TECHNOLOGY

With unrest and chaos apparently having taken Egypt's rulers and Western states by surprise, governments and spies are increasingly looking to social media like Twitter to detect political threats in advance.

T-Mobile is offering its phones for free in a two-day Valentine's Day promotion this weekend with a two-year qualifying contract.

With the slogan 'Internet is more than a game, it's your life', 'Safer Internet Day' 2011 aims to heighten awareness in children and teenagers on the risks of online gaming and social networking or in short the 'virtual life'.

Share of Google’s Android in the US smartphone platform market increased to 28.7 percent in the last quarter of 2010, overtaking the share held by Apple, said a report by comScore on Monday.

Global defense manufacturers, competing to sell products to one of the fastest growing aircraft markets in the world, are poised to unveil new products at India's biennial air show and fight it out for one of the largest export orders in the history of defense.

Sprint delivered on its promise of an industry first smartphone by releasing an Android-based dual screen phone under the moniker Echo, just days after AT&T announced that the much awaited Motorola Atrix will be available from March 6.

India's federal auditor is probing the allocation of satellite-based communication licenses, sources said on Tuesday, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as his government grapples with graft charges that threaten their stability.

Sprint Nextel Corp plans to sell a Kyocera Corp <6971.T> phone with two screens and Google Inc operating software, as a way to stand out in a crowded U.S. smartphone field where Apple Inc gets much of the consumer attention.

Intel Corp resumed shipments of a flawed chipset for use with its new cutting-edge processors, responding to demands from PC makers who will use the chips selectively.

Oscar organizers rolled out the digital red carpet on Monday, unveiling their slogan you're invited for the upcoming film honors, detailing a Web-friendly show and inviting the nominees' mothers to tweet on Hollywood's big night.

Intel Corp said it expects to begin shipping new chipsets sooner than expected in mid-February for use with its Sandy Bridge processors following a design defect found last month.

It's the $1.2 billion question: What is Hewlett-Packard's new Palm unit cooking up for tablet computers?

Alcatel-Lucent showed off technology on Monday that shrinks mobile phone base stations to barely bigger than a golf ball.

Gawker Media Company has changed up its look on all of its sites and thus far, the people are not pleased.

Shares in Nokia Oyj, the word's largest cellphone maker, jumped to a four-month high as a delayed top of the range model finally started deliveries and hopes grew for a strategy revamp due later this week.

It's official: the Kyocera Echo is coming to Sprint.

An iPhone app aimed at helping Catholics through confession and encouraging lapsed followers back to the faith has been sanctioned by the Catholic Church in the United States.

Nokia's E7 phone will make its delayed debut this week, as the world's largest phone maker by volume tries to recover ground lost to Apple and Google in the smartphone market.

The Xperia Play makes its official debut via a Super Bowl television spot, putting an end to months of rumors.

Robert Goldberg, head of Zynga Game Network Inc., feels that it might be very difficult for Facebook to overtake Mixi in the country.

Alcatel-Lucent showed off technology on Monday that shrinks mobile phone base stations to barely bigger than a golf ball.

Hewitt-Packard announces the HP TouchSmart Consumer PC and 9300 Elite Business PC, the latest in its line of tablet touchscreen PCs.

Diversified industrial company Danaher Corp agreed to buy medical diagnostics company Beckman Coulter Inc for $83.50 per share, or about $6.8 billion, including debt.

Google’s marketing executive in Egypt, Wael Ghonim, has been released by authorities according to several news reports.

Google Inc is reaching out to some of its top advertising customers to promote its mobile marketing services, as the Internet giant moves to expand its advertising business from computer screens to smartphones.

Sprint Nextel is reportedly rolling out a Kyocera smartphone on its network at an event tonight in New York.

China Huadian Corp, one of the country's five major state-run power generation groups, said it will speed up the public listing of its new energy unit this year, the China Daily reported, citing General Manager Yun Gongmin.

The big traditional brokerages are in danger of losing relevance in a world where more investors want independent and unbiased advice, TD Ameritrade Chief Executive Fred Tomczyk said on Thursday.

A leaked Best Buy advertisement shows Motorola Xoom is to launch on Feb. 24th.