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Apple's cash plan takes heat off Cook, buys him time
- Tim Cook wants investors to "think different" about Apple: less as a hyper-growth startup-like company and more as a mature but robust technology corporation with the world's most lucrative dividend. | Video
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Australian police arrest senior member of LulzSec hacking group
SYDNEY - Australian Federal Police have arrested the self-proclaimed leader of the international hacking group LulzSec, the collective that claimed responsibility for infiltrating and shutting down the CIA website.
China's ZTE signs Android patent license with Microsoft
SEATTLE - China's ZTE Corp, one of the world's largest smartphone makers, has agreed to pay Microsoft Corp a royalty for devices it makes using Google Inc's Android and Chrome operating systems.
Facebook to build data center near Des Moines, Iowa
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc is building a data center near Des Moines, Iowa, to bolster its computing power as it rolls out new services and as the growing use of smartphones increase the pressure on its infrastructure.
Apple unlocks more cash for investors as profit slides
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc on Tuesday bowed to investors' demands to share more of its $145 billion cash pile, while posting its first quarterly profit decline in more than a decade. | Video
Canon raises profit outlook as weak yen swells earnings
TOKYO - Canon Inc raised its full-year operating profit forecast by $300 million as a weakening yen triggered by Japan's latest deflation-fighting policies inflates its overseas earnings, despite smartphones sapping compact camera sales.
Building the perfect smartwatch
Smartwatches are shaping up to be the Next Big Thing about a decade after they were offered to the public and met with a collective shrug.





