Long time rivals Apple and Microsoft have been battling out as the biggest technology in terms of market capitalization in the United States for as long as anybody can remember. The makers of the popular device iPad overtook the crown from the developers of the Windows OS.

Planning to bring your precious iPad gadget to watch a game in Yankee Stadium? Well you should forget about it as the stadium has included the very well sought after device in its list of banned “laptops”.

Starting Tuesday, May 25, retailer Walmart will be offering the lower specs of iPhone 3GS at 100 USD less than the original price.

Another possible next-generation iPhone prototype has showed up, and this time it was lost/stolen in Vietnam.

Verizon Wireless, the largest US wireless carrier by subscribers, announced Tuesday, May 11, that it has partnered up with Google to develop a tablet that will compete with the latest and much-hyped gadget of Apple. AT&T is the current partner of Apple for iPad.

The battle saga between Apple and Adobe seems far from over after reports surfaced that Apple is developing its own version of Flash, a motion graphics and animation software that integrates multimedia,graphics, animations and interactivity into a single runtime environment or what is called “rich internet applications (RIA)”.

Undaunted by the high success of iPad, bookstore Borders announced that it will start pre-order for the electronic book reader Kobo. It will start arriving to consumers on June 17; thus, it is currently being marketed as an ideal Father’s Day gift.

Apple announced from its website the release date of iPad for the first set of countries outside the United States.

Finland’s Nokia has filed a patent infringement suit against Apple on Friday, saying that the iPhone and iPad were made using the Finnish company’s patented technology.

The third beta version of iPhone OS 4 for developers has been released. Checking the code shows some new features that have not been previously announced.