TECHNOLOGY

Facebook has officially launched its Messenger for Windows 7 which is free and easy to download. The Messenger desktop client eliminates the need to open the browser and log into the Facebook site.

Google unveiled on the company's Google Mobile Blog Tuesday a new search feature called Recent.

Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings has quietly met with some of the largest U.S. cable companies in recent weeks to discuss adding the online movie streaming service to their cable offerings, according to sources familiar with matter.

The big day has finally come. The epic conclusion to the space apocalyptic drama series “Mass Effect” has finally been released, and players can now aid Commander Shepherd in the fight to take back Earth. If you’re not one of the many “Mass Effect” fanatics that rushed out to purchase the game upon release, here are five key takeaways points based on the reviews.

The Android Marketplace, where Google smartphone users went for apps, has been re-branded as the Google Play store. Google made the switch on March 6, 2012, releasing a short video on YouTube and redirecting users from the old web site, market.android.com, to the new Google Play homepage. Google also put dozens of apps and games on sale for just 49 cents in celebration of the shift.

A cybersecurity bill introduced by Republican Senator John McCain could dramatically expand the domestic reach of U.S. intelligence agencies and potentially give them massive troves of emails, civil liberties advocates said.

Google Inc is renaming its online storefront for music, books and digital goods, its latest move to raise its profile in the market for electronic content sales and to better compete with Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc.

Apple is reportedly buying up 7.1-inch screen components and with component suppliers to test a new tablet computer with a smaller screen. People are speculating about whether the company willbe producing what many are calling the iPad Mini in order to compete with low-budget Android devices such as the Amazon Kindle Fire.

The wait for the Apple iPad- themed event is nearly over, with the 'iPad 3' or 'iPad HD' expected to unveil on Wednesday.

Baird upgraded OmniVision Technologies Inc a notch to outperform on indications that the company's camera sensors will be used in the next version of Apple Inc's iPad tablet.

Recent excitement about the upcoming “Assassin’s Creed 3” release revealed a historically-bred Revolutionary War setting, a conflicted Native American/British protagonist, and fresh combat possibilities. But for many fans, online gameplay is a critical component in the gaming experience.

Cellphone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc hiked its quarterly dividend by 16 percent and announced a new $4 billion share buyback program.

If you're itchin' to purchase an Apple TV today, good luck finding one. Ninety-eight percent of Apple's retail locations are sold out of the set-top box device, and it isn't available for immediate pickup when placing an order for it online, reports MacRumors. The dry spell could be an indication of the pending release of an updated version of the device. Several reports that surfaced last week suggested that Apple would unveil a new version of Apple TV alongside its new tablet devic...

Chipmaker Intel expects its German sales volumes to rise more than 10 percent this year as it launches new energy-saving processors and as Microsoft launches a new version of its Windows computer operating system.

The iPhone 5 may be one of the most anticipated electronic releases of the year, but Apple may be excluding one target audience: gamers. Competitors such as the Samsung Galaxy S3 may surpass Apple’s next generation smartphone in the mobile gaming community.

Most iPad enthusiasts are expecting the launch of the iPad 3 at Apple's major event on Wednesday, but Mashable's Chris Taylor claims if one rumor is true, it's that the tablet will be released as the 'iPad HD,' and not the iPad 3.

The world's most valuable company has turned into a bit of a casino stock.

Cellphone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc hiked its quarterly dividend by 16 percent and announced a new $4 billion share buyback program.

A four-legged robot known as the Cheetah lived up to its name on Monday, setting a new land speed record for legged robots by running at 18 mph on a treadmill at a laboratory in Massachusetts, its developer said.

AT&T Inc is in a tentative labor contract with the Communications Workers of America covering roughly 9,000 workers in five states, according to the company and the union.

The world is just days away from another Apple revolution with the release of the highly anticipated iPad 3 and its rumored features, specs and price $80 more expensive than the iPad 2. But maybe you don’t have that much cash to shell out for the next biggest Apple tablet. View the slideshow to see photos of some other tablet computer alternatives to consider as the world goes mad for the Apple iPad 3.

Research In Motion will be forced to slash the fees it charges carriers for BlackBerry service this year, an analyst said on Monday as another U.S. government customer edged away from the service, cutting into a pillar of the struggling smartphone company's business model.

While Samsung continues to hold its silence over the official release date of the highly anticipated Galaxy S3 phone, the company has revealed that it will announce the phone's launch date via Twitter.

A U.S. senator has urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reports that applications on the Apple Inc and Google Inc mobile systems steal private photos and contacts and post them online without consent.

The iPad 3 isn't the only Apple product creating a buzz. Hype about the iPhone 5 has also begun to surface, and some 4S owners may be out of luck in terms of upgrades from cellphone carriers. No official release date has been set yet for the next generation smartphone, but rumors have said that the iPhone will be seeing a summer or fall 2012 launch.

The hype around the likely unveiling of the iPad 3 on Wednesday has caused a flurry in the market place with people buying, selling and trading their older iPads.

Arcade dwellers, gamers, and martial arts enthusiasts are gearing up for one of the most anticipated video game releases of the year-Street Fighter vs. Tekken. The combat-based game combines two classic kingpins of the genre into one ultra-competitive smack down.

A lack of agreement between media company MVS and the Mexican government over how to unlock a private broadband project is threatening to shelve the plan for several more years as growing court appeals cloud the case.

As Apple's special media event on March 7 approaches--where many expect the company to reveal the iPad 3--techies around the world are speculating what a new Apple tablet device might look like. One Chinese tech blog, M.I.C. Gadget, claims to have specific details about the design of a new Apple device just days before the company's special event. The blog has partially constructed what it purports to be the iPad 3 using what it claims to be authentic supplier parts.