TECHNOLOGY

Japanese optical glass-maker Hoya said on Friday it would sell its Pentax camera business to copier and printer maker Ricoh, in a deal the Nikkei business daily said was worth about 10 billion yen ($124.2 million).

With Apple's iPhone 5 approaching fast, what is Samsung coming up with?

Google Inc. launched its most aggressive social network effort Google+, which looks remarkably similar to Facebook in terms of aesthetics and could pose as a threat to Facebook's dominance. Will Facebook counter this with 'Facebook+' next week?

Apple Inc and Research In Motion are part of a winning consortium of six companies buying bankrupt Nortel Networks Corp's remaining patent portfolio for $4.5 billion, in a hotly contested auction that saw Google and Intel lose out.

HTC is releasing another phone, the HTC Eternity, which adds Windows flavor to the growing list of super-phones vying to upset the iPhone's dominance in the market.

Frankly, we shouldn't really be surprised by the news. Google's hot release Google+ is currently adding people only through invites, which means the unlucky ones who haven't got an invite are facing a difficult situation. A section is giving away their Gmail IDs in Twitter and random forums hoping that some gracious people would drop a Google+ invite, only to learn that spammers did pick up their Gmail IDs, instead of that gracious Google+ guy. Can you really blame the Google+ h...

Apple's closest competitor at the moment is the Android App Market which has nearly 220,000 apps.

A recent Nielsen report comparing smartphones growth with feature phones, suggests that iphones have seen more growth than Android phones in recent months.

Google launched its social networking service called Google+ in its latest attempt to break into the social networking realm. After the failure of Google Buzz and Wave to garner public support, there's now a belief that the company may finally have figured out how to go social.

Skype launches its new version for Android users. Initially the software will be supported in selective Android phones.

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) announced its new Flexible Path 3 (FP3) silicon for the all-important 7750 Edge Router on Wednesday. The chip is a programmable, 400 Gbps processor to be used in the company’s successful 7750 Edge Router platform.

The iPad 100,000 apps milestone marks the success of a tablet dominated market held by Apple. The frenzy of tablets originated with the company's first iPad release in 2010. Since then iPad and iPad two have held its top position growing from 3,000 to 100,000 developed apps for iPad in only 16 months.

Samsung Electronics Co named the head of its chip business to lead a newly created division encompassing the firm's semiconductor and flat-screen operations in a move widely seen as aimed at overhauling its struggling LCD unit.

Samsung Electronics Co named the head of its chip business to lead a newly created division encompassing the firm's semiconductor and flat-screen operations in a move widely seen as aimed at overhauling its struggling LCD unit.

A consortium including Apple Inc, EMC Corp, Ericsson and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion bought bankrupt telecommunications gear maker Nortel Networks Corp's remaining patent portfolio for $4.5 billion, in an auction that began early this week.

NASA space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station at 11:26 am EDT on July 8, which will be the final flight in the 30-year shuttle program.

Facebook, the world's biggest social networking Web site, plans to launch something awesome next week. Speculation is growing that the upcoming announcement may be a long-awaited Facebook app for Apple's iPad and a specialized app for photo-sharing on the iPhone. Facebook has not yet introduced an iPad app.

Insane Demand Shuts Google+ Invites, but are there loopholes?

After Apple's developer conference last month anticipation has been mounting for the company's iPhone 5, but the buzz may be slowing down sales of its current offerings, analyst say.

Buzz is growing around Google's new social network, Google+. You want to come to the party? Sorry, you'll need an invite.

TAG Heuer,a Swiss luxury watchmaker, has launched a luxurious $6,750Smartphone called 'TAG Heuer LINK'.

Google's controlled release of Google+ is called into question by one analyst.

Motorola teased eager customers on Thursday leaking more details on its upcoming Droid Bionic phone.

Half of Myspace's employee base is gone after the social network is sold from News Corp. to Specific Media.

Eastman Kodak shares plunged 15 percent on Thursday after a U.S. trade panel upheld portions of a ruling unfavorable to the company in a patent fight over digital camera technology in cellphones.

A Senior RIM exec has lost confidence in the company and posted a litany of complaints against the company.

A U.S. trade body declined to fully reverse a ruling that Apple and Research in Motion Apple did not infringe Kodak's patented technology for digital cameras in cellphones, sending Kodak shares down 17 percent in extended trading.

Research In Motion succumbed to rising shareholder pressure on Thursday, agreeing to study a split of its co-chair and co-chief executive roles and dodging a showdown at its annual meeting.

The Apple iPad 2 continues to steam through competitors to uphold its top position in the tablet market by achieving an unprecedented milestone of 100,000 available applications specifically developed for iPad. Apps for iPad and iPad 2 utilize the large 9.7 inch touchscreen display and A5 dual processor to run more intensive functions.