Topic: Apple iPod

No more big TV discounts? Samsung and Sony push to control pricing.

Samsung and Sony, two of the world's biggest television manufacturers, have begin setting minimum retail prices on their sets.

Newly knighted, Apple design chief hints at mystery product

Jonathan Ive, the design chief at Apple, told a reporter that his current work – still a mystery – trumps everything that has come before. 

Latest idea from Apple: an in-car remote

Apple has filed a patent for an iPod-like clickwheel mounted on the steering wheel. In-car remote would let drivers change songs, playlists, or Internet radio stations. 

Facebook IPO? Flat. Facebook future? Bright.

Facebook IPO generated no big stock gains on its first day of trading. But Facebook has many of the traits that made Apple, Microsoft, and Google great in the long run.  

Screen-Free Week: Mom, baby couldn't hack it without iPhone, iPod

Screen-Free Week: Mom and baby got an F – oh, make it a D. Life without an iPhone or iPod can really mess up a day.

New Yorker convicted in plot to bomb subways

A jury deliberated for just two days before returning guilty verdicts for Adis Medunjanin on terrorism charges.

Screen-Free Week: Parents this includes you, and your iPads, too

Screen-Free Week runs through May 6, and while it may be difficult, parents should not exempt themselves from the celebration. So, turn off those iPads, stash the mobile phones, and have a week of screen-free powered-down fun. We'll make an exception for Modern Parenthood.

Apple earnings still going strong post-Jobs

Apple earnings report had some impressive sales numbers: a 94 percent profit increase over last year, and huge profits on iPad and iPhone sales. A lot of the growth is coming from Asian markets, and Apple earnings are expected to expand there in months to come.

"Fraud, waste, corruption:" Congress decries GSA culture

General Services Administration executives were in the hot seat for a second day of Congressional hearings as they faced scrutiny over misconduct.

Everyday heroes: Seven tales of American heroes

Victor Perez stopped the abduction of an 8-year-old girl. Two teenage boys rescued a couple from a burning car wreck in Florida. New Yorker Kashmir Singh goes the extra mile to help a Swiss couple. Here are seven stories of everyday American heroes who responded to trying circumstances with extraordinary grace or courage.

An invisible wet suit for your iPhone or Android device

New waterproofing technology will protect an iPhone, iPod Shuffle, or certain Android phones from spills and splashes.

Steve Jobs didn't like the name 'Siri'

Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus says former Apple CEO Steve Jobs didn't want to name the iPhone's virtual assistant 'Siri.' But he eventually gave in.

'Harry Potter' e-books: game-changers for the digital world?

Unlike most e-books, digital versions of the 'Harry Potter' series can be read on any device, which may be a harbinger of practices to come.

Cheryl Strayed talks about "Wild"

Cheryl Strayed walked 1,100 miles by herself in the California and Oregon wilderness. It was a crazy, reckless, fantastic thing to do.

New iPad runs faster, crisper images, but don't call it iPad3

Apple unveiled a new iPad that's 4G-ready and boasts a quad-core graphics processor. It can be pre-ordered now and will hit stores on March 16.

Switching from a Mac to a PC: Five lessons from an Apple fanboy

The Internet is filled with testimonials of people ditching their PC for a hip new Mac. Where once they trudged through stodgy spreadsheets, they now write screenplays and edit flashy videos (if the ads are to be believed). But there's almost no material documenting the opposite experience. Most of the personal switching-to-Windows stories are many years out of date and center around now-obsolete "But you can't play games and none of your software will work!" arguments.

So, here are the top five things an Apple fanboy learned from two months using Windows.

A plucky revival

The mandolin is breaking out of bluegrass and becoming hip and versatile.

Harry Potter e-books coming to schools, libraries around the world

Pottermore has partnered with e-book company Overdrive to bring electronic versions of the 'Harry Potter' series to libraries and schools in five languages.

Steve Jobs: 10 quotes on his birthday

10 quotes from Steve Jobs

Whitney Houston 'crack ho' slur on LA radio: Look who's talking

Black people everywhere, who have never even heard of the 'The John & Ken Show' in LA, are in an uproar about the two white radio hosts who called Whitney Houston a 'crack ho' on air and made other offensive comments. Far worse is the everyday use of the 'ho' word by blacks.

Steve Jobs FBI file: four humanizing revelations

Steve Jobs' FBI file shows a man motivated by power and the desire to achieve great things. The Steve Jobs FBI file also produced surprising details that humanize a great visionary.

20 iPhone tips and tricks everyone should know

With hundreds of iPhone features and 500,000 iOS apps, it's easy to miss some of Apple's best tricks. Here are 20 of our favorite.

Neil Young said Steve Jobs was a vinyl music fan

Neil Young and Steve Jobs used to talk about music. The late Apple visionary saw the digital future, but listened to vinyl records, according to Neil Young.

Rubinstein, who revitalized Palm, leaves HP

The future is mobile, says the former Apple executive, who had seen his role reduced after Hewlett-Packard killed off his webOS for the handheld Palm. Rubinstein is taking a break. 

Apple becomes world's largest company once again. Sorry, Exxon.

Apple's market value at a session peak on Wednesday was $7.2 billion higher than Exxon's. But can Apple hold onto its new-found glory for long?