Carlo Fernandez

A laptop that shows 3D without the glasses, an Intel-conceived notebook that works like a tablet, some laptops that boots and opens the Chrome browser in seven seconds, a notebook combined with a tablet, and laptops that roars on the Mac Lion are among the offerings lined up by top tier personal computer makers for the second half of the year.

Worldwide desktop and laptop shipments had a modest 2.3% to 2.6% in the second quarter of 2011, based on preliminary results by research firms, with only Chinese PC maker Lenovo getting a double digit hike in volume sales.

Sony Corp. is releasing this fall two portable non-slab styled tablets, code-named "S1" and "S2" for now. The tablets depart from the usual square, flat slab-style of the present tablets that have failed to put a dent to Apple's dominance in the market.

Telstra's new offerings in Australia this month include devices known as the Android superphones: HTC Corp.'s HTC Sensation, dubbed as the ultimate media smartphone, and Samsung's Galaxy S II, tagged as Australia's fastest smartphone. With perennial market leaders Nokia, Apple and Research in Motion failing to launch any major offerings this year, devices running on Google's Android operating system this year. For one, Samsung has sold 3 million units of the Galaxy S II within 5...

Google Inc. told analysts that its new social networking service now has 10 million users, just two weeks into its soft release. Although top social network Facebook has more than 750 million users worldwide, the figures still represent overwhelming growth, given that Google+ is still in its beta and trial version and is in invite-only mode.

Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry smartphones, told shareholders of plans to release new smartphones running on next-generation operating system in the coming months.

Peabody Energy Corporation and AcelorMittal S.A. have submitted a joint offer to purchase Macarthur Coal limited for $4.7 billion. The rise in shares signal that the market is expecting another bidder that would force Peabody and AcelorMittal, which owns 16 percent of Macarthur's outstanding shares, to raise their offer.

U.S. government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton confirmed Tuesday that certain of its data files ended up posted on the Internet due to an illegal attack.

Microsoft Corp. announced at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles, California, that it is retiring its Windows XP operating system and the support for the operating system will end in three years.Kicking off the four-day WPC 2011 event, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said 640,000 partners have made Windows 7 the fastest-selling operating system in history and indicated that with future versions in development, partners can be confident in their bets on Windows for phones, PCs, server...

Hewlett Packard has made organizational changes designed both to accelerate the scale and growth of its existing webOS business as well as to expand and enhance other HP product lines.HP released the Wi-Fi version of HP TouchPad at the start of the month and will release the tablet in other territories later in the month.

iriver Ltd., the South Korean company known for digital MP3 players, will start selling the iriver Story HD e-reader for US$140 this Sunday. The Story HD will be the first e-reader to connect to the Google eBookstore to download digital books using Wi-Fi

Apple Inc. has filed a complaint against HTC Corp., accusing Asia's second-largest maker of smartphones of infringing on the iPhone and iPad maker's patents. Apple has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to enjoin the Taiwanese company from importing its phones and Flyer tablets to the U.S.

Research firm International Data Corp. said Friday that Apple's iPad and the recently introduced iPad 2 continue to dominate the media tablet market, as other vendors have had a more difficult time finding market acceptance for their products.

Just like Craigslist, Cracker has sections devoted to jobs, stuff, cars, community, real estate, housing for rent and sale, services, and dating and personals.

ANALYSIS: Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), the company perhaps best known for Internet protocol-based networking and other products, has launched its own tablet PC, called Cius. Cisco describes the device based on Google's Android platform as "an ultra-portable, mobile collaboration enterprise tablet that offers access to essential business applications."

Since the release of the first model four years ago, Apple's iPhone has been blazing the trail for all smartphones. A decade ago, in the age of mobile calling and sending short messages, Finland-based Nokia was the king. Then came Research in Motion's BlackBerry, with its bigger display and QWERTY keyboard providing U.S. President Barack Obama and others a more convenient means of sending instant messages and e-mail. But in the age of the mobile Internet and apps, iPhone has been atop e...

As Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 will begin casting its spell in Australia on Tuesday, July 12, Michael Bay's summer tentpole Transformers: Dark of the Moon, is set to conquer the local box office for the second week in a row.

Apple Inc. is releasing a thinner and lighter iPhone at the end of September, hoping to cut off Samsung Electronics Co. and other manufacturers benefiting the delayed release of the iPhone 5.

A research team from North Carolina State University headed by professor Xuxian Jiang discovered early this month a trojanised app called Fast Racing, hiding malware which it called 'Golddream'.

After five stages and 749.5 kilometers, Australia's Cadel Evans has emerged just a second from individual leader Norway's Thor Hushovd. Evans, of the BMC Racing Team, has logged in 17 hours 36 minutes and 58 seconds to take second place in the over-all standings.

Reports indicate Apple Inc. will be releasing a new MacBook Air model in the next few weeks and the new model will be significantly faster than the $999 currently available in the market.

Google Inc. is facing more patent litigation as it has increased its dominance in the industry, and could spend billions to buy patents or defend itself against litigation. The Palo Alto, California-based company owner of the world's most popular search engine, the most used operating system platform (Android) for smartphones, and potentially a social network (Google+) that could rival Facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg divulged his "awesome" news at a press conference in Facebook's Palo Alto, California headquarters: Skype would be bringing video-chat capabilities to Facebook, which, he says, now has 750 million users.

The 36-day trial of Casey Anthony, accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008, brought minute-to-minute updates to people's smartphones and computers. For many people following Twitter and the massive media coverage, Casey should have been given the death penalty. The seven-woman, five-man jury in Orange County, Florida, after deliberating for just a day, gave her a "not guilty" verdict, sparking outrage from across the globe.

The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it has cancelled the tsunami warning and/or watch for New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands and Tonga.

Hackers hit FoxNews.com's Twitter account to send fake messages that U.S. President Barack Obama had been shot dead at a restaurant in Iowa. Nokia Oyj has cut its smartphone prices in Europe by as much as 15 percent to boost sales. Zynga, maker of "FarmVille," "CityVille" and other games played on Facebook, is aiming to raise $1 billion in an initial public offering.

The Social Network, a film about Mark Zuckerberg's founding of Facebook and the resulting lawsuits, was a worldwide box-office hit last year. With Facebook's 700 million active users and other and the coming of its most serious rival yet, Google+, social networking sites are generating massive traffic. Another movie about a social network would certainly generate interest from audiences around the globe.

"Going on a diet? Have a Pascal Swirl" is just among the many random pages in forums and Facebook that have sprung up like mushrooms.

Former Australian Idol judge Jay Dee Springbett was found dead Thursday in his apartment in Sydney's eastern suburbs. Friends and colleagues were shocked at the death of the former Sony Music executive. The cause of death has not yet been established though the police said the death is not being treated as suspicious.