TECHNOLOGY

Research In Motion has set up a facility in Mumbai to help the Indian government carry out lawful surveillance of its BlackBerry services, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

The global cellphone market grew 12.8 percent in the third quarter, showing the second-lowest growth rate over the past two years due to conservative consumer spending and delayed smartphone purchases, research firm IDC said on Friday.

Research In Motion has set up a facility in Mumbai to help the Indian government carry out lawful surveillance of its BlackBerry services, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Given the likelihood one of the rivals of the iPhone 4S will be the Nokia Lumia 800, it will be interesting to have a comparison of the features of the two competitors.

Pocketnow has revealed some interesting leaked BlackBerry videos posted on Vimeo that show a revolutionary smartphone device. The overall design of the handset is simple, sleek and cool -- a full-screen smartphone with edge-to-edge display -- but the on-screen phone functions seem overly basic.

Research In Motion has parted ways with a senior executive involved with the company's move into cloud-based services, adding to a string of high-level departures from the BlackBerry maker.

Samsung Electronics Co surpassed Apple Inc as the world's top smartphone maker with more than 40 percent shipment growth, and forecast strong sales in the fourth quarter, as it aims to consolidate its lead against rivals.

Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top technology firm by revenue, reported a 13 percent fall in quarterly profit, as the stellar performance of its handset business was overshadowed by a slump in its mainstay chip division.

Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top technology firm by revenue, reported a 13 percent fall in quarterly profit, as the stellar performance of its handset business was overshadowed by a slump in its mainstay chip division.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc forecast higher fourth-quarter revenue as it recovers from a manufacturing setback that has pinched the supply of its new personal computer processors.

Regulators agreed on Thursday to change an $8 billion national communications subsidy program to put more emphasis on providing high-speed Internet access to rural areas.

Nintendo announced its first annual loss in company history, a result of poor software sales and yen exchange rates. If Nintendo can't stop the advent of mobile gaming, should it join instead?

Nokia, the leading phone manufacturer in the world, announced a new phone technology that allows users to bend and twist the device in order to control it.

Hewlett-Packard is retaining its personal computer unit following an extensive review that showed that a separation would have cost at least $1.5 billion in one-time expenses.

PC chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices posted higher third-quarter revenue and forecast fourth-quarter revenue above most expectations, after warning last month about problems manufacturing its new chips,

Now that most U.S. technology companies have reported quarterly results, the upshot is that they largely dodged any bullets from the European economic crisis.

Sean Parker says that life in the 1 percent ain't so easy. Gawker reported that Parker (@sparker) tweeted on Oct. 26: You guys are really attacking me for being the 1%? I was broke and couch surfing just a few years ago. Followed by I have a whole new set of problems to deal with now: security, extortion attempts, kidnapping threats, death threats, etc. Life better b4?

Hewlett-Packard will remain the world’s No. 1 PC maker. The company decided not to spin off its Personal Systems Group after all.

Nintendo, which popularized gaming for the masses with accessible, colorful products, reported a loss of $926 million on Thursday, by far the largest for the company.

The details of Steve Jobs' LSD experiences may forever be a mystery.

British chip designer ARM has unveiled details of its first 64-bit architecture, which it said would expand its reach into enterprise applications such as servers currently dominated by Intel.

All Americans will have broadband access to Internet and telephone services by the end of the decade under new rules adopted by U.S. regulators.

Days before Groupon’s expected IPO, Google introduced major changes to its Google Offers to make it a bigger juggernaut in the daily deals market.

'Nextdoor,' a new social network launched today, is less about old friends from high school and more about new friends in the neighborhood.

* Women earn 18 percent of computer science degrees

Financial swindler Bernard Madoff said that he is happier in prison than he was on the outside because he no longer lives in fear of being arrested and knows he will die in prison, TV journalist Barbara Walters said on Thursday.

Firefox signed a partnership with Microsoft to release a version of its Web browser with Bing as the default search engine. Is Google in trouble?

Verizon Wireless Thursday started accepting pre-order for Motorola Droid RAZR. Consumers will start getting the phone by the second week of November.

Akamai Technologies President David Kenny quit as the company reported a 6.5 percent gain in net profit, leading to speculation he may be tapped as Yahoo’s next CEO.