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So much for doubling down on secrecy. On Friday, several San Francisco residents snapped photos of banners being raised in the Moscone Center's west exhibition hall, one of the event sites for Apple's 2012 Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC), for the iOS 6. Even though WWDC 2012 will apparently center around the Mac, Apple will nevertheless find time to introduce developers to new tools and features for the iPhone's and iPad's next-generation operating system.

Verizon and AT&T have opted out of the 50GB Dropbox cloud storage promotion for their versions of the latest Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone.

I know that I'll be attacked and criticized for not bowing down and adoring Radiohead like many of the other Bonnaroo concertgoers, but their performance on Friday night simply didn't appeal to me.

Ridley Scott's latest sci-fi creation, Prometheus, may leave some fans wondering whether the flick is a prequel to the classic Alien series. Some may say yes, while others may say no, but the film does take place before the Nostromo's venture into the unknown.

Speculation swirls that the current smartphone leader may be buying onetime mobile phones king.

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, extended its push into the pre-paid mobile market by adding Virgin Mobile USA, which will sell the device for between $30 and $50 a month.

Google unveiled its new 3-D map technology Wednesday. To provide a three-dimensional perspective for these maps, the search engine giant has deployed a fleet of planes to fly above U.S. cities and capture images.

On Tuesday, Fremont, Calif.-based Tactus Technology unveiled its solution to the touchscreen keyboard at SID Display Week 2012, showing off a prototype of an interface with appearing and disappearing keys that rise out of the touchscreen to provide a guide for your fingers and feedback to confirm the selection. A similar technology was reportedly being built for Apple's sixth-generation smartphone, presumably called the iPhone 5.

Verizon began accepting preorders for the Samsung Galaxy S3 on Wednesday, but orders won't be delivered until early July, according to a screenshot on a popular gadgets' website, which would likely make it one of the last major U.S. carriers to release the phone. According to Slashgear.com, the phone won't be available from Verizon until July 9.

Joining the four major US carriers, the nation's sixth largest carrier U.S. Cellular has announced that it will launch the latest Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone in July with preorders beginning June 12.

All major U.S carriers will be stocking the Samsung Galaxy S3 in coming weeks, but AT&T will stand out as the company plans to release an exclusive red version of the phone this summer, Tech Crunch reported.

Following Samsung's announcement that the Galaxy S3 is on its way to the U.S., T-Mobile and Sprint have revealed that the phone will be released on June 21.

Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC is going to make handsets that will be certified for Sony PlayStation Suite. Yes, it has just been announced that the Japanese multinational conglomerate will be partnering with HTC to create phones for a new program, named as PlayStation Mobile.

After Samsung announced Monday about the launch of its flagship Galaxy S3 smartphone in the US with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and US Cellular starting this month, AT&T has confirmed the arrival of the handset over the next few weeks with preorders beginning June 6 in company-owned stores and online.

The rare Transit of Venus will come to the United States Tuesday, as the second planet in the solar system will pass in front of the sun as it sets. The event occurs only once every century, so it's best to prepare ahead of time. Here's how.

Remember when we said Microsoft has ?big plans? for the future of its Xbox console? With the Electronic Entertainment Expo beginning June 5, rumors about what the video game industry will unveil are starting to heat up. One of the most recent speculations to surface involves plans from Microsoft to offer a new feature that will stream Xbox 360 content from games directly to a mobile phone or tablet.

Samsung announced Monday that it would launch Galaxy S3 with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and US Cellular starting in June.

Although recently announced 100 million user base of Google+ doesn't stand anywhere near to Facebook's over 800 million users, there are enough grounds Google+ can exploit to achieve a level, where it can start calling itself a real challenger to Facebook. Here are 20 reasons to consider a switch from Facebook to Google's offering.

The highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S3 is finally out in Europe, but with pre-orders topping over 9 million, customers are facing distribution delays.

Samsung Galaxy S3, the South Korean tech giant's flagship smartphone hit stores on Tuesday in 28 European and Middle East countries, including Germany and Britain. The company also claimed that the device would be offered by as many as 296 carriers in 145 countries by July.

Computer manufacturer Asus is enticing tech fans with a teaser video alluding to its next line of Transformer products. The footage provides users with hints as to what the coming gadgets have in store, which could include cloud technology.