TECHNOLOGY

Amazon.com Inc began shipping its Kindle Fire on Monday, a day earlier than it expected and extending its lead time over Barnes & Noble Inc's rival Nook tablet.

A new study from Pew Research and GWU found that news organizations take to Twitter to promote their own sites, rather than link to other news.

Armed with her Twitter account, and over 220,000 followers, @SororityProblem is out to conquer the publishing world with her second book, Sucks to Suck the sequel to her first hit novel Sorry I'm Not Sorry. Sorry I'm Not Sorry is currently available for both Kindle and the Nook. Sucks to Suck will be released November 21.

Kindle Fire, a tablet computer manufactured by online retail giant Amazon.com, and released on Sept. 28, was scheduled to ship on Nov. 15. However, it is now shipping on Nov. 14, a day earlier.

Diaspora, the open-source alternative to Facebook, has lost one of its co-founders, Ilya Zhitomirskiy. He died Saturday at the age of 22.

Groupon Inc is trying to grab a much larger share of consumers' holiday spending this year following the biggest daily deal company's initial public offering.

Warren Buffett said his Berkshire Hathaway Inc has accumulated a 5.5 percent stake in IBM, the billionaire investor's biggest bet in the technology field he has historically shunned.

News Corp's James Murdoch was kept in the dark about the scale of phone hacking at the News of the World by his subordinates who tried to manage the problem, the newspaper's former chief reporter said on Monday.

Amazon.com's Kindle Fire tablet and Microsoft's efforts to get back into the mobile game have impressed developers, a survey released on Monday showed, while BlackBerry maker Research In Motion fell further behind.

Google Inc. is organizing a media event in Los Angeles on Wednesday; something that will be completely dedicated to music. Google is launching a program to enable the purchase and download of music, along with some social networking features.

Daily deals, group buying, group coupons, social commerce and flash sales have emerged as the Internet's new growth segment, modernizing, in the process, the way local consumer services are promoted.

For a lot of people the day begins amid the chaos of a transit pressure-cooker. Agitated workers wedge onto trains or buses to make the stressful commute to work and arrive feeling frazzled, a state that only worsens as the day wears on.

Toronto-based Kobo has unveiled its $99.99 Kobo Touch e-reader that would display ads and other offers when the device is not in use.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has unveiled the world's first 16-core x86 Opteron 6200 server chip, formerly code-named Interlagos. The chip maker also launched its 8-core 4200 Series processors, code-named Valencia.

Shares in Olympus Corp rose by the maximum allowed on Monday on signs the scandal-hit maker of cameras and endoscopes may escape having its shares de-listed.

Shares in Olympus Corp rose by the maximum allowed on Monday on signs the scandal-hit maker of cameras and endoscopes may escape having its shares de-listed.

Ready to ditch your wallet, cash and credit cards? A mobile payment app lets users make purchases with their smartphone without taking the device out of their pocket or purse.

Amazon Inc's much awaited 7 inch tablet, Kindle Fire is coming on Nov 15. Even before its arrival the small screen tablet has created much of a sensation because of its low price.

In every techie cohort, there is always one audiophile. We know just what to get him or her this holiday season.

Scandal-hit Olympus Corp shares were untraded with a glut of buy orders on Monday after a source familiar with the case said it may be hit with only a fine for false financial reports, a move which could prevent a delisting.

Tech & Trend’s holiday gift guide for the discriminating girlfriend/wife/female roommate/cute girl at the pizza place cash register.

The smart feature on the new iPhone 4S is of course the Siri voice assistant, which is a fairly intelligent feature that lets users ask questions and receive answers. The future for Siri appears to be not to have to vocalize but rather simply think those questions.

iPhone users were prompted to update their software to iOS 5.0.1 on Saturday in what was supposed to be a quick fix for the iPhone 4S' battery drain issue. But even though some users have seen an improvement in their battery life, the majority of users continue to complain; some say that the problem has become worse since the upgrade.

Emirates airline placed a blockbuster order for 50 Boeing 777 jetliners at the Dubai Air Show on Sunday, underscoring the confidence brimming among fast-growing Gulf airlines despite growing fears of stalling global growth.

Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG does not need a new cost cutting program after it announced a big savings plan last year, Chairman Franz Humer told a newspaper on Sunday.

Emirates airline placed a blockbuster order for 50 Boeing 777 jetliners at the Dubai Air Show on Sunday, underscoring the confidence brimming among fast-growing Gulf airlines despite growing fears over the world economy.

Japan's securities watchdog may recommend that a levy be imposed on Olympus Corp for false financial reports, a source familiar with the case said on Sunday, a move which could prevent a delisting of the company's shares over one of the country's biggest corporate scandals.

Apple Inc. is recalling its first-generation iPod nanos from U.S.-based customers because of possible overheating of the device's battery.

Japan's securities watchdog may recommend that a levy be imposed on Olympus Corp for false financial reports, a source familiar with the case said on Sunday, a move which could prevent a delisting of the company's shares over one of the country's biggest corporate scandals.