TECHNOLOGY

Apple heralds OS X Mountain Lion as the world's most advanced desktop operating system, but despite being unveiled at WWDC last month, there is no official world on its exact release date.

Apple earlier announced that it would launch the OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 in July, and now latest reports have surfaced, suggesting that the company could choose July 25 for the release.

Just a few days after a Chinese e-commerce platform surprised the tech world by accepting preorders for the next generation Apple iPhone, aka iPhone 5, another report from Asia surfaced Saturday, saying that production of the highly anticipated smartphone has already begun and is expected to launch this fall.

This July 16, you will be treated to a new version of Microsoft's productivity suite, Microsoft Office 15. The suite which is being unveiled in San Francisco has been available to select group of users since January.

After Digg got soldout to Betaworks for a paltry $500K despite being valued at $164 million previously, news of Social Network competitors killing Digg is doing the rounds even as messiahs urge competitors to refrain from going the Digg way.

The next generation iPhone will be released in the fall, according to a Japanese blog that correctly predicted the iPhone 4S's release late in 2011.

Verizon Wireless announced Friday that it would expand its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in the San Francisco Bay Area in the coming weeks.

Facebook has begun monitoring chat room messages to alert cops against suspicious behavior.

Last FM, LinkedIn and now Yahoo. Crafty hackers had the last laugh on Thursday after releasing 450,000 hacked passwords of Yahoo users online. Here's 15 ways to protect your account if your Yahoo was hacked.

A Russian programmer has released a hack that compromises iOS security and allows users to access paid in-app content for free.

The Galaxy Note that has narrowed the gap between a smartphone and a tablet has been among the key contributors to Samsung's success. While the newly released Galaxy S3 is expected to give Apple iPhone a run for its money, reports surfacing online say that a sequel to the Galaxy Note is also nearing release as early as late August.

Google released the source code of the OS earlier this week in the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), allowing developers to dabble with the new software. And now, thanks to an AOSP-based Jelly Bean (4.1.1) ROM, you can install the OS on you Amazon Kindle Fire tablet.

As news about Amazon testing its smartphone trickles down, the industry is agog with excitement of finding a smartphone that can usher in the goodies without much fuss.

Cloud Computing just got a shot in the arm as online storage service provider Dropbox decided to double the capacity of its offerings to consumers without hike in prices owing to intense competition and also offers a new 500GB service plan at $499 a year.

Although rumors and speculations surrounding Apple's sixth generation iPhone, presumably called the iPhone 5, are at their peak, the highly anticipated smartphone is not likely to hit stores before the fall. But opportunistic traders on China's largest e-commerce platform, Taobao, seem to topple the Cupertino tech giant as they have started accepting iPhone 5 pre-orders, complete with fake pictures and purported technical specifications.

Hackers responsible for the massive security breach of over 450,000 Yahoo! accounts published on Thursday a complete list of the email addresses and passwords they compromised.

It looks like Christmas does come in July for some video gamers. The Steam Summer Sale for 2012 has just kicked off, and the online gaming site has dramatically slashed the prices of some of its biggest franchises to date. From now through July 22, Steam will be offering different deals each day, including “Customer Choice” sales where fans vote for titles they want to be discounted.

While U.S Samsung enthusiasts are scurrying to stores to get their hands on the Galaxy S3, AT&T customers who want the exclusive red version of the phone will have to wait, as the phone will not be released until July 29.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 has finally arrived in Verizon stores, although some store managers are warning about limited availability, urging customers to buy the device sooner rather than later.

Google introduced the latest version of its mobile operating system, the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, last month at Google I/O 2012. During the launch, the search giant announced that over-the-air (OTA) updates of Jelly Bean would be rolled out in mid-July for devices like Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus and Xoom. Here's how to install Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean on GSM Galaxy Nexus manually.

After LinkedIn, now it's Yahoo that has reportedly fallen prey to a latest cyber attack, in which hackers of a hacking group named D33Ds Company claimed to have breached a Yahoo Voice server and posted over 453,000 user accounts and passwords, retrieved in plaintext.

As action heats up in the tablet market with news of Apple gearing up to launch iPad mini in response to competition, it appears that Google's Nexus may well take home some neat profits as there is a good difference between cost of manufacture and sale.

According to recent reports, Sprint variant of the Samsung Galaxy S3 was about to receive an OTA (over-the-air) update that would disable the universal search functionality on the handset. The update means that users of the Sprint Galaxy S3 won't be able to use the Google search bar on the homescreen to find their apps, contacts and other data. Only web-based results will return when they search with that method.

Google is pushing Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for Galaxy Nexus devices, but it seems that Samsung won?t be the only manufacturer featuring the sweet-themed software.

Gamers are rallying around one of the most explosively popular developments in gaming history -- an open-source console called Ouya.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 has finally hit store shelves, and tech fanatics aren?t the only ones raving about the device. Established consumer magazine Consumer Reports has given AT&T?s variant 78 points and T-Mobile?s 77 points.

The Android 4.1 Jelly Bean software has started rolling out and the unlocked Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ is the first to get the update, according to the Nexus blog post on Google +.

At a time when rumors surrounding Apple are mostly focused on a smaller and cheaper iPad, the so-called iPad mini, a new report surfaced Tuesday with photos of claimed 'iPhone 5 engineering samples' that depicted a device in line with on-going rumors and speculations regarding the next generation Apple smartphone.

Sprint variant of the Samsung Galaxy S3 has reportedly received an OTA update because of which users of the device won't be able to use the Google search bar on the homescreen to find their apps, contacts and other data. Only web-based results return now when we search with that method.