TECHNOLOGY

Sony’s latest attempt of regaining its market edge in the gaming industry, the PlayStation Vita, will hit Australian shelves on February 2012 but the giant consumer electronics firm said that pre-orders for the upcoming release is now accommodated.

Queensland police are investigating a new Facebook and YouTube craze wherein local teenagers post photos of themselves nude with hats covering private parts on the Internet.

Motorola Droid RAZR was officially available in UK since Thursday. However, buyers may not be able to get it from their service providers as four out of five networks are not offering the handset.

Paypal recently announced the launch of their new Facebook App which lets users send money to friends and family in Facebook.

Samsung just announced that the Samsung Galaxy S2 will be utilizing the Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) as the operating system of this popular mobile device.

There are rumors circulating that Amazon.com Inc. might be joining the smartphone market as it is set on developing a new smartphone model that will be launched soon.

Apple has just released the company's newest feature which is the iTunes Match. This feature requires a subscription fee of US$24.99 annually and it grants access to the user's personal iTunes library saved in the iCloud through other devices.

Oracle officials have accused HP of secretly contacting Intel to keep making Itanium processors so that HP can maintain the appearance that the dead microprocessor is still alive.

Advanced Micro Devices was hoping that it's recently launched Bulldozer server processors would pull AMD out of its downward spiral against arch-rival Intel. Bulldozer has a new microstructure, a complete redesign of the original Opteron chip and the first chip to be manufactured with 16 cores. It also represented AMD's best hope of regaining its lost market share.

Graphics chipset designer S3 Graphics, a subsidiary of smartphone maker HTC lost a patent infringement suit against Apple Inc.

The digital divide in Australia is felt not only within economic classes, but also right inside Australian homes.

Australia's leading Internet venture fund, Future Capital Development Fund (FCDF) has announced it has invested in another Internet company, TheAgendaDaily.com ("Agenda") - a hybrid media / commerce business which successfully offers customers engaging daily recommendations alongside exclusive member only sales.

Activision has promised gamers who signed up for Call of Duty Elite that the social network will be up and running by December 1.

Aside from the Gobi Desert images, Google Earth has revealed some strange images. Here are ten weird and wonderful images caught on Google Earth.

With the holidays fast approaching you might be wondering what gift to get that special techie in your life. While tablets like the iPad are in high demand this year, that doesn't mean that giving laptops as gifts would mean the equivalent of getting coal in the Christmas stocking. Here are some laptop picks that are suited for the type of person you're going to give them to.

Christmas is fast approaching and Kids as well as Kids at heart is making their list on what to expect during the Holidays.

Amazon unveiled its recent tablet offering in the market called the Amazon Kindle Fire and some experts believe that this could be an alternative choice against Apple’s iPad.

The world's lightest material is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam. It's so light that it can sit on top of a dandelion without disturbing the seeds. Meet the "ultralight metallic microlattice" which is 99.99% made of air.

Retailers will start opening doors for the holiday shopping season on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Nielsen's annual holiday gift survey says that 44 percent of kids aged 6 to 12 want an Apple tablet in the coming months, and 25 percent have placed non-iPad tablets on their wish-list. PriceGrabber's winter holiday shopping survey says four out of five people want a tablet instead of a laptop as a gift.

Tech gadgets would likely be on top of the Christmas shopping list of Australians as tech companies take advantage of the changing consumer preference for Yuletide gifts.

An analysis of tweets made by Australians shows which group of people posts sweet or rude remarks on the popular microblogging site.

Remember that coffee-table-sized tablet computer that Microsoft debuted in 2007 at the Consumer Electronic Show? Now those table sized computers are finally available for pre-orders from Samsung resellers in 23 countries, including the United States and Australia.

Sony Australia has announced the pre-order details for its next generation portable console, the PlayStation Vita for eager gamers.

Samsung's Galaxy Tab 8.9 at only 8.9 inches is smaller than Samsung's more popular Galaxy Tab 10.1 but this sleek, well-designed tablet proves that size doesn't matter.

Tech giant Apple filed for new patent which shows that iPhones are getting little airbags to protect the iOS device from shattering when dropped.

For the past week, Facebook has been facing a viral spam attack which affected Facebook users.

Recent reports reveal that Nokia, the leading mobile provider plans to launch the Nokia Windows 8 by June next air year.

Sharp, the Osaka-based electronics company announced that they do not have any plans to stop its Galapagos tablet line as it launches the newest addition to its tablet devices, the Galapagos EB-A71GJ-B.

Holiday season is also known as the season of giving so what better gadget to give than the latest tablets?