TECHNOLOGY

An Apple employee has lost a next generation iPhone prototype in a bar at San Francisco and Apple is unable to recover it.

Sony has finally jumped into the tablet market by announcing two models - Tablet S and Tablet P - and is set to rival Apple whose iPad is ruling the roost.

Social networking giant Facebook is now re-developing the Web site to make it more music-friendly.

TomTom will expand its offerings to include a satnav application for Apple's iPad, hoping to balance the fast shrinking of its key personal navigation device market.

TouchPad makers Hewlett Packard (HP) has planned to have one last go at customers with their last batch of TouchPads.

Back-to-back shocking announcements from HP has left its competitors and analysts speculating that it is a planned strategy to increase its market demand.

Australia's dominant phone company, Telstra Corp, will be $5 billion better off working with the government's new high-speed broadband network than competing against it, an independent expert said, paving the way for shareholder approval.

Australia's dominant phone company, Telstra Corp, will be $5 billion better off working with the government's new high-speed broadband network than competing against it, an independent expert said, paving the way for shareholder approval.

Openwave Systems, a phone software maker, filed a patent lawsuit against Apple (AAPL) and Reseach in Motion (RIMM) Wednesday, seeking to ban the import of the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Curve smartphone and PlayBook tablet into the United States.

Australia's dominant phone company, Telstra Corp, will be $5 billion better off working with the government's new high-speed broadband network than competing against it, an independent expert said, paving the way for shareholder approval.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a complaint Wednesday opposing AT&T's $39 billion merger with T-Mobile, citing antitrust concerns and saying that the deal would substantially lessen the competition.

Facebook is putting finishing touches to new features on users' home pages that deeply integrate music services from partners including Spotify, MOG, Rhapsody, Slacker and Rdio, according to people familiar with the plans.

Microsoft allegedly tracks the location of its mobile customers even after users request that tracking software be turned off, according to a new lawsuit.

A general counsel at AT&T said the company will fight an antitrust lawsuit suit the Department of Justice filed on Wednesday. Wayne Watts, who serves as both senior executive vice president and general counsel for AT&T, said the lawsuit from the Justice Department has surprised and disappointed him, especially in light of the fact that the government agency gave no indication that it was planning to take such actions.

Research In Motion's head of developer relations, Mike Kirkup, has resigned, the latest in a string of departures as the BlackBerry maker seeks to claw back ground lost to Apple and Google.

Sony's hopes of dominating consumer electronics once again with its new tablets suffered a crushing blow on Wednesday from analysts and gadget reviewers whose first impressions were overwhelmingly bad.

Software maker Openwave Systems filed a complaint against Apple and Research In Motion on Wednesday, alleging infringement of five of its patents relating to mobile Internet technology.

Another next-generation iPhone has reportedly gone missing.

Sony has unveiled a slew of new toys at the IFA including its entry into the tablet space.

Web-based software maker Salesforce.com Inc's Chief Executive Marc Benioff unveiled a slew of social networking tools and said he was inspired by recent revolutions in Egypt and Libya.

The Justice Department said its move is to ensure that competition remains and that everyone to include consumers, businesses and the government continues to get high quality, competitively priced mobile wireless products and services.

Pfizer Inc reached a settlement with Dr. Reddy's Laboratories , an Indian drugmaker that has been fighting in court to launch cheaper generic forms of Pfizer's blockbuster cholesterol fighter, the companies said on Wednesday .

Sony Corp put price tags on its long-awaited tablets on Wednesday that could hurt the company's chances to grab the No. 2 spot in the tablet market.

IBM has agreed to buy British security analytics software firm i2 for an undisclosed sum, it said Wednesday, as it continues to devour companies that can help its clients deal with growing mountains of data.

HP said more TouchPads are on the way in the current quarter, which ends on October 31.

Chinese environmental groups accused Apple Inc of turning a blind eye as its suppliers pollute the country, the latest criticism of the technology company's environmental record.

Sony Corp took the wraps off a new tablet that functions as a universal remote, and another one that folds like a clamshell, hoping to distinguish its devices from scores of others already on the market.

The government has decided to block the AT&T-T-Mobile merger, citing antitrust issues.

Roche expects a new generation of drugs targeted at specific groups of patients to make up half its portfolio in 10 years, a shift that is pushing the boundaries of modern medicine.