ELECTRONICS

Crowds cheers all around as Phil Schiller takes the stage before a packed audience.

Palm Inc. on Thursday unveiled its long-awaited new software for touch screen smartphones and a new phone, as it vies to rejuvenate its ailing business.

As Macworld comes to a close this week, and the keynote ended unceremoniously on Tuesday, those who eagerly awaited an iPhone nano can still get their hands on one -- just not from Apple.

Nokia is urging cell phone operators to block a certain text-message that when sent to Nokia handsets, prevents that handset to receive any more messages -- ever.

Samsung Electronics plans to introduce the world slimmest LCD TV at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. According to the the company, the LCD TV thickness is one seventh of Samsung's Bordeaux 850 LCD TVs, which is currently the thinnest on the market. Samsung's new product, measuring only 6.5 millimetres (0.26 inch) thick, is thinner than any other existing TV set, and even slimmer than most mobile handsets.

Lenovo, with its IdeaPad line series is previewing Y-Series IdeaPad Y650 laptops at CES in Las Vegas together with other new Ideapad Y-series.

Samsung Electronics plan to introduce the world slimmest LCD TV at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week.

The four-day Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and the anticipated Macworld event that start tomorrow are expected to draw fewer visitors as the weak economy drains corporate travel and marketing budgets.

A malfunction of some Microsoft Corp Zune music players was caused by an error in the way the device accounts for leap years, Microsoft said.

AT&T unveiled subscription prices for Apple's second generation phone on Tuesday, while analysts became bullish on the iPhone's future prospects, sending the computer maker nearly five percent higher in active trading.

Softbank Mobile Corp. and Telefonica SA announced on Wednesday they have reached deals to sell the Apple iPhone device later this year in Japan and Spain respectively.

Research in Motion Ltd, maker of the Blackberry line of smartphones, had more than double the market share of its nearest competitor, Apple Inc's iPhone, according to new research.

Time Warner Cable Inc. announced plans on Friday to allow subscribers to view Internet video on their TV screens and offer wireless in-home networking via a cable modem.

Comcast Corp. said Thursday that hackers took over and defaced its Web portal for several hours overnight and prevented users from accessing Web mail and account records on the company's site.

Nokia's leading share of the global mobile phone market slipped nearly 4 percent in the first quarter while Motorola's share fell by more than 8 percent as rivals Samsung and LG advanced, according to new research.

Microsoft will include touch screen controls for the next generation of the Windows operating system.

3M Co. said late Friday it signed a license agreement with Sony Corp. granting Sony rights to use certain 3M optical film technology for its LCD televisions.

EchoStar Corp. swung to a first-quarter profit in its first quarter as a public company on revenue from providing satellite services to sibling Dish Network Corp, the company reported on Tuesday.

Apple Inc. said Monday its iPhone's are currently unavailable'' from its online store in the U.S. and U.K. and did not say when it will replenish its inventory, which is fueling rumors that a new improved version of the iPhone will soon be launched.

Microsoft is set to place more emphasis on making mobile phones as one of its strategies to develop the Information Technology infrastructure in developing nations, based partly on a prototype that was developed for Fone+.

AMD Inc, the world's second largest chipmaker, announced updated plans for new computer server processors on Wednesday, including versions with six and twelve processing cores.