TECHNOLOGY

If you own a T-Mobile variant of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and have already updated your device to the new Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean official firmware, you must be looking for ways to root the phone running on the latest firmware. Here is a tutorial explaining how to do that.

Keeping its promise, U.S. carrier T-Mobile has started rolling out the Multi-Window update for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Wednesday. However, the update remains on the same OS version as the phone’s previous software – Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean. Here is how to install it.

THQ (Nasdaq: THQI) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will sell off its U.S. assets to affiliates of the private equity firm Clearlake Capital Group L.P., the company said today in a statement to investors.

After Tim Cook told Brian Williams of his "intense interest" in the TV set, supplier Foxconn says two models are in the works.

Google's Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update for Samsung's Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Note is expected to arrive in January 2013.

Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) reports third-quarter results Thursday. What's key to know about the BlackBerry maker?

Instagram has addressed concerns about its Terms of Service update, saying that it does not plan to sell users' photos or display them in ad campaigns.

Smartphones across the United States using Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) operating system are being infected with a new form of malicious software known as SpamSoldier, according two separate reports from network security firms released this week.

Google endowed its Google Play service with an iTunes Match-esque song matching service on Tuesday, but unlike Apple, Google will let you store 20,000 songs in the cloud absolutely free.

Capcom (TYO: 9697) has cut its full-year consolidated outlook for the fiscal year ending March 31 due to worse-than-expected sales of its recent video game "Resident Evil 6" and a delay in the release of its upcoming "Monster Hunter 4."

Nokia is rumored to unveil a Windows RT-based 10-inch tablet at February's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Swiss bank UBS accepted a $1.5 billion fine on Wednesday after admitting fraud and bribery in a deepening scandal over the rigging of global benchmark interest rates.

IBM said it planned to acquire private StoredIQ to deepen its penetration of the market for “big data” products.

For 2012, both NORAD and Google have their own Santa tracker apps to track the man in the red suit on Christmas Eve.

Seven months after Elliott Management bid for BMC Software (NASDAQ:BMC), it bid for Compuware Corp. (NASDAQ:CPWR). Why?

Users of Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 I535 can try their hands on the latest Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean using custom firmware LiquidSmooth ROM, which is based on Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean AOSP.

On the heels of rolling out iOS 6.1 Beta 4 for its registered developers Monday, Apple released an incremental iOS 6.0.2 firmware update Tuesday, exclusively for the iPhone 5 and the iPad mini to fix Wi-Fi bug on both the devices.

If you are one of those registered Apple developers and looking forward to try some jailbreaking on the new beta release, you’ll be glad to know that you can perform a tethered jailbreak on iOS 6.1 beta 4 using Redsn0w 0.9.15b3.

Mick Mountz, the founder and CEO of Boston-based Kiva Systems, shares his experience in starting a hardware company and offers tips for others looking to break into the scene.

A recent report from mobile product Q&A website FixYa has revealed the top user complaints when it comes to the 7-inch tablet industry.

Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) said second-quarter earnings blew past estimates.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) has been ordered to stop enforcing its real name policy by the Independent Centre for Privacy Protection (ULD), a German data protection agency.

Instagram is the target of a storm of outrage on Twitter and other sites after a change in its user agreement hinted that it might use shared photos in ads.

T-Mobile has confirmed that a software update for the Galaxy Note 2 that brings multi window support will launch tomorrow.

The Cheezburger Network has launched a new API to make it easier for web developers to share their own content through the Cheezburger network.

Apple released the fourth beta build of iOS 6.1 on Tuesday so its developers can begin working out the kinks in Safari, Passbook and Maps.

A new website backed by Daniel Ellsberg and John Perry Barlow is raising funds for embattled WikiLeaks, Julian Assange's controversial site.

Exablox, a start-up, has received $22 million in venture capital to battle Dropbox in cloud storage.

A Google executive has announced that its Maps app has broken 10 million downloads in its first 48 hours.