TECHNOLOGY

Now that the Galaxy S4 is coming out, experts believe it will be an instant hit, possibly neutralising every competition around, including the affordable and powerful Nexus 4.

With the increasing volume of data placed online, the need for better security protection for email or social networking accounts becomes stronger. Tech security experts said that the earlier use of biometric features had leveled up from the traditional fingerprint or facial recognition.

No AMOLED screen display tech and Exynos CPU for the Galaxy S4, a new report said, further strengthening earlier reports that the new Samsung flagship will rely on a 1.9GHz Qualcomm chip for brute power.

As smartphones become more popular with new technologies being imbedded in these mobile devices, the chances of theft of cellular phones are also on the rise. There is also the possibility that handheld units are misplaced or inadvertently lost. To help phone owners deal with these situations, developers have come up with apps that help the users track their lost or filched phones. Here are three of these apps available for Android users on Google Play.

The cover was long peeled off but when Samsung formally let out the new Galaxy Note 8.0, what came out is an elegant-looking gadget carrying on the Note tradition that the South Korean tech giant started in 2010 – a tablet that doubles too as a smartphone.

Perth police raised on Tuesday the house of a male hacker who attempted to sell a prototype of Microsoft's new Xbox gaming console over eBay. The suspect, named as superDaE, tried to auction a Durango development kit for the new Xbox, said to be in time for Christmas 2013.

All the Microsoft polishing in the past few years appears to be working for the software giant as a new survey showed the Windows maker is fast-gaining on the cool factor, thanks mainly to the revamped operating system and the recently issued Surface tablet.

Prices for HTC One have started coming out and Aussies wanting to own the new powerful Android phone will have to give up $746 when buying via Harvey Norman, pricey for a device wanting to lure hordes of buyers, analysts said.

Google has unveiled a MacBook rival in the touch-enabled Chromebook Pixel which starts selling Friday on Google Play and Best Buy at $US1300 for the Wi-Fi model.

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Apple’s fifth iPad serving is due for release on Q3 2013, a Taiwan-based analyst said, underscoring too that the bigger tablet is taking on the form-factor that made the iPad Mini a global hot seller.

Images of purportedly the second-generation iPad Mini chassis in initial stage of production leaked out this week, showing off the small Apple tablet in a bare shell and minus all the fresh components that we would love to see.

While many women lie about their age when they reach 40, this 104-year-old granny from Michigan had to because of a Facebook technical glitch.

Apple snatched back its smartphone crown from Samsung and would want to remain on top this year by unleashing the iPhone Mini as early as April 2013 with starting price tag of $US330.

The March 14 market entry of Samsung Galaxy S4 is a heartbeat away and sellers are rushing to push out their stocks of the Galaxy S3 by offering it for one cent like in Amazon Wireless.

A dedicated Android camera is what the Samsung Galaxy Camera is all about and the snapper has become more attractive, that is affordable because the new version is doing away with the cellular signal.

Reports of Nexus 5 arriving this year gained more traction as one Google official hinted that indeed the company has lined up handsets bearing the brand with ‘insanely great’ camera features.

Search engine giant Google is aggressively branching out into new markets. In 2014, the tech firm will make available to the public Google Glasses.

More clues are emerging that Apple is cooking up the next generation iPad Mini with Retina display as reports emerged that suppliers of the tech giant have commenced work on the small tablet’s second serving, this time with a brighter screen display.

Samsung has reportedly scrapped the use of Exynos 5 Octa CPU for its upcoming Galaxy S4 because the new chip proved ‘too hot’ to handle, literally.

The South Korean tech company LG keeps on teasing mobile phone enthusiasts about their new upcoming smartphones for the Mobile World Congress this February 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. LG released a video recently previewing what will the company show on MWC 2013 with several smartphone models named after letters – L for style, G for greatness, V for Vu, and F for freedom.

HTC One lands in Australia this week and the question pops: Is it worth going for or you’ll hold off a bit more for Samsung’s next flagship, the Galaxy S4, which is set to hit store shelves by early April?

Global consumers will get the 7.9-inch iPad Mini at a potentially higher price because fitting Retina display technology to the popular device means higher production cost for Apple.

Edge-to-edge screen seems to be the norm these days and the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 was not spared being the subject of oversized anticipation and limitless imagination for those with too much time on their hands.

In a CBS news programme, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has admitted that Microsoft had messed up its mobile tech standing in the market. He also shared his opinion on the Windows Phone and Windows 8 standing vis-a;-vis the competition.

Looking at the published specs, the HTC One has the chops that represent bumps up of the smartphone features we’ve seen before. Nothing new in terms of innovation?

The new Iriver tablet is expected to arrive in South Korea and define the meaning of out-of-the-box thinking and creative branding. It is one of brands new to the market and lands on the other side of the coin compared to more known brands such as Samsung, HTC and Sony.

The cloak has been peeled off and HTC One did not disappoint – it is sexy and powerful handset that its Taiwanese manufacturer has touted it to be, packing a 1.7GHz Snapdragon 600 CPU that is teamed up with a 2GB of RAM.

The HTC M7 will circulate after all with Europe as its prime destination, new reports said, complementing the HTC One release that will attempt to break new grounds in the United States.