TECHNOLOGY

The Consumer Electronics Show ended last week and left over 150,000 techies reeling from a sensory overload of tablets, smartphones, laptops and gadgets. This year ultrabooks and smart TVs shone as a bevy of other gadgets from 3D printers to a robotic cameraman made CES 2012 live up to its name as the biggest electronics show around. What were the gadgets that managed to stand out from the crowd? Here are five gadgets that shined at this year's CES.

Research in Motion Ltd. will release the updated Playbook operating system in February that would include a new native calendar and contact applications, as well as better integration for E-mail, LinkedIn and Twitter. RIM is hoping the new update will lure developers and consumers to support its Playbook OS 2.0 but this update could be too late to reverse the Playbook's fortune.

Two amazing Windows phones debuted in the recent Consumers Electronics Show 2012. These are HTC Titan II and the Nokia Lumia 900.

Jerry Yang built-up his name by transforming a start-up tech firm into a multi-billion dollar global company, becoming the toast of the tech world in so short a time, which lasted until Yahoo's gradual and eventual decline.

Despite the media speculation about what Ricky Gervais would do as host at this year's Golden Globes, the British comedian's performance at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual awards was a very sedate affair.

It was a case of 'video killed the radio star' scenario as personal computers, latest industry figures showed PCs continuing their gradual decline, no thanks to the rising dominance of mobile devices.

As expected of Apple, Inc., the minimalist design will still prevail in the next generation of iPad but it features will be boosted.

The all new Samsung Galaxy Note has loads of new features that even allows users to create sports gameplays using the S pen stylus.

The Consumer Electronics Show is over and the only thing left to do is mop up the losers of the biggest electronics trade show of the year. Here are some gadgets and companies that made a poor showing at CES 2012.

Apple Inc.'s next generation iPad 3 is already in full production in China and is expected to go on sale on March.

Issues are expected to arise after Google officially launched Search plus Your World on Tuesday.

A new British study shows that smartphones can cause anxiety and withdrawal symptoms in users addicted to the electronic gadgets.

Apple Inc. suspended its sale of its new iPhone 4S in China Friday after irate shoppers pelted Apple's flagship Beijing store with eggs and fought with security guards in a desperate bid to get their hands on the new device.

The iOS has obtained exclusivity of the virtual assistant SIRI and gained remarkable scores and comments from users and critics. It has made iOS smartphones unique against the Android devices by defining the meaning of intelligence. However, the virtual assistant is still in development for best usage in a lot of countries.

In 2012 the world of smartphones is expected to be excited anew with the release of Samsung Galaxy S3 on February. But two of its challengers, Sony and LG, have already given a sneak peek even as S3's release approaches fast. Both of their devices are high-end and Android-powered as well.

Razer's Project Fiona: A Tablet on Steriods?

Ultrabooks were the big story at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Intel's trademarked ultrabook took over CES in a big way this year with new devices being unveiled by Acer, Toshiba, and Samsung to name a few. Ultrabooks are ultraportable, slim and stylish notebooks that Intel hopes will turn consumers back to PC.

Tech company Acer unveiled their new storage service called AcerCloud, which is quite similar to Apple’s new storage service, iCloud.

In a recent post, pod2G announced that the iPhone Dev team, Chronic Dev team and iOS hacker planetbeing had joined him to figure out a way to publicly release his untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 that relied on a developer account.

Wall Street Journal reported that camera manufacturer Eastman Kodak Company was preparing to file for bankruptcy in the next few weeks.

According to recent reports, many non-adult groups like colleges, museums, and well-known groups rushed in order to purchase addresses with the ".xxx" domain. This move was brought about by the decision of these groups to prevent porn purveyors from using their specific names in the web's red light district.

Apple, one of the largest growing companies in the world recently released new updates for the company's generation Apple TV. Alongside the release of new features for this Apple product was also a slightly tweaked version of iOS 5.0.1 for iPhone 4S which sparked the interest of numerous Apple users.

Intel Corp. is entering the smartphone battle with new smartphones developed with partners Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and Lenovo Group.

Google Inc.'s new feature called "Search Plus Your World" will now integrate material from its social network, Google Plus in its Google search results. This move has sparked controversy as social network Twitter complained bitterly that this would skew search results to Google's social network.

Facebook continues to change the world, this time by making its presence felt in vehicle dashboards. Luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz announced on Tuesday the launch of a service called mbrace2 which includes online services such as Facebook, Yelp and Google.

According to records, Apple, Inc.’s iPhone 4S double data consumption compared to its predecessors due to its new features, including Siri. This put pressure to networks to make data transfer faster.

Dell, a known PC maker announced that the company would be putting a stop in their Inspiron line of netbooks.

Sony Corp. denied reports that the company is going to announce the next generation PlayStation console at E3 this summer.

Sony Corp. has introduced a new technology for television that uses 55 million LEDs to create a sharp and clear image that, according to Sony is far superior to traditional LCD displays.