ELECTRONICS

They are cloaked by pseudonyms and multiple addresses, but China's legions of hackers were thrust into the spotlight last week after Google said it suffered a sophisticated cyber-attack emanating from China.

Google Inc is expected to deliver stellar fourth-quarter results on Thursday, but investors will be seeking insight into a disagreement with China that has cast its future in the world's largest Internet market into doubt.

Following a successful showing at this years Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, market researchers are predicting that over 15 million 3D television will be sold by 2013.

As investors and technology enthusiasts focus on Apple's anticipated unveiling of its tablet PC, new iPhone software and version tailored for Verizon may be also in the works.

Apple Inc is talking to Microsoft Corp about stepping in as the default search engine on the iPhone, replacing Google Inc , according to report on Bloomberg's web site.

Its history is peppered with cloak-and-dagger stories which fostered a reputation for winning technology by hook or by crook. But today Huawei Technologies' disciplined growth strategy is a beacon to many emerging markets firms.

Samsung Electronics will pay nearly $900 million over the next 5 years to license technology from Rambus Inc. as part of a settlement ending the companies' long term dispute.

Nokia was back with a vengeance in the battle between handset makers over Christmas, Carphone Warehouse, Europe's biggest mobile phone retailer, said on Tuesday.

Microsoft is in works to launch a touch-screen multimedia cell phone in an effort to challenge the Apple iPhone.

Leading LCD makers in South Korea and Taiwan are headed for a robust first half this year on improving demand for flat screen TVs, but performance for the last quarter of 2009 is likely to be hit by seasonal weakness and a strong currency.

Apple Inc. confirmed on Monday that it will hold a product launch event on January 27 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco to introduce its latest creation.

Apple confirmed that it will hold an invitation-only event in San Francisco on Wednesday, January 27 to introduce its “latest creation.”

The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Monday Britain's High Court had ruled in its favor in a patent dispute with IPCom, and it would now seek to recoup legal costs of the case from the German firm.

Finding a winner in the legal battle between Nokia and Apple will likely take years as the two cellphone giants use the courts to pressure each other into a licensing agreement.

Investors will focus on cellphone makers' comments about the strength of the recovery in demand when they report their December quarter results this week and next.

Motorola Inc is planning to launch five to six smartphones in China this year with one model ready to be unveiled shortly, officials of the U.S. mobile phone maker said on Monday.

Nokia said it would defend itself vigorously against Apple's new complaint to the United States International Trade Commission.

The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Saturday it would defend itself vigorously against Apple's complaint to United States International Trade Commission, filed on Friday. Nokia will study the complaint when it is received and continue to defend itself vigorously, said a company spokesman.

Cellphone users in the United States have contributed more than $11 million to Haitian earthquake relief through text messages in what is being hailed as an unprecedented mobile response to a natural disaster.

The two largest U.S. wireless carriers, Verizon and AT&T, cut their rates on Friday, escalating a price war that began with smaller carriers.

Cellphone users in the United States have contributed more than $10 million to Haitian earthquake relief through text messages in what is being hailed as an unprecedented mobile response to a natural disaster.