TECHNOLOGY

Four men were arrested for taking part in an insider trading scheme in which details of Apple's iPhone and iPad were leaked to hedge fund managers.

Mobile commerce via the Internet will reach to $4.1 billion for 2010, according to a report from ABI Research.

At a conference six months ago, Facebook's 26-year-old chief executive was literally dripping in sweat as he fielded tough questions about his company's privacy practices and a forthcoming movie portraying him as manipulative and arrogant.

It seems there is little Research In Motion can do these days to impress analysts convinced that Apple and Google will eventually dominate the booming smartphone and tablet markets.

Comcast Corp will offer new programing targeted at African and Asian Americans if it is allowed to buy a majority stake in General Electric Co's NBC Universal, the company announced this week in agreements with civil rights groups.

Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc <9437.T> plans to transfer television broadcast technology for cellular phones to Indian partner Tata Teleservices with an eye to launching mobile phone TV service in the South Asian country in 2014, the Nikkei reported.

Smartphones such as Google Inc's Android-based devices and Apple Inc's iPhone are poised to become popular business tools, said an executive at the world's biggest technology distributor.

Dell Computer has run into some hiccups delivering its VenuePro Smartphone, but is offering anyone who ordered one before Dec. 14 a free set of headphones.

At least three brokerages raised their target prices on Oracle Corp on Friday, a day after the business software maker forecast third-quarter profit to be above Wall Street estimates.

A recent report from Nielsen says gaming consoles are taking over the living room as people use them for a wide range of tasks.

Research In Motion's growing reliance on sales outside the United States left many analysts wondering about the BlackBerry maker's competitive edge, even as the company reported decent quarterly results.

U.S. authorities have been conducting a probe to find whether current and former employees of Hewlett-Packard Co paid kickbacks in certain transactions spanning several European countries, HP said in a filing.

Which Redmond, Washington-based technology company, its name staring with Micro, is looking to make waves in the world of smartphones?

The three companies are starting a joint venture, Isis, in order to build a national commerce network that will utilize mobile phones to make point-of-sale purchases.

Taiwan's economics ministry approved on Friday a plan by AU Optronics Corp to build a new LCD plant in China, paving the way for the world's No.4 LCD maker to tap future growth potential on the mainland.

Level 3 Communications Inc asked U.S. antitrust officials to set conditions on Comcast Corp's planned acquisition of NBC Universal that would assure unfettered access to all internet content.

The U.S. government's main code-making and code-cracking agency now works on the assumption that foes may have pierced even the most sensitive national security computer networks under its guard.

Japan's Sharp Corp is considering expanding capacity at a factory for small to mid-sized liquid-crystal display panels, two industry sources told Reuters on Friday.

Research In Motion's Torch, a touchscreen challenger to Apple's iPhone, lifted the BlackBerry maker's quarterly profit above analyst expectations on Thursday and the company forecast strong results from the current holiday season quarter.

Research In Motion reported results that mostly beat expectations on Thursday and the BlackBerry maker forecast strong profits for the current quarter, pushing its shares higher in after-hours trade.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion's net profit jumped 45 percent in its fiscal third quarter, boosted by strong sales of its flagship Torch smartphone.

Oracle Corp forecast that its profit in the current quarter will beat Wall Street estimates, suggesting that its strategy of offering a one-stop shop for software and hardware is paying off.

The social media giant adds facial recognition technology to its photo sharing services.

The company gets $200 million from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to raise its total valuation to $3.7 billion

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Motorola Inc's planned split into two may provide a windfall for investors who are brave enough to make a risky bet and patient enough to wait months for benefits from the transaction to materialize.

Norwegian electric carmaker Think has started production of its City urban runabout car at an assembly plant in Elkhart, Indiana.

Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker by volume, has opened new fronts in Europe in its patent war with iPhone maker Apple, launching lawsuits in Germany and the Netherlands.

Apple said its Mac App Store will open for business on Thursday, January 6 and will be available in 90 countries at launch.