TECHNOLOGY

Apple released its iOS 5.1 beta to developers on Monday with the new build available for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2, iPad and both the third and fourth generation iPod Touch.

Still searching for the best deals and biggest sales on Cyber Monday? From Walmart's Cyber Week to Amazon's rotating deals, from Best Buy's free gift cards to Toys R Us sales, here's a list of nine web sites with sales will keep the bargains coming until midnight or later for you last-minute shoppers.

It can call people for you on the fly and remind you when your father's birthday is, but Siri is much more than that. Now, a developer cracked a code to make Siri start his car for him. And stop, lock and unlock the vehicle.

Two of T-Mobile's finest offerings, the Samsung Galaxy S2 and HTC Amaze, are both around $200 with a new two year contract, but which should you choose? They are both 4G enabled with eight megapixel cameras and large four inch plus screens. The Amaze has better resolution, but it doesn't have the brilliance or contrast featured in the Galaxy S2's Super AMOLED Plus display.

The Apple product was glowing red and emitting a significant amount of black smoke when it suffered a minor explosion on a Regional Express flight from Lismore to Sydney, Australia. This is not the first time Apple's lithium batteries overheating have caused fires and combustion, and the burning iPhone 4 incident still has no definite cause from Australian authorities.

People looking for Activision Blizzard's (ATVI.O) new children's game Skylanders this holiday season may be out of luck after the game sold better than expected, the video game maker's top executive said on Monday.

S&P cut the credit rating of the Los Gatos, Calif.-based company to BB- from BB. Its outlook remains stable.

Best Buy posts big Black Friday weekend numbers, including selling out of Playbook tablets.

AT&T offers both the iPhone 4 and Atrix 4G for $100 on their Web site, but which one is better? iPhone 4 is over a year old now, and Atrix will be getting the Android 4.0 update next year. Besides the new software update, Atrix has a bigger screen and one of the highest resolution displays out there. It's even got a fingerprint scanner so once the 4.0 update hits, you'll have a bevy of security features to choose from including the Face Unlock.

Sources say Hitachi and Sony have begun to ship Apple 4-inch LCD panels for a new iOS devices. Is this the iPhone 5?

AOL Inc does not plan to buy any of Yahoo's assets, AOL's chief executive said on Monday.

Shares of the Seattle-based retailer rose 6.44 percent to $194.15.

Zynga reportedly attempted to buy Rovio, the makers of Angry Birds, for $2.25 billion, but were rejected. Is this a warning sign for Zynga?

Research In Motion, the company that makes the BlackBerry Playbook recently cut the tablet's price to $200, and Best Buy seems to have sold out their online stock. Additionally, RIM employees get to add their yearly $100 off in house products to the already discounted PlayBook

Hedy Lamarr may have been known for her astonishing beauty but it was her inventor streak that really stands out.

Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it saw a surge in sales of its Kindle devices, helped by its new Kindle Fire tablet, on the crucial Black Friday shopping day after Thanksgiving.

The long-awaited iPhone 4S launch helped Apple Inc (AAPL.O) take top spot in the British smartphone market in October, overtaking phones using Google Inc's (GOOG.O) Android platform, data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech showed on Monday.

Some 150 websites allegedly selling counterfeit goods including shoes, purses, sunglasses and sports jerseys have been seized, authorities said on Monday, coinciding with the Cyber Monday holiday shopping day.

The judge hearing the Justice Department's challenge of AT&T Inc's plan to buy Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA unit has postponed a status conference set for this week until early December, the court said in an order issued on Monday.

European telecoms lobbying group ECTA urged EU regulators on Monday to cut fees charged by dominant operators for access to copper wire networks, arguing such firms enjoyed unfair subsidies.

A pair of Monday morning notes on Research In Motion paint sharply contrasting views of the company that makes the BlackBerry.

Tablets may be awkward to shoot pictures with, but the front-facing cameras are a great feature to have for video chat. Many of the large tablet computers with good cameras are actually for business users. The slate style devices are $1,000 and more, but for consumers, the popular devices are getting better as far as cameras go. Most smartphones have better cameras for obvious reasons. They are easier to carry and you're much more likely to take out your phone to take a picture than you are w...

Verizon Galaxy Nexus rumors and puzzling Best Buy ads have left fans in the U.S. confused and frustrated about the phones release date, but Computer World claims to have finally found a credible source who leaked that pre-orders for the phone will start on Tuesday.

Apple, the world’s most valuable technology company, could double the number of iPads sold over the next year despite competition from new entrants, analysts say.

HTC's promise of competitive new models early next year may not be enough of a strategy shift to convince investors it can regain the innovative streak that catapulted it from an obscure contract maker to the world's No.4 smartphone brand.

The European Commission aims to regulate the way Facebook gathers information about its 800 million users and sells it to advertisers. Facebook won't go down without a fight.

EDocuments unearthed by Reuters show a new link between Japan's Olympus Corp and a veteran banker at the center of an accounting scandal engulfing the firm, as attention focuses on the role he played in the company's deal-making.

TOKYO/HONG KONG - Documents unearthed by Reuters show a new link between Japan's Olympus Corp and a veteran banker at the center of an accounting scandal engulfing the firm, as attention focuses on the role he played in the company's deal-making.

Traditional paper business cards are still the status quo but a redesigned iPhone app is helping them go digital.