TECHNOLOGY

Here is a look at the 4G smartphones launched and announced by different carriers like Sprint, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile up to January 2011

U.S. stocks were little changed on Monday as another day of persistently below-average volume suggested investors weren't willing to chase gains that carried stocks to 2 1/2-year highs last week.

Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE is gunning to be among the world's top three telecom equipment makers in the coming years, a wireless executive told Reuters on Monday.

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is not alone in facing demands from governments for access to its data services, and it is just a normal part of the business, co-chief executive Jim Balsillie said.

Android gaming is moving up to the next level, with smaller publishers such as Glu Mobile and Zoo Entertainment threatening to zap larger players including Electronic Arts .

Nokia's smartphone alliance with Microsoft threatens more than 5,000 Finnish research and development jobs at the Finnish company and its subcontractors, a union boss said.

Android gaming is moving up to the next level, with smaller publishers such as Glu Mobile and Zoo Entertainment threatening to zap larger players including Electronic Arts .

Nokia's all-or-nothing deal with Microsoft fails to answer key questions about smartphone development and risks a turbulent transition period, analysts said on Monday, driving its shares down yet further.

Shares in Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker by volume, fell again on Monday as analysts cut their recommendations and earnings forecasts after its deal to use Microsoft's software.

Sony Ericsson on Sunday announced the launch of Xperia PLAY, the first PlayStation certified smartphone.

Wireless Linux group LiMo hopes to benefit from a tie-up between Microsoft and Nokia as this should push smaller phone makers to seek alternative software platforms, its head said on Monday.

Dragon Dictation software maker Nuance launched a mobile application in Europe on Monday that lets users speak, trace or handwrite instructions to their phone instead of typing.

China's ZTE Corp aims to grow its cellphone sales 30 percent to 40 percent this year, on par with last year, while it focuses increasingly on the smartphone market, a senior official said.

Nokia's CEO on Sunday touted its recent alliance with Microsoft, saying it would be worth billions to the Finnish cellphone maker, which is seeking to catch up in the fiercely competitive smartphone market.

Sony Ericsson unveiled on Sunday its long-awaited PlayStation smartphone, taking video game console wars to cellphones.

Starbucks Corp , the world's biggest coffee chain, on Sunday said it plans to announce a new product for the single-serve market in the near future.

Sony Ericsson unveiled on Sunday its long-awaited PlayStation smartphone, taking video game console wars to cellphones.

Sony Ericsson unveiled on Sunday its long-awaited PlayStation smartphone, and said Verizon Wireless would sell the model in the United States.

From Mattel's sweet-talking boyfriend Ken doll to Hasbro's Kre-O building sets based on Transformers characters, toy makers lined up an impressive array of hi-tech and movie-themed playthings to win sales in 2011, which some say will be a better year for the industry.

Samsung launched a second tablet computer on Sunday, with a bigger screen and more processing power than the original Galaxy Tab that is seen as the only real rival to Apple's iPad.

A Chinese man quoted in McAfee report on hacking from China targeted at US oil companies flip-flops on his claims.

The United States condemned Saturday what it said was Syria's secret trial of a young blogger and called for her immediate release, saying allegations of U.S. espionage connections were baseless.

Former Qwest Communications chief Joseph Nacchio voluntarily withdrew an appeal of his criminal conviction on Friday, marking what may be the final chapter of his long running insider trading case.

Where's the love? Not in the hacking community, where more are taking aim at dating sites.

HP could launch its fancied TouchPad, which was recently unveiled, by the end of June, tech websites have reported.

IBM's Watson computing system will take on two former Jeopardy! champions in the first man-machine match on the popular TV quiz show this February.

With Tim McGraw's George Washington connection emerging on the latest episode of Who Do You Think You Are, there seems to have emerged a curiosity in several on their ancestry.

Pension fund Calpers' proposal to require a majority vote to elect unopposed candidates to the board of Apple Inc has been endorsed by three prominent proxy advisory services.

Micron Technology, the top U.S. maker of memory chips for computers, sees favorable trends including an uptick in contract prices for DRAM as small players are forced out of the capital intensive industry.