TECHNOLOGY

As iPhone 4S is receiving overwhelming demand and several stores are experiencing stock outs, Apple is readying a successor to iPhone 4S in the name of iPhone 5. Rumors are rife that Apple would be beginning the production of iPhone 5 in the first-half of 2012.

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion on Tuesday named Sunil Dutt as its new managing director for India, one of its key growth markets, a month after its former top executive in the country left the company.

Holiday shoppers may have taken a breather after busy Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. However, the traffic in big box retailers, smaller format stores and carrier stores was strong.

An independent panel issued a damning report on a $1.7 billion accounting scandal at Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp on Tuesday, urging legal action against the executives responsible for the cover-up and the replacement of other board members who knew.

BlackBerry makers, Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ:RIMM), could surprise people with its QNX-based devices that may guide the Canadian company to better fortunes, according to a Wall Street analyst.

The highly anticipated Galaxy Nexus for Verizon Wireless, the latest high-end smartphone from Samsung, will sell for $299.99, The Wall Street Journal reported being told by people familiar with the situation.

Research In Motion (RIM), on Tuesday, named Sunil Dutt as the organization's new Managing Director (MD) for India, one of its key growth markets, a month after the former top executive left the company.

Recent reports suggest that “H1Siri” was developed by a group of Chinese hackers calling themselves the “CD-Dev Team” and poses security risks for users’ personal data. In addition, the hack is unlawful, as it uses Apple Inc.’s copyrighted codes.

Popular Apple iPad news application, Flipboard, said on Tuesday it has partnered with China's Sina Corp and Renren Inc to launch a Chinese edition of the application to woo users in the world's largest Internet market.

Social networking website Facebook said on Tuesday it recognizes Indian government's interest in minimizing the amount of abusive content online, and it will remove any content violating its terms.

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it plans to build a flash memory chip plant in China, seen costing some $4 billion, as a boom in smartphones and tablet computers is set to fuel the $22 billion chip industry's growth next year.

Indian Telecom Minister after facing strong opposition on his recent idea of monitoring content on social networking Web sites like Facebook and Twitter, has come out with a defensive statement saying he does not want the censorship instead he wants solution to offensive content.

Samsung Electronics, the world's top memory chip maker, said on Tuesday it had decided to build a plant in China to start production of flash memory chips from 2013 as it seeks to ride a boom in smartphones and tablet computers.

American video games developer, Epic Games, is reportedly set to make a big announcement this weekend, at the Spike Video Games Award (VGA), which will honor the best games in 2011.

Hacker iH8sn0w has figured out iFaith v1.4, a (currently) Windows-only tool, allows users to downgrade to iOS 5, so feel free while upgrading to iOS 5.0.1.

The device should arrive in the U.S. market within a few months.

Halo 4 is set for a release in the fourth quarter of 2012.

A court error on Friday offered a brief glimpse at information that Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics have tried to shield from the public during their high-stakes patent litigation.

A court error on Friday offered a brief glimpse at information that Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics have tried to shield from the public during their high-stakes patent litigation.

An investigative panel on Tuesday found no link between organized crime and Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp, an outcome that may help it survive a $1.7 billion accounting scandal that ranks as one of the nation's worst.

A U.S. court error Friday offered a brief glimpse at information that Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics have tried to shield from the public during their high-stakes patent litigation.

Verizon Wireless is said to release the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus for $299.00 on a two-year contract.

On a single, dimly-lit floor in the towering central Seoul headquarters of Korea's National Police Agency, dozens of hard drives and mobile phones sit on shelves awaiting dissection.

Shares in Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp surged on Tuesday as investors bet that a probe into its scandal-ridden accounts would not turn up any nasty new surprises which could lead to the stock being delisted.

If you are interested in one the most popular Android phones in the world, there are ten things you should know about the Samsung Galaxy S2. It's available on AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. The T-Mobile and Sprint variants have a 4.5-inch screen while the AT&T version has a 4.3-inch screen.

Shares of Olympus Corp soared as much as 15 percent on Tuesday ahead of the company's release of the findings of an investigation into an accounting scandal.

Verizon has more $200 and $300 mobile phones than anyone, and Bionic and Rezound fit into this category. Rezound is the brand new device, and for $300 you get true HD 1280x720p resolution under the 4.3-inch super LCD screen. It's also got an eight megapixel camera and 16 gigabytes of internal storage. Bionic has the same size screen but not quite the same resolution. It's still got good resolution at 960x540p under the qHD display

Finally, a sight we have all been waiting for: the Galaxy Nexus in what appears to be Verizon's red retail packaging.

World's No.1 social network, Facebook, confirmed Monday it has hired Gowalla's management team but is not interested in the brand's service or location-based technology.