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By the end of this month or shortly thereafter, the $99 HP TouchPad may become available by means of a new production run, according to The Next Bench, a Hewlett-Packard Co. blog.

Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp will scale back domestic semiconductor output by the end of March 2012 and cut about 1,000 jobs, reflecting its recent move to reduce TV panel production, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.

Apple Inc.’s new voice-recognition application for the iPhone 4S, better known as Siri, may be given a run for its money by a recently released Android smartphone app called Iris, or Siri spelled backward.

Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp will scale back domestic semiconductor output by the end of March 2012 and cut about 1,000 jobs, reflecting its recent move to reduce TV panel production, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.

Anonymous, the infamous hacking group, attacked child pornography site Lolita City and many others in one of its most noble crusades yet. Anonymous hacked into 40 child pornography websites, including Lolita City, disabled the sites, and exposed the names of more than 1500 alleged pedophile users, reports ZDNet's Violet Blue.

The $99 HP TouchPad sale is expected to begin again, according to the Hewlett-Packard Co., which says it will release one last run of TouchPads to meet unfulfilled demand.

Google Inc. has reached out to two unnamed private equity firms to potentially assist them in financing a transaction to acquire Yahoo! Inc., according to a report in The Wall Street Journal Saturday.

Apple's iPad had a strong grip on the tablet market in the last quarter and it still dominates, controlling 67 per cent of the global market, according to Strategy Analytics.

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Various reports of security glitches in Apple's latest iOS 5 keep on emerging. Adding to the issues that people were facing while upgrading their iOS devices, a new flaw has surfaced, wherein iPad 2 owners using the Smart Cover unlocking enabled in iOS 5 are exposed to a bug that can break into their password-protected iPad 2.

There is great news for Angry Bird enthusiasts. The game is to be unveiled in a new avatar this Halloween.

Another Google Inc. offering is getting a facelift. The overhaul promises a cleaner interface and the introduction of an array of new features in Gmail, Google’s free email service.

With Electronic Arts' (EA) Battlefield 3 only a few days away, anticipation over the much-awaited first-person shooter has already reached fever-pitch. Adding to the craze, DICE has released the final pre-release sneak peek video of what promises to be an ultra-realistic game.

Steve Jobs' authorized biography has revealed the Apple Inc. co-founder and longtime CEO was willing to go thermonuclear in an effort to destroy Google Inc.'s Android software because he considered it a stolen product.

Samsung and Google introduced the Galaxy Nexus at an event in Hong Kong. The smartphone was scheduled to be launched last week, but was postponed possibly as a tribute to the late Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs. Motorola Droid RAZR, claimed to be the world's thinnest smartphone, was released this week.

A former Wall Street banker of Japanese descent has emerged as a key figure in the scandal engulfing Japanese blue-chip company Olympus Corp, according to documents provided by the company's ex-CEO.

A looming shortage of hard drives caused by floods in Thailand threatens to disrupt computer manufacturers as soon as December and hurt tech giants like Intel , Apple and Dell .

Facebook Ireland is under investigation after it has been accused of creating shadow profiles of people who are not registered with the social network. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland (DCP) is expected to start a comprehensive audit of Facebook Ireland before month's end.

A former Wall Street banker of Japanese descent has emerged as a key figure in the scandal engulfing Japanese blue-chip company Olympus Corp , according to documents provided by the company's ex-CEO.

Google engineer Steve Yegge, who accidentally posted last week that the Google Plus platform was a knee-jerk reaction and a pathetic after thought posted again on Friday to let the world know that he is still employed at the company. Amazingly, nothing bad happened to me at Google, Yegge wrote on his Google+ account. Everyone just laughed at me a lot, all the way up to the top, for having committed what must be the great-granddaddy of all Reply-All screwups in tech hi...

The newest iPhone has received varied opinions.

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Facebook Ireland Limited will be audited by the Irish DPC for possible breaches in data protection law. The company could face a fine of $138,000.

Apple’s new voice-recognition app for the iPhone 4S, better known as Siri, made its first commercial debut last night, proving the new iPhone is more than just a smartphone.

Gmail updates are coming soon, according to a leaked YouTube video.

Blizzard Entertainment's sixth annual Blizzcon event started on Friday afternoon at the Anaheim Convention Center with the announcement of a new World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria.

Apple has begun to take preorders for the iPhone 4S for customers living in Mexico, Spain, the Netherlands, and 19 other countries.

Europe launched the first satellites in its Galileo global navigation system on Friday, a first step toward creating a network the European Union hopes will eventually rival the U.S.-run GPS system and establish Europe as a space power.

A new global art-prize competition for pictures created using a mobile device opens on Friday to any competitor bold enough to subject their work to scrutiny by a jury.