JESSICA MINTZ

For The Associated Press
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Consumer's guide to downloadable gifts

Remember when gifts were objects, purchased or crafted and wrapped with a bow, then presented with a flourish?

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Cook may find it hard to sustain Apple culture

The departure of Steve Jobs as Apple's CEO raises the question of whether the company will see changes in its famously insular corporate culture, one that places a premium on secrecy, opaqueness and a go-it-alone approach.

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Wall Street finds Teavana's IPO hits the spot

Investors are mighty thirsty this week. Teavana Holdings shares bubbled up more than 66 percent in an initial public offering Thursday, a day after Wall Street gulped down Dunkin’ Brands debut.

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New Ikea catalog stresses smaller, cheaper stuff

For some, it’s the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book. For others, the catalog-drop event of the year comes courtesy of Ikea, the Swedish seller of furniture and home decor.

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Borders perks: It's time to use 'em or lose 'em

In a little over two days Borders will be liquidating its remaining stores and it's still a mystery about what's going to happen to its Borders.com website, its rewards program, its extended warranties for e-readers, etc.

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Food companies take veggie cue from sneaky trend

It looks like Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, and Kraft says it tastes just like the original. But a new ingredient is lurking inside this version of the American family dinner staple — cauliflower.

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Yahoo puts its spin on real-time search results

Yahoo Inc. is updating its search engine with a feature that attempts to answer Web surfers' questions before they even finish typing.

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Microsoft's Bing mobile site pulls in daily deals

Microsoft Corp. is hoping to capitalize on the popularity of daily deals websites by incorporating them into its Bing search site for smart phones.

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Inside Motorola's Xoom: Plenty of horsepower

Motorola's new Xoom tablet computer has enough power under the hood to challenge Apple Inc.'s iPad, according to analysis by market researchers IHS iSuppli, but buyers might be disappointed to find that it will need new hardware to work on new, high-speed networks.

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Apple rejects Sony app over book-buying options

Apple Inc. has rejected Sony Corp.'s e-book reader app for the iPhone because it doesn't give people the choice to buy books without leaving the app for a website.

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Apple shares fall 2 pct with Jobs on medical leave

Shares of Apple Inc. fell modestly Tuesday following the company's disclosure that Steve Jobs, the CEO who transformed the niche computer maker into the most-envied consumer-electronics brand today, is taking another medical leave of absence.

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Microsoft's answer to the iPad is still in pieces

Instead of unveiling an elegant response to the iPad, Microsoft came to the tech industry's premier gadget show with a collection of exposed computer guts.

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Apple launches app store for Mac computer software

Apple Inc. is expanding the "app store" idea that caught fire on the iPhone and iPad to its line of Mac computers.

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Sony files phone patent complaints against LG

Sony Corp. has filed a patent infringement complaint against LG Electronics Inc. and its U.S. subsidiaries with the U.S. International Trade Commission, saying LG's mobile phones and modems step on proprietary technology including photo-based caller ID.

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Paul Allen refiles suit against Internet giants

A company owned by billionaire Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen has refiled a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook, Google Inc. and nine other companies.

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Smart phone rivalry plays out in patent suits

Competition among smart phone makers is heating up at retail, in advertising and, increasingly, in the courtroom as handset and software makers wield patent lawsuits to protect their turf and slow down their rivals.

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CEO Interview: Michael Dell on shifting strategy

Michael Dell is in a very good mood.

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Sharp holiday price drops seen for flat-panel TVs

If you're in the market for a new flat-panel TV, it's a good time to buy.

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Beatles' songs are finally available on iTunes

Nearly 50 years after the Beatles took television by storm, the Fab Four's songs became available on iTunes on Tuesday, setting the stage for a possible new outbreak of Beatlemania — this one online.

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Apple says iTunes will sell music from Beatles

"Beatles for Sale" is finally for sale on iTunes — along with the rest of the Fab Four's albums, from "Please Please Me" to "Revolver" to "Abbey Road."

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AOL cracks open door to new Project Phoenix e-mail

You've still got mail — but AOL is redesigning it from the ground up to be faster and easier to use.

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Lure kittens to play online with (computer) mice

A company that has developed technology for controlling remote robotic arms over the Internet has adapted the system so that people around the world can play remotely with kittens.

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LCD TV companies see falling prices as demand down

Companies that make huge flat-screen televisions and their LCD panel components are alerting investors that demand is dropping in the U.S. and other developed markets.

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Microsoft's Ballmer hypes smart phone, browser

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer pumped up unique features in the company's new Web browser and smart phone software at a software developer conference Thursday, the company's annual pep rally for people who will build programs for the Web, Windows computers and phones.

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Apple says white iPhone 4 delayed until spring

Apple says the elusive white iPhone 4 will remain out of reach until spring.

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