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The mood at the New York Auto Show was tense with anticipation of the announcement of the World Car of the Year 2012, and the three finalists, the BMW 3-Series, Porsche 911 and Volkswagen Up!, gunned their engines as an anthem.

It's been one month since Apple unveiled its third-generation iPad in San Francisco, but now, a new report says Apple is experimenting with a 7.85-inch iPad in its labs in Cupertino, Calif.

China's auto industry will enjoy an $11.6 billion boost in the coming year, as Ford (NYSE: F) and Volvo try to increase output and market share in Asia.

Not 24 hours after Google unveiled its first Google X project, called Project Glass, a London man named Tom Scott released a hilarious parody video poking fun at Google's technology, but also points out some of the project glassissues future users of the eyeglasses could experience.

Veronica Cirella, a 31-year-old Long Island mom has been accused of killing her disabled daughter, Julie in 2011. Prosecutors state that the mom poisoned her daughter, who suffered from a peanut allergy, with M&M's that had traces of peanuts. Cirella was charged with second-degree murder this week and pleaded not guilty in the death of eight-year-old daughter.

As the magnificent unveiling of the New iPad has already impressed the tech world, the focus is now shifted to the next device in the release lineup - the iPhone 5. Moreover, Apple fans around the world are eagerly awaiting the release of the sixth-generation iPhone.

Notwithstanding an earlier dismissal of a 7-inch iPad by late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, rumors of an iPad mini have been around over the last few years. Adding to the heated rumors mill, a new report has claimed that Apple currently has a 7.85-inch iPad in its labs.

Nokia's highly anticipated Lumia 900 is all set to hit the shelves in next few days. And this phone has to do well since besides to Nokia, Microsoft too is depending a lot on the success of this phone.

If the new reports are to be believed, Microsoft’s highly anticipated console, the Xbox 720, will compel owners to stay connected to the internet all the time if they wish to take part in the next-gen gameplay which the console will provide.

Recent photos of convicted mass murderer Charles Manson have been released by the California Department of Corrections. Manson, 77, has a parole hearing next week, having been denied parole 11 times since 1978.

Porsche trotted out all the thoroughbreds at the New York Auto Show 2012, including the new 2013 Porsche Boxster, and Michael Bartsch, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer for Porsche Cars North America, had some interesting insight into how the company thinks about and market its cars.

If the new reports are to be believed, the main protagonist of the Assassin’s Creed series, Desmond Miles, could end up stealing the show in Ubisoft’s upcoming game “Assassin’s Creed 3”.

Taking the growing rumor mill forward, a new report has surfaced suggesting that the third incarnation of the Galaxy S series may feature a new screen, which will surely be an impressive one if the specs are accurate. The device is also likely to arrive soon as it is rumored to have entered into testing in Korea.

The new iPad with the much talked Retina Display is finally here. The Retina display sports a 2048×1536 resolution, twice that of the iPad 2 and to enjoy that to the fullest you need to download a number of apps, most of them free, from the App Store. The apps have also upgraded themselves for the new device and promises to bring the best out of your new iPad.

Easter is just three days away, and the countdown has already begun. Now it is time to get into the spirit of Easter by following all the traditions which include buying chocolate bunnies, basket of candies, coloring the eggs and visiting the Easter parade with full boom. But with all these rituals, one more tech tradition has evolved over the years for this colorful festival and that is Easter-themed Apps for the iOS and Android users.

Sprint has just announced the HTC EVO 4G LTE, one of the very first smartphones to support its LTE network and the first LTE device that comes along the EVO brand. the phone sports Snapdragon S4 chipset with two CPU cores, clocked at 1.5GHz , Beats audio and Ice Cream Sandwich OS with a sleek HTC Sense 4.0 user interface. The HTC One X, on the other hand, is coming on AT&T with 4.7-inch HD Super LCD 2 screen, Ice Cream Sandwich and dual core processor. Which HTC phone will win the Android best ...

A former nursing student was charged with murder and attempted murder on Wednesday in a shooting rampage that killed seven people and wounded three others this week at a small, Christian college he once attended in California.

A U.S. judge largely sided with Apple on Wednesday over how several technical terms will be defined in its patent fight against Samsung over smartphones and tablets.

Jaguar, in a much anticipated announcement, said Wednesday at the New York Auto Show 2012 that it will bring the completely new Jaguar F-Type sports car into production at an accelerated pace and will unveiled the new car later this year.

Details are beginning to emerge about the five new cars that Nissan will be releasing in the next 15 months, including the 2013 Altima and 2013 Pathfinder, which were debuted Wednesday at the New York Auto Show 2012.

The new 2014 Mazda6 will be largely based off of Mazda's Takeri concept vehicle which made its North American debut at the New York Auto Show 2012, the company announced Wednesday.

Hedge fund manager Philip Falcone said in an interview on Wednesday he is seriously considering filing a voluntary bankruptcy for LightSquared, the struggling telecom startup in which his Harbinger Capital Partners is the majority owner.

Starting on April 8, Nokia and AT&T will begin selling the first 4G LTE Windows Phone ever released in the U.S., the Lumia 900, starting at an extremely competitive price of $99 with a contract, and $449 without a contract. Critics have begun releasing their reviews of the new Nokia smartphone, but does it stack up to the iPhone?

A new Federal Reserve study shows that foreign companies cross-listed on U.S. exchanges receive a disproportionate amount of investment from Americans, mostly because of greater transparency.

The new 2013 Viper will be available in the hit Microsoft video game, Forza 4, and the Forza team actually got to take the first test drive of the car when SRT was developing the new car.

Now that Canadian telecommunications powerhouse Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) has a new boss and a new outlook, the BlackBerry developer is in play. Here are some prospective buyers.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Wednesday it was considering slashing the credit rating of Best Buy Co. Inc. to junk status, or below investment grade.

Google unveiled one of its secret projects from the Google X laboratory on Wednesday via its Google+ platform, called Project Glass. Using pieces of smart glass with a heads-up display (HUD) technology, Google's wearable solution mixes communication technology with real world elements to create a type of meta-reality, or smart reality.

On March 15, 1976, Lena Triano, a quiet secretary living in Westfield, New Jersey was found bound, raped, strangled and stabbed at the age of 57. Almost four decades later, an arrest is finally being made for her murder.