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Apple Inc on Wednesday posted a 36 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of Macintosh computers and iPod players, but its profit margin and cautious outlook disappointed investors.

PC World - Apple on Wednesday reported strong earnings for the second quarter of 2008, with Macintosh computer sales overriding weak...

SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - A computer hacker testified on Wednesday that a News Corp unit hired him to develop pirating software, but denied using it to penetrate the security system of a rival satellite television service.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Wednesday it has introduced brand-image ads for mobile phones, in a bid to extend beyond the computer-based Web market into the emerging market for advertising on phones.

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Dell Inc. CEO Michael Dell described the company's smallest-ever desktop computer that's slated to ship later this year.

Apple today posted revenue of $7.51 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.05 billion, or $1.16 per diluted share, for its fiscal 2008 second quarter, which ended March 29. 'We're delighted to report 43 percent revenue growth and the strongest March quarter revenue and earnings in Apple's history,' said Steve Jobs. During the quarter, Apple shipped 2,289,000 Mac computers (representing 51 percent unit growth and 54 percent revenue growth over the year-ago quarter), sold 10,644,000 iPods, and reported quarterly iPhone sales of 1,703,000.

In a ruling that's likely to come as a disappointment for privacy-rights advocates, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week held that Customs officers need no reasonable suspicion to search through the contents of any individual's laptop computer at the country's borders.

Some politicians are still haunted by the tens of millions of taxpayer dollars wasted on a failed project in recent years and seek assurance it won't happen again.