iPhone 5 may have no plans to make an appearance in Indian markets anytime soon, but that does not mean Indian cannot order one for themselves. Sellers on e-commerce site, Ebay.in, are offering the new iPhone 5 at exorbitant prices starting at Rs 74,000 and going up to Rs 88,000, to those who cannot wait to flaunt the smartphone.

iPhone 5 available on Indian e-commerce sites

Nidhi Ahuja, 23, a software engineer with local IT firm Pronto Infotech has called up her uncle in Sydney to buy iPhone 5 as she is disappointed with Apple again not including India in its global launch plan.

iPhone fans disappointed in India as sale begins globally

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