A growing number of consumers worldwide used their mobile telephones to help them shop early in the holiday season with usage particularly high among young adults seeking coupons, according to a study sponsored by Motorola Inc and released on Monday.
Large flat-screen TVs were all the rage at the Consumer Electronics Show, but companies like Microvision Inc are putting their bets on image viewing of a much smaller scale: projections from devices as tiny as cellphones.
LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 2 TV brand, said on Sunday it aimed to increase its global market share in LCD TVs to 15 percent this year from 11 percent last year by boosting unit sales by 54 percent.
Google Inc executive Andy Rubin said on Friday that the next version of the Nexus One phone, which was made by HTC Corp, will be for enterprise users and might have a physical keyboard.
Remember the Dell DJ MP3 player? Or Sony's Clie digital assistant? It's likely dozens of the electronic readers debuting at the Consumer Electronics Show may go the way of these defunct gadgets by next year.
U.S. judges questioned the FCC's authority to punish Comcast Corp for blocking online file-sharing services on Friday in a case that could wind up curbing the regulators' campaign for a free and open Internet.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said on Friday that Verizon Wireless needs to more clearly explain its policies on fees it charges when customers cancel their cellphone services before the end of their contract.
Microsoft Corp on Friday asked for a full panel of judges to review a recent appeals court decision to uphold a $290 million jury verdict against it for infringing a patent held by a small Canadian software firm.
Apple tablet supply chain points to Q2 launch: source. Suppliers for Apple Inc's new tablet computer have begun shipping touchscreen panels and will start delivering aluminum casings for it next month, sources said, implying a second-quarter product launch.
LG Electronics has confirmed the first devices featuring Microsoft's highly anticipated Windows 7 Mobile which will begin retailing later this year.
Palm Inc shares jumped 10 percent on Friday after the company announced it will sell smartphones through top U.S. mobile carrier, Verizon Wireless, a deal that analysts said could mark the beginning of a turnaround for the handset maker.
Following the success of Apple Inc's online application store, Intel Corp. aims to follow suit and will begin offering an online store with applications for netbook computers.
Google Inc has asked the main U.S. energy regulator for authority to buy and sell electricity in the wholesale market to help manage its huge energy needs, as the Internet giant's big data centers soak up large amounts of power.
Suppliers for Apple Inc's new tablet computer have begun shipping touchscreen panels and will start delivering aluminum casings for it next month, sources said, implying a second-quarter product launch.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will delay submitting its highly anticipated National Broadband Plan report to Congress by one month to better digest all the data and public input, an FCC official said on Thursday.
Palm Inc will sell upgraded versions of its Pre and Pixi smartphones on January 25 through top U.S. mobile carrier Verizon Wireless, getting its devices into more users' hands.
Japan's Toshiba Corp needs to outsource more TV production in the U.S. to better compete against bigger South Korean rivals and focus on high-end products, an executive said.
Call it a slate or call it a tablet, the technology world is suddenly awash with a novel category of mobile devices seeking to grab the spotlight from a hugely anticipated product launch by Apple Inc later this month.
Intel Corp released a flurry of new computer chips on Thursday as it seeks to maintain its dominance over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc and prepare for an expected rise in demand.
Motorola Inc demonstrated a prototype media tablet that could be ready commercially by the fourth quarter, though whether it goes to market partly depends on an advanced mobile network being built by Verizon Wireless.
Borders Group Inc said on Thursday it has reached a deal with the maker of the upcoming Alex electronic reader that will prominently feature the U.S. bookseller's e-bookstore on the device when the site is launched later this year.
Sony Corp said U.S. electronics sales are looking positive after the holiday season, and that it was optimistic about meeting its full-year target for PlayStation 3 video game console sales.
Intel Corp, which unveiled a new line of computer processors today, is packing more performance, feature and energy savings into its chips to help power a variety of laptops and desktops and other devices.
Television manufacturers are banking on 3D TVs for their next sales boost, with sets capable of adding that extra visual dimension expected to hit U.S. store shelves in force by the middle of 2010.
Britons snowed in by the wintry weather have been flocking to an extra-marital dating site in the last 24 hours.
Dell Inc showed off a small slate computer that it could bring to market this year, exploring yet another type of device designed for computing on the go.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday that he wanted the authorities to explore whether online advertising revenues of major search engines could be taxed in France as well as their home countries.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who last year forced board changes at biotechnology company Biogen Idec Inc , may take aim at cross-town rival Genzyme Corp , according to a source familiar with the situation.
A wireless industry group said mobile phone conversations are safe from eavesdropping, even after a German security expert released the code for unscrambling calls made using most of the world's cell phones.
Motorola Inc demonstrated a prototype media tablet that could be ready commercially by the fourth quarter, though the timing partly depends on an advanced mobile network being built by Verizon Wireless.