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Whether you're watching 2001, Lord of the Rings, Kill Bill, Toy Story 3, or countless other movies, you can watch them in their original aspect ratio and without black bars, the Irvine, California-based Vizio said. The 50 inch and 58 inch class sizes will be available later this year, and the company plans to showcase a 71-inch version too.

Sprint has added the HTC EVO Shift to its lineup, priced at $149, the cheapest smartphone to date.

Wirlesss carrier Sprint has unveiled a new 4G-enabled smartphone HTC Evo Shift priced at $149.99, which will be available starting Jan. 9.

Ford said its Sync radio system has been installed in more than 3 million vehicles, since it was first introduced late in 2007.

Apple’s iOS is the No.1 mobile operating system with 28.6 percent of the smartphone operating system market share in U.S, while Google’s Android with 25.8 percent share stands at No.3, said a report by research firm, The Nielson Company.

Google and Apple are slugging it out in the publishing domain as they up their ante to woo publishers, who are still emerging from the recessionary shock and are looking for a viable digital content related business model.

Android is gaining popularity among new smartphone buyers in the US even though Apple’s iOS still leads the overall smartphone market.

The Galaxy S line smartphones superior all-round performance in every aspect as a smartphone should have caught the attention of the viewers. The smartphone from Samsung was listed by TIME as number 2 device in Top 10 Gadgets of 2010 and that should be due to its Super AMOLED display, as Samsung and LG are the only manufacturers of AMOLED display screen as of now.

Seven months after its debut, the Samsung Galaxy S phones hit 10 million in sales.

Megatrends in information technology suggests that airlines will likely win against travel websites in the brewing war between the two parties.

As the upcoming Consumer Electronic Show at Las Vegas gains traction, reports confirm that a slew of laptops will inundate the conference. Most of the launches were due at the end of 2010 but the delay can be attributed to the delay in the launch of Android version Honeycomb, which is touted to be more suited for tablets. While reports suggest that the iPad 2 will arrive in April, most of the companies will take the plunge at the CES to test the market before iPad comes withe serious competition...

Microsoft is set to face a tough road in operating system market in 2011.

Vizio, the maker of low-cost LCD TVs, is reportedly planning to launch an inexpensive Android smartphone and tablet computer, challenging Apple and Research in Motion.

Standard & Poor's says the semiconductor industry will face slower growth in 2011.

A powerful virus targeting smart phones in China running Google Inc's Android operating system may represent the most sophisticated bug to target mobile devices to date, security researchers said on Thursday.

Sony Corp. has filed a patent suit against LG Electronics, seeking to stop its import of mobile phones to the US. It is the latest in a series of patent complaints that have plagued the technology industry.

California-based start up Lookout Mobile Security said a new Trojan - dubbed Geinimi' - affecting Android devices has recently emerged in China and displayed botnet-like capabilities.

Sony Corp has filed a patent infringement complaint seeking to block LG Electronics Inc from shipping smartphones such as its Rumor 2 model to the United States.

A Japanese newspaper says the Sony Playstation Phone will hit North American and European markets in the spring.

New data from Pew Internet Research shows 26 percent of Americans used their cell phones to get political during the mid-term elections.

AT&T Inc. (T) said it is expanding its Wi-Fi access in New York around Times Square and introducing it in San Francisco, near the waterfront.