Updated: 11:15 AM The next Blackberry smartphone, which manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) hopes can revive its fortunes, will be introduced on 30th of January.

Posted: 9:38 AM Apple has settled its first patent battle over smartphone makers using Google's Android platform, agreeing a 10-year licensing deal with HTC, the struggling Taiwanese manufacturer.

Updated: 11:29 AM A study says that people are allergic to BlackBerry phones.

Posted: 1:50 PM Twitter says it mistakenly reset the passwords of some users as part of a routine security check-up.

Posted: 10:36 AM AP technology writer Peter Svensson says the screen quality on the smaller tablet is a letdown.

Updated: 12:35 PM Barack Obama is the official winner of the 2012 presidential race, as well as the ultimate king of the Twittersphere.

Posted: 11:08 AM DC Comics is expanding the reach of its digital comics by selling its monthly titles through iTunes, Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Posted: 9:54 AM AT&T is agreeing to pay the federal government $700,000 and offer refunds to customers for mistakenly forcing some smartphone users into monthly data plans.

Posted: 2:15 PM Older CBS shows like "Medium" and "Numb3rs" are coming to the $8-per-month online video service Hulu Plus.

Posted: 2:13 PM Instagram, the photo-sharing app that was created for mobile phones, is expanding to the Web.

Posted: 11:53 AM The search for Bigfoot is taking to the sky.

Posted: 9:47 AM Don't be afraid to update, this one needs to be downloaded!

Posted: 1:26 PM Two of the most powerful women in media - Oprah Winfrey and Arianna Huffington - are joining forces.

Posted: 10:31 AM Video games promise to take us to new worlds, but few have lived up to that idea as well as "Assassin's Creed III" (Ubisoft, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, $59.99). Its new world is, well, The New World, and its recreation of colonial America feels entirely fresh.

Posted: 3:37 PM Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has seized on Netflix's recent troubles to build a 10 percent stake in the Internet video service.

Updated: 3:47 PM A small operating system technology designing company by the name of SurfCast is suing Microsoft over the Live Tiles feature.

Posted: 9:54 AM Google this week unveiled a revamped search app for iOS that adds a Siri-like voice-recognition service.

Posted: 11:48 AM George Washington, Ben Franklin and other heroes of the American Revolution take center stage in one of the biggest video game releases of the year.

Posted: 9:01 AM Several popular media websites in the New York area are inaccessible after a massive storm knocked out power to much of the city.

Posted: 4:13 PM Internet radio company Pandora is adding more functionality to its mobile apps

Posted: 1:47 PM Google is adding a few more gadgets to holiday shopping lists.

Posted: 10:10 AM Consumers interested in preordering the iPad Mini can now do so. It can be preordered directly from Apple's website.

Posted: 10:03 AM The top securities regulator in Massachusetts has fined Citigroup $2 million for failing to supervise analysts who improperly disclosed confidential information about Facebook's initial public offering.

Updated: 10:45 AM Just in time for Halloween comes something that might scare anyone who spends a lot of time online: SplashData's annual list of the most common passwords used on the Internet and posted by hackers.

Posted: 11:36 AM How does this scaled down version of the iPad compare with its newly refreshed big brother and the Android tablets that still come in at a lower price?