TECHNOLOGY

Speculations are rife that Apple is likely to launch its next generation iPad - aka iPad 3 - with A6 processors onboard, later this month. In addition, rumors about the Apple iPhone 5 (or whatever the company decides to call it), are also gathering momentum indicating a launch later this year.

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime is expected to hit the U.S. market in January 2012. However, the latest news suggests that pre-order stock available at both Best Buy and GameStop has been sold out and is currently listed as not being available.

Celebrities have continued to grab our attention this year, some with uninformed, melodramatic tweets and others with wit and groundbreaking news. Needless to say many of them have been entertaining. Here's a look back at some of the funniest tweets of 2011, ahead of the New Year.

As 2011 counts down to its last few hours, there will be a number of people working on Apple's forthcoming mobile operating system - the company themselves, the product users and, obviously, iOS hackers.

2011 has been a very exciting year for smartphones thanks to the number of devices that flooded the market, and the trend is expected to continue in 2012.

Many users, who had already overwritten an earlier jailbreak and stepped into the puffed-up untethered jailbreak world, have been facing a number of crashes due to MobileSubstrate-based apps. To fix the issue, a third beta of Redsn0w - called Redsn0w 0.9.10b3 - has been released for both Mac OS X and Windows.

Boeing Co beat out Lockheed Martin to retain its position as the prime contractor for the U.S. long-range missile shield, the Pentagon said on Friday.

Former Hewlett Packard CEO Mark Hurd made increasingly aggressive romantic advances over several years toward an independent contractor who later accused him of sexual harassment, according to claims in a letter from her lawyer obtained by Reuters.

The iPad 3 was initially rumored to be thicker than its predecessor in order to accommodate an alleged retina screen, but new reports have revealed that the tablet's new design will be slightly thinner than the iPad 2, the DigiTimes reported.

An untethered jailbreak for Apple devices powered by the A4 processor has been released. Meanwhile, users of Apple devices running on the A5 processor are still waiting for their jailbreak. However, the release of a break for A4 devices doesn't mean the hackers' jobs are over.

ASUS' Eee Pad Transformer Prime is expected to hit the U.S. market in 2012 but a rumor suggests the 32GB Amethyst Gray version could be made available to certain pre-ordered customers after Christmas.

The Chinese government is working with domestic Internet search engines like Baidu Inc and Sohu.com and financial institutions to prevent phishing attacks on unsuspecting Chinese web users.

Mobile phones, long seen as safe amid rising threats to computer security, have become a key target for hackers and an increasing worry for corporate IT departments.

AT&T released one of the long-awaited 4G LTE smartphones, HTC Vivid, on its network Nov. 6. The phone has a 128.8 x 67.1 x 11.2 mm dimension, and weighs 176.9 grams.

HTC Amaze 4G, which was released in October for T-Mobile, is expected to see or give stiff competition to Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, which is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) version of the Galaxy S2 and debuted Nov 6 in AT&T network.

The report from Taiwanese publication DigiTimes that claimed tech giants Apple Inc. would unveil two iPad models at the Macworld conference in January has been met with a storm of skeptical replies.

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime hopefuls may be sitting at home waiting for their pre-ordered tablets to arrive, but some Best Buy Stores have started stocking the gadgets on their shelves, according to Planet Insane's tech Blog.

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is currently the most discussed tablet with high expectations about its features and performance.

Photography has long been a popular hobby for those who could afford quality cameras and had the free time to shoot what they wanted. With a point and shoot camera today, anyone can be a pro photographer, and the Canon Powershot S95 and Nikon Coolpix S3100 are great places to start. Both are lightweight, slim and take incredible stills and video.

Asus' Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet is having its must have moment in the sun. Due to its quad-core system and tech geek appeal, the Prime is an underground hit before it even hits the shelves. Some retailers have given a January 6 date for when they'll be available, but that isn't soon enough for many tablet crazed would-be buyers.

The best Twitter feeds to follow in the new year.

Amazon.com Inc shares fell to their lowest level since late March on Thursday on concern about sales growth during the online retailer's crucial fourth quarter.

The Kindle Fire was one of the most popular holiday gifts this year, but many users may be worried that Amazon's tablet lacks basic necessities. You can easily have access to a number of essentials by downloading these top ten crucial apps for your Kindle Fire.

Netflix Inc and Gap Inc were among the worst performers in customer satisfaction among the largest online retailers this holiday season, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

Happy New Year 2012! This year, your resolution might be to stick to your diet and finally lose weight. Here are the 12 best apps to help you shed those pounds before bikini season.

Deutsche Telekom AG, a Hungarian unit and three former executives were charged by a U.S. regulator with bribery involving government officials in Macedonia and Montenegro.

Netflix Inc and Gap Inc were among the worst performers in customer satisfaction among the largest online retailers this holiday season, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

A smartphone is no longer a style statement, rather it is a necessity. So there is no wonder that 2011 has been an exciting year for smartphones. A number of smartphones flooded the market this year and the phones manufactured by HTC stole a considerable share in the market.

Verizon Wireless said on Thursday that it had resolved an issue with its high-speed wireless network overnight, after its third widely reported problem in a month.