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Steve Jobs died of pancreatic cancer complications at age 56 just a day after Apple's iPhone 4S was unveiled, adding high and low points to the ever-changing tech industry.

Verizon and T-Mobile are standing in Samsung's corner, while Amazon released a new Kindle that may compete against the iPad -- if Amazon can get past its customer privacy issue.

Hewlett-Packard named Meg Whitman as CEO in probably one of the worst-kept secrets all year, while Facebook made big changes to the site to compete with Google+, resulting in a whine heard around the world.

LightSquared said it has a secret special weapon, and Verizon and AT&T are going after prepaid customers who don't want to play Houdini to escape contracts.

The iPhone 5 is coming in October. Meanwhile, a Southwest passenger got arrested for refusing to turn his cell phone off.

Federal officials blocked AT&T's attempt for mobile phone domination this week, while someone once again left a new iPhone prototype in a bar, giving whoever found it a brand-new reason to brag about "getting lucky."

Two earth-shaking events hit the tech world, as Steve Jobs stepped down from his top spot at Apple and a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Virginia rattled the East Coast, shutting down cell phone networks as shaken-up people jammed lines.

Google's planned takeover of Motorola is a monster deal, while Ashton Kutcher, who would like to stomp his way through the tech world, tried to "punk" Details Magazine by pimping his own investments.

Verizon's strike heats up as picketers fight with dirty methods, while Angry Birds shows that dive-bombing enemies can be both profitable and fun.

Google is fighting just about every tech company over patent purchases, while people love technology -- sometimes a little too much.

Sprint just signed up for the same LTE services from LightSquared aviators say could interrupt jets' GPS signals, while some people might just be getting a little too attached to their smartphones.

The Apple store in Kunming, China is not really an Apple Store at all, leaving its customers with unanswered questions about what they've purchased.

One new study shows more and more parents use Facebook to monitor their kids' behavior, while another shows there are a surprising number of people who know so little about 4G they may have trouble spelling it.

Apple isn't the only company that gets to have an App Store, while Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes Google+ for a spin while everyone watches.

BlackBerry developer Research in Motion has more problems than it can shake a stick at, while Samsung may be about to lose $8 billion.