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Apple is expected to introduce a smaller iPad on Tuesday. How much will it cost?

Windows 8 represents a radical departure from previous Microsoft operating systems, one that some early users have found frustrating.

Skype, a video-chat service owned by Microsoft, will be deeply integrated into Windows 8, says Microsoft. 

Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system will launch on Friday. Should you upgrade right away?

One year after Steve Jobs' death, his biography by Walter Isaacson is now a finalist for the annual Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year award. The book came with Steve Jobs' full cooperation. 

Facebook reached a major milestone: 1 billion active members. Some 600 million of them access the social network through phones and tablets.

Russia's communications minister tweeted that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev urged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to abandon plans to lure away Russian programmers and instead open a research center in Moscow. Zuckerberg was visiting Russia on a world tour of programming contests to identify new talent.

The bill by Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla will establish safety and performance regulations to test and operateautonomous vehicles on state roads and highways.

Google Maps app was exiled from the iPhone with iOS 6. When will it return? It's Apple's call, says Google's Schmidt.

Google was reportedly caught off-guard by Apple's decision to drop Google Maps and introduce its own Maps app in iOS 6, as the contract between the two companies still had more than a year left.

Verizon iPhone 5 is 'unlocked,' the wireless carrier confirms. Verizon iPhone 5 accepts an AT&T card that allows use of that network, although buyers are typically signing up for two years of Verizon service. 

In the past, Apple has made little effort to allow iPhone owners to repair their devices themselves. IFixit now gives the new iPhone 5 a 7 out of 10 in terms of repairability.

Apple's new maps application, intended to rival Google Maps, is buggy, disappointing, and sometimes just plain wrong. New iOS is worth downloading but older Apple products can't access all the features.

The iPhone 5 debuts amid new smartphones from Samsung and Google, and Windows 8 debuts on Nokia and Motorola. Amazon and others are introducing new tablets this fall.

Go Daddy, the website hosting service, was hit by a four-hour outage Monday afternoon. Go Daddy says it hosts more than 5 million web sites, mostly for small businesses.

Amazon announcement of seven new Kindles is a boon for consumers. But Hollywood worries the Amazon announcement will speed the move from buying to renting movies.

Apple will have the new iPhone 5, of course, but Nokia, Google's Motorola have introduced new smartphones. Samsung is still strong. Amazon, Microsoft, and possibly Barnes & Noble and Samsung will introduce new tablets.

Deputy National Police chief Sok Phal said the decision to expel Gottfrid Svartholm Warg came after visiting Swedish officials presented legal documents on the copyright infringement case against him.

At IFA in Berlin, Sony shows off new Xperia T, Xperia V, and Xperia J smart phones.