SAN FRANCISCO - JANUARY 27: Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs (C) talks with guests during an Apple Special Event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts January 27, 2010 in San Francisco, California. CEO Steve Jobs and Apple Inc. introduced its latest creation, the iPad, a mobile tablet browsing device that is a cross between the iPhone and a MacBook laptop. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

SAN FRANCISCO - JANUARY 27: Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs (C) talks with guests during an Apple Special Event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts January 27, 2010 in San Francisco, California. CEO Steve Jobs and Apple Inc. introduced its latest creation, the iPad, a mobile tablet browsing device that is a cross between the iPhone and a MacBook laptop.

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  1. CUPERTINO, CA - JULY 16: Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer Inc., speaks during a press conference regarding the Apple iPhone 4 reception problems at the Apple headquarters July 16, 2010 in Cupertino, California. Jobs announced that Apple will provide customers with cases at no additional cost to help solve the reception problems and refund customers who have already bought the apple bumpers until September 30, 2010.
  2. Apple CEO Steve Jobs appears on stage during a news conference at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, July 16, 2010. Apple Inc will give iPhone 4 users a free phone case to address a slew of complaints about reception problems that have hurt the company's image and shares.
  3. CUPERTINO, CA - JULY 16: Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer Inc., speaks during a press conference regarding the Apple iPhone 4 reception problems at the Apple headquarters July 16, 2010 in Cupertino, California. Apple announced that they will give away free bumpers for the iPhone 4 to help solve the reception problem.
  4. Apple CEO Steve Jobs appears on stage during a news conference at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, July 16, 2010. Jobs downplayed antenna and reception issues with the iPhone 4, saying "this has been blown so out of proportion, it's incredible."
  5. Apple CEO Steve Jobs addresses antenna problems in the iPhone 4 during a news conference at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, July 16, 2010. Jobs said that Apple is addressing antenna and reception issues with the iPhone 4, saying "we are not perfect" and "we want to make all our users happy."
  6. Apple CEO Steve Jobs stands in front of a graphic showing the company's solutions to antenna problems in the iPhone 4 during a news conference at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, July 16, 2010. Jobs said that Apple is addressing antenna and reception issues with the iPhone 4, saying "we are not perfect" and "we want to make all our users happy."
  7. Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about "Antennagate" during a news conference on problems with the iPhone 4 at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, July 16, 2010.
  8. Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about the Apple iPhone 4 at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Friday, July 16, 2010.
  9. Yang Yuanqing, executive director of Lenovo Group Limited, attends the company's annual general meeting in Hong Kong July 30, 2010. Lenovo Group , the world's No. 4 PC brand, said it will roll out its own tablet PC, becoming the latest technology company to jump on the bandwagon for computers styled after Apple Inc's popular iPad.
  10. WASHINGTON - JULY 27: Guy Tribble, vice president of software technology at Apple Inc., participates in a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing, July 27, 2010 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony consumer online privacy.
  11. The latest version of the Amazon Kindle e-book reader is shown in this undated publicity photo released to Reuters July 28, 2010. Amazon.com launched a cheaper, wireless-only Kindle on Wednesday, betting that the $139 price will turn its latest electronic reader into a mass-appeal device as Apple Inc's iPad gains ground. The world's largest online retailer and leading e-reader seller also revealed its third generation Kindle, some 21 percent smaller and 15 percent lighter than the previous version, but still priced at $189. QUALITY FROM SOURCE.
  12. CUPERTINO, CA - JULY 16: Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer Inc., speaks during a press conference regarding the Apple iPhone 4 reception problems at the Apple headquarters July 16, 2010 in Cupertino, California. Jobs announced that Apple will provide customers with cases at no additional cost to help solve the reception problems and refund customers who have already bought the apple bumpers until September 30, 2010.
  13. Apple CEO Steve Jobs appears on stage during a news conference at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, July 16, 2010. Apple Inc will give iPhone 4 users a free phone case to address a slew of complaints about reception problems that have hurt the company's image and shares.
  14. CUPERTINO, CA - JULY 16: Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer Inc., speaks during a press conference regarding the Apple iPhone 4 reception problems at the Apple headquarters July 16, 2010 in Cupertino, California. Apple announced that they will give away free bumpers for the iPhone 4 to help solve the reception problem.
  15. Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about free protective cases for Apple iPhone 4 users during a news conference, Friday, July 16, 2010, at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. Apple Inc. will give the cases to buyers of the newest iPhone to alleviate the so called "death-grip" problem in which holding the phone with a bare hand can muffle the wireless signal.
  16. Headphones are displayed on an apple computer screens, 20 September 2005 in Paris, on the first day of the annual five-day Apple computer group exhibition. Apple Computer last 07 September unveiled a mobile phone that doubles as an iPod and an ultra-thin version of the popular music player touted as leading a 'revolution' in the field.

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  2. Kashmiri people carry the body of Mohammad Asim outside a hospital in Srinagar July 30, 2010. Police fired on large anti-India demonstrations in Kashmir on Friday, killing two civilians including Asim, officials said, the latest violence in the region at the core of the dispute between India and Pakistan.
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  6. A renovated hall of Pera Palace is seen, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, July 30, 2010. It was the last stop on the Orient Express, a grand hotel with Istanbul's first electric elevator where artists and aristocrats sipped champagne beneath chandeliers as the Ottoman Empire dissolved and the world drifted toward war. On Sept. 1, the Pera Palace will re-open after a two-year restoration that cost euro23 million ($30 million), seeking to capture the lost sparkle of what was one of Istanbul's most prominent landmarks.
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  10. England's Matt Prior (R) is runout by Pakistan's Salman Butt (2nd R), as Graeme Swann (L) reacts, during the first Test match at Trent Bridge cricket ground in Nottingham July 30, 2010.
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  13. Exterior view of the U.S. Embassy in Paris Friday, July 30, 2010 where two of its employees are undergoing medical tests after handling a suspicious letter. Embassy spokesman Paul Patin says employees in the mailroom identified a "suspicious letter" and French authorities were summoned to examine it.
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