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Apple chief Tim Cook sent a postverdict memo to employees today, after a jury ruled overwhelmingly in Apple's favor in its patent infringement case against Samsung.

The missive is for the most part a reworking of Apple's statement earlier in the day. The Cook memo adds a line saying that "Today was an important day for Apple and for innovators everywhere" and that Apple "chose legal action very reluctantly and only after repeatedly asking Samsung to stop copying our work."

Here's the memo in … Read more

When Tim Cook assumed Apple's leadership from an ailing Steve Jobs one year ago today, investors reacted by pushing down the company's shares by more than $6.

One year later, the stock is up 44 percent, the company is about to introduce a new version of its popular iPhone, and Apple is now the most valuable company in the world based on market capitalization.

After two stints filling in as CEO while Jobs was ill, Cook has finally emerged from the shadow of Apple's legendary founder and earned his place on center stage as one of the … Read more

As the Apple vs. Samsung patent trial rapidly approaches, settlement talks between the two companies still seem to be stymied, according to Reuters.

Apple CEO Tim Cook met with two of Samsung's top executives, vice chairman Choi Gee-sung and mobile chief Shin Jong-Kyun, in an undisclosed meeting last week to see if the two sides could resolve the matter before trial, according to Reuters. But the talks were to no avail -- mediation between the two companies still seems to have fallen short.

The two tech giants became embroiled in this legal battle in April 2011 when Apple filed … Read more

Every year, Apple's chief executive is invited to the Allen & Co. summer retreat for media executives. And each year, Apple declines. But this time around, Tim Cook has done quite the opposite.

Cook was spotted in Sun Valley, Idaho, home to the Allen & Co. retreat, where he briefly spoke with reporters. He told the New York Times' Dealbook that he's "looking forward to all the private discussions" he set up for this week, and reported to the New York Post that he's "talking to a lot of people here." When pressed … Read more

Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has dramatically ramped up the amount of attention his company pays to its supply chain, according to a new report.

Digitimes is reporting today, citing sources, that since Cook took over as chief executive, Apple has applied "stricter management" in its supply chain, ensuring that it's effectively managing costs and delivering the highest-quality products.

In order to achieve that goal, Apple has conducted more (and longer) inspections, according to Digitimes' sources. Those folks said that in one case, Apple found a fingerpint on an internal component, and demanded the entire production … Read more

Despite some reports to the contrary, there isn't much new in the latest Mac Pro update. After Apple added a "new" tag to the Mac Pro on its Web site yesterday and some people complained, the company quickly took down the tag, according to MacRumors.

Now, CEO Tim Cook is saying that more extensive updates won't happen until "later next year."

Hints of this first came when the machine wasn't even mentioned during Apple's presentation at WWDC yesterday. Then when the "new" tag appeared on its Web site, a member … Read more

When Apple CEO Tim Cook said last month that the company is going to "double down on secrecy," he must have had a good idea how developers who leak information will be punished.

If so, those plans should be kicking in today, after what appear to be clear leaks by developers of screenshots from the forthcoming iOS 6 to news outlets like The Verge and BGR. Apple unveiled iOS 6 during its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote today in San Francisco.

All Apple app developers -- including CNET -- must agree to an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) before being given … Read more

Tablet or tweener? Does the Microsoft camp's convergence argument win the day?

Apple CEO Tim Cook has been clear about tablet-laptop convergence: not interested.

But Microsoft, Intel, Asus, Acer, Lenovo, and a long list of PC makers are. Very.

That would be due to Windows 8 and its touch-centric Metro interface, of course. This is driving PC makers to come up with novel hybrid (i.e., tweener) designs that function as both a tablet and laptop, as was amply demonstrated at Computex this week.

There will basically be two choices offered.

--Products like the Acer Aspire S7 that are … Read more

Change is supposed to be the standard ingredient in the tech world.

Yesterday, we were Chatrouletting, today we're Airtiming.

Yet there's something about Apple that's been quite the same for a long time. Under Tim Cook, the company wants to be even more secretive. This despite Cook's insistence that he's never felt the weight of stepping into Steve Jobs' New Balances.

But, though he has already shown slightly more civic-minded tendencies -- for example, in addressing the difficulties at Foxconn -- perhaps Cook might consider something a little more basic when it comes down to … Read more