TECHNOLOGY

Sony is reportedly vying for the rights to a film based on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs's written biography.

Apple has released a huge update for its iTunes Mac software before launching of its new iOS 5 mobile operating system and iCloud.

When Samsung and Google last week decided to delay the unveiling of the Galaxy Nexus Prime smartphone and the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, reports surfaced that it was out for Apple's dead CEO Steve Jobs.

Millions of BlackBerry customers across four continents are without email, messaging and browsing service on their smartphones after a series of failures in Research In Motion's private network.

Chipmaker ON Semiconductor Corp said operations at one of its facilities in Thailand has been suspended owing to floods, and it could affect revenues for the fourth quarter and 2012.

RIM said it had resolved its Blackberry outage late Monday, but Tuesday morning, millions of subscribers woke up to find service still disrupted. With problems like RIM's not happening with Apple's iPhone or Google's Android devices, it seems as if the Blackberry's popularity continues to plummet to the point where it will become close to completely stifled by its competition.

Broadband technology and software provider ARRIS Group Inc said it is to buy BigBand Networks , a video networking service provider, for $2.24 per share in cash -- a premium of 76 percent -- to strengthen its networked video technology capabilities.

A seven-seat space taxi backed by NASA to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station will make a high-altitude test flight next summer, officials said on Tuesday.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was laid to rest Friday at the Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto, Calif., according to a death certificate obtained by various news organizations from the Santa Clara County Public Health Department. He died the day after the iPhone 4's successor, the 4S, was announced.

With Apple releasing the iMessage application for its iPhone Wednesday, analysts have mixed opinions about what that will mean for text messaging.

Box.net raised $81 million in funding on Monday. The cloud computing company is the darling of Silicon Valley, but can it compete with the likes of Amazon or Microsoft?

An Apple rival may be arriving in the U.S. tomorrow, Oct. 12 - the ASUS Ultrabook UX21 and UX31. The device could challenge Apple as the top MacBook Air.

Consumers are less anonymous than they think while surfing the Web, according to a study released on Tuesday that triggered new calls for do not track rules.

Two groups acting on behalf of a single nation state were behind a March attack on RSA, the maker of SecurID keys used by tens of millions of employees worldwide to access their corporate computer networks, Chief Executive Art Coviello said on Tuesday.

BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa were suffering a second day of problems on Tuesday, just hours after Research In Motion Ltd, maker of the devices, said it had fixed a huge outage.

Apple will hold a memorial service on Oct.19 at the company's headquarters in remembrance of the late, Steve Jobs, their co-founder and visionary.

A slumping economy and questions about Google Inc's smartphone strategy are among the investor concerns that CEO Larry Page will need to address when the Internet giant reports results on Thursday.

Investors will focus on ASML's fourth-quarter orders for signs of a recovery in the global chip sector when the Dutch chip equipment maker reports third-quarter results on Wednesday.

Broadband technology and software provider ARRIS Group Inc said it is to buy BigBand Networks, a video networking service provider, for $2.24 per share in cash -- a premium of 76 percent -- to strengthen its networked video technology capabilities.

An activist Research In Motion investor says holders of at least 8 percent of the BlackBerry maker's stock back its call for a sale or a corporate shake-up at the struggling Canadian company.

Mount Everest may have the tallest peak on Earth but it stands small next to a mountain that has been discovered in the south polar region of the giant asteroid Vesta.

Netflix hiked its prices and split its DVD and streaming services. One month later, the company is undoing the split and combining its services again. Can Netflix regain fan favor with Reed Hastings as CEO?

The popular digital music service Spotify made an operating loss of 26.5 million pounds ($41.5 million) in 2010, despite growing revenue more than five-fold due to increased advertising and attracting more subscribers in Europe.

A new report reveals that Google+ has lost about 60 percent of its traffic gained after opening to the public in September. Can Google+ survive against Facebook?

The battle between high-end smartphones is getting hotter by the day, with two most talked-about phones being Samsung Galaxy S2 and Apple iPhone 4S. Both the phones promise blazing performance but there still could be some differences between the two that could influence consumers when it comes to choosing one.

AT&T/ Verizon / Sprint: Which is Best Network for the 'Most Amazing' iPhone 4S?

Owners of nearly 12 percent of BlackBerry developer Research in Motion are demanding a shakeup or sale, Toronto activist investor Victor Alboini tells IBTimes.

With a number of great devices readily available from leading manufacturers like Samsung, Apple and Motorola, the so-called smartphone war has never been so intense and fierce. Announced on Oct. 4, Apple's iPhone 4S will be launched on Oct. 14, while Samsung launched its Galaxy S2 in the U.S. sometime in the middle of last month. Here is a comparison of the two rivals, based on their specs, features and price.

California-based tech giant, Apple Inc., received an overwhelming response from all around the world for the iPhone 4S. However, a host of Android-powered phones, sporting quad-core, 1.2GHz and 1.5GHz chipsets could spoil the Cupertino giant's party.