TECHNOLOGY

Greenpeace announces results from its greenest electronics product survey.

Skype announces its first ever acquisition at the 2011 CES.

Microsoft Corp's decision to make its Windows operating software compatible with ARM Holdings chip designs allows the U.S. software maker to finally establish a major presence in mobile Internet, ARM's president said Thursday.

Verizon Wireless plans to have 10 new devices, including four smartphones, and new tablets on store shelves by mid year for its high-speed wireless data service, strengthening its position in a race to convince consumers to use more expensive services such as mobile Web.

Apple is launching an applications store for Mac computers, replicating a model that proved wildly popular on its iPhones.

Apple Inc reached out to Blackstone Group's finance boss Laurence Tosi to tap him for the position of CFO at the iPhone maker, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday.

Internet telephone service Skype said it acquired mobile video company Qik for an undisclosed amount.

Technology research firm Gartner projected a 5.1 percent rise in global spending on technology in 2011, up from its prior estimate of a 3.5 percent rise, helped by the dollar’s recent weakness.

Sony Ericsson intends to hang in by a thread and fight for its space in the high-end mobile handset segment. It announced on Thursday the launch of the flagship Xperia arc smart phone based on the Android platform, Wall Street Journal reported.

America’s No 2 mobile service provider AT&T Inc will cut the price of older iPhone 3GS model by half to $49 from $99 from January 7 even as it is widely expected to lose its exclusive US rights to sell Apple Inc smart phones.

Since 2010, the media as been buzzing about tablet PCs that took over the market, but none has matched the potential of Apple iPad with its simple but killer features. Now, Motorola, RIM and Lenovo, few of the major players in the market are hoping to capture their share of success in the tablet PC world.

Hackers released a code that makes it easy for people to run homemade games, other operating systems or even pirated games on the PS3 console, previously considered the most secure.

Corporate interest in Research in Motion's new tablet was massive, the company said, as it announced plans to launch a 4G version of the device this summer with Sprint Nextel.

There is yet another reason to walk or run now, other than for just being healthy. Tremont Electric, a U.S.-based company, announced a new device that will help charge gadgets by using power generated by walking or running.

Microsoft Corp sold more than 8 million of its Xbox Kinect motion-sensing game system in its first 60 days since launch, outpacing its target of 5 million and outshining Sony Corp's competing Move.

Microsoft unveils new Surface 2.0, the thinner and better tabletop touch computer at CES. Is Touchscreen the new weapons of choice for tech rivals? Will Apple Inc retaliate?

BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion (RIM) is launching a 4G version of its popular PlayBook tablet this summer with wireless carrier Sprint Nextel. RIM is decidedly focused on taking the intriguing tablet war to the tent of Apple CEO Steve Jobs who had lampooned the RIM tablet earlier, saying it will be dead on arrival.

Total global revenue from tablet devices like Apple's iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Tab will increase from 16 billion dollars in 2010 to a whopping 46 billion dollars in 2014, according to a report released Wednesday by U.S. technology research firm Yankee Group.

Lionsgate Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. to offer UltraViolet Content in 2011

AT&T has increased the number of clients it has in the Greater China region by about 50 percent in the past year, a senior executive said on Thursday, and is now looking to target privately run Chinese companies.

Steve Ballmer gives a keynote address at the CES going over Xbox, Windows PC and Windows Phone 7 capabilities.

Research in Motion showed off the capabilities of its new tablet device, and called corporate interest in the device massive.

It's dumb and it's called a lapdoc but Motorola Mobility bets consumers will want to use this gadget to make their smartphones work more like real computers and help Motorola stand out from the crowd.

Graphics chip designer Nvidia Corp said it will begin designing central processors for personal computers, pushing back against growing pressure from Intel Corp.

Microsoft Corp is taking its biggest step away from a long-standing, lucrative alliance with Intel Corp, teaming up with Britain's ARM Holdings to take on Apple Inc in the red-hot tablet and smartphone arena.

Motorola Mobility showed it wants to generate buzz, as it showed a much-anticipated tablet as well as three new phones that will be on three different carriers.

The South Korean electronics giant goes all in at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Corporate interest in Research in Motion's new tablet was massive, the company said, as it announced plans to launch a 4G version of the device this summer with Sprint Nextel.

LG Electronics unveiled its first tablet, running on Google's Android platform, through T-Mobile USA, as it seeks to grab some share of the emerging tablet market from Apple.