ELECTRONICS

Key patent lawsuits that punctuated the smartphone industry in 2010.

Big players of the U.S. technology sector, who are flush with cash and looking to expand their horizon, returned to the merger and acquisition space this year after recovering from the 2009 recession.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs was named Person of the Year by the Financial Times, largely for his success in making Apple one of the most talked-about - and profitable - tech companies in the world.

Apple TV and Roku looking at a million connected TV devices sold; Google TV not looking as promising.

Sony announced its monthly subscription based streaming music service, Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity, has made its official debut in the United Kingdom.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Sonic Solutions, Verigy, Aixtron, Bed Bath & Beyond, MannKind, FuelCell Energy, Sequenom, Veeco Instruments, InterMune, and Solarfun Power Holdings.

New research from iSuppli says the mobile communications industry will soon reach $250 billion.

California-based start up Lookout Mobile Security, a provider of smartphone protection software, said it raised a further $19.5 million in funding led by Index Ventures.

In what appears to be Sony's success in its efforts to link its hardware with online content-delivery services, the Japanese electronics behemoth said on Wednesday it has launched an online streaming-music service, the Wall Street journal reported.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Xilinx, XOMA, Capitol Federal Financial, Altera, Hercules Offshore, LM Ericsson Telephone, InterMune, Sino Clean Energy, and Vodafone Group.

The Federal Communications Commission's decision to enforce net neutrality has already drawn fire from some in the telecommunications industry, and even supporters of the principle were not completely happy with the Commission's new rules.

The launch of Apple's iPad in April 2010 has been rated as one of the most notable business developments of the year by an eminent professor at the Harvard Business School.

By a vote of 3-2, the commission approves net neutrality regulations.

Microsoft says that in six weeks on the market 1.5 million phones carrying the Windows Phone 7 operating system were sold.

Amazon Canada announced that beginning Dec. 25, customers can take advantage of amazing Boxing Week promotions on everything from electronics and books to home and garden products and men's watches.

California-based start up Kno Inc. announced it has begun shipping its Linux-based touch screen educational tablet for students, letting them read textbooks, take notes and browse the Web.

The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to meet tomorrow to consider whether to enforce net neutrality rules, or to leave the Internet unregulated.

Japan's Sharp Corp. plans to expand its smartphone LCD panel production capacity spurred by Apple's plan to buy a major chunk of the LCD screens for its iPhone.

Google Inc., the company known for innovation, has stumbled in what was to be its main offering this holiday season. It has asked several of its partners to delay their rollouts of Google TV so that the company can further refine it.

South Korea's LG Group said on Monday it is boosting 2011 investment by 12 percent to a record $18.2 billion, as it seeks to revive the struggling handset business of its core unit LG Electronics Inc.

Apple’s iPhone has been widening US trade deficit with China even though it is entirely designed and owned by an American company, says a study.