TECHNOLOGY

Apple Stores, resellers, and carriers in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom are opening their doors today, Oct. 14, to people eager to be the first to get their hands on iPhone 4S.

Regional Australia residents will be amongst the first in the world to get their hands on the eagerly awaited iPhone 4S, as it is released on the same date globally.

Apple released the iOS 5 today and its perhaps the biggest update to the software. The iOS 5 comes with over 200 new features and it has been released for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

What would have been another showdown this week between Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc. did not materialize after the passing of Apple's creative genius, Steve Jobs.

iOS 5 was released today and with it a step nearer to replacing the Mac and PC as the main computing device for the common people. The latest update to the iOS brings big changes to the iPad and the iPhone as well as fixing possible security vulnerabilities.

As more consumers shift to upgrades of modern electronic devices such as tablet computers and smartphones from laptops and 3G phones, more companies are launching their own versions of the devices in a bid to get a slice of the growing market - notwithstanding risking a lawsuit from Apple.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 continues to be banned from Australian consumers as Apple won its bid to block the tablet on Thursday.

Samsung Electronics will not be allowed to sell its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer possibly for the whole duration of the Christmas season, according to a decision issued on Thursday by NSW Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett.

On the heels of news that Google+ traffic has been consistently dropping, a Google engineer has inadvertently published a 5,000-word rant on his frustrations at work for all his +/- 2,000 followers to see. He said the post was supposed to be for internal discussion among his colleagues. In his latest Google+ post, Engineer Steve Yegge explained how his "long opinionated" rant on how Google could be doing a "much better job" on Google+ for better public access.

The Transport Ticketing Authority of Victoria will replace myki smart cards with the more secure Mifare DESFire EV1 version touted to be invulnerable to cloning.

Macquarie Telecom, Fujitsu, Infoplex and VMware have formed the OzHub, a national cloud council which aims to promote cloud computing to enterprises, small businesses, consumers and governments in Australia.

Attempts to gain unauthorized access to 93,000 accounts on the Sony PlayStation Network, Sony Entertainment Network and Sony Online Entertainment prompted the online gaming network to lock the accounts on Tuesday.

American and Canadian users of BlackBerry smartphones are now experiencing delays in sending and receiving e-mails as the service disruption entered its third day.

A 2.4-ton German satellite is expected to make its way back to Earth this month, with current forecasts set on Oct. 22 or 23. Scientists say the odds of someone getting hit by the satellite is at 1-in-2000.

iOS 5, Apple Inc.'s latest operating system for iPhone, the iPad and the iPod Touch, called iOS 5, is ready for download today, Oct. 12.

iOS 5, Apple Inc.'s latest operating system for iPhone, the iPad and the iPod Touch, called iOS 5, is ready for download today, Oct. 12.

Apple has $76 billion and shareholders are already knocking on the company to conduct some profit sharing.

Here is the list of the iOS 5 features that you need to know.

An important announcement from Sony's Chief Information Security Officer was put up in the Sony blog. There have been attempts to hack the database networks which might have affected less than 0.1% of the users of Europe.

After Steve Jobs died, the world has been pondering if it would be the end of innovation. President Barack Obama lauded Steve Jobs as "among the greatest of American innovators" and many have compared him to great inventors Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. Jobs, a visionary and a creative genius, helped redefine mobile devices, the music industry, the cinema, and the Internet.

A new study released on Tuesday shows that many top websites are sharing personal user information to at least four other websites.

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On Oct. 19, Wednesday, the staff and workers of Apple Inc will hold a celebratory memorial in honor of its co-founder Steve Jobs, who died on Oct. 5.

While preparing to launch their IPO, Zynga has not kept a low profile during the "quiet period" the Securities and Exchange Commision imposed on companies limiting any information it can release on the public. The social gaming company has unveiled new games and moves to have a new platform to offer their games other than social media sites with their own website in their "Zynga Unleashed" event.

High-tech devices outnumber people in the United States, the industry group CTIA reported Tuesday. Wireless subscriber connections reached 327.6 million, surpassing for the first time the U.S. population of 315.5 million.

Motorola is expected to announce its next generation Xoom 2 and new smart phone Spyder next week so naturally leaked pictures are already going tech sites and blogs. This set of leaked pictures has the Motorola Spyder, also known as Droid Razr and the Xoom 2 with the carrier logos on the device, this time Verizon.

Steve Jobs made headlines all around the world with every launch of Apple's new products but more recently, the creative genius made his final headline when he passed away due to pancreatic cancer last Oct. 5.

You know you've made in the tablet market when you get sued. The Amazon Kindle Fire hasn't been released but it already has its first patent infringement lawsuit against it.

Although there was a drop in phone and on-course betting, Australian wagering and gaming company Tabcorp Holdings logged an 18 per cent hike in its online betting revenue in the past year.