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The three technology giants in Japan have teamed up to develop a 5.2-inch OLED smartphone screen with a 1,080p resolution and ultra-sharp 423 pixels per inch. The joint venture, called Japan Display, is made up of Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi.

ADP and ISM data misses deal mild blow to USDBy Kathleen Brooks, Research Director UK EMEA FOREX.comThe problem with this US recovery and stock market rally is that no sooner are you lulled into a false sense of security that the economic recovery will continue then a data point reminds you that the...

The Parramatta government is planning to build the tallest building in Australia - a 90-storey skyscraper in New South Wales to be called Aspire. When built, it would stand at 336 metres.

Skype just reached a milestone by hitting 2 billion minutes of connections handled daily. To mark the important event, Skype released an infographic that shows the equivalent of 2 billion minutes in more practical terms.

Finnish game app developer Rovio said on Wednesday that it would launch mobile versions of the Angry Birds Friends on iOS and Android. It is the social version of the game that Rovio created for Facebook and has 60 million installs and 15 million monthly active users on FB.

By Greg PeelThe Dow closed down 111 points, or 0.8%, while the S&P dropped 1.1% to 1553 and the Nasdaq fell 1.

Despite a positive start on the back of gains on European and US markets overnight, the local bourse was sold off today following chatter from two US Federal Reserve Presidents that the stimulus which has been supporting the US economy since the GFC could be wound back this year.

A study by Bitdefender released on Tuesday indicated more threats to Internet user privacy amid large jumps in adware, malware and Trojans that target Android devices.

Texting apps are taking away revenue from U.S. carriers, estimated by market research firm Ovum to have reached $23 billion by the end of 2012.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged the global populace to refrain from panicking over the new bird flu pandemonium in China even as the number of infected has added four new cases on Tuesday, taking the total of reported cases now to seven.

The Changing Definition of Safe Investments

Let's begin this week's reckoning with some lip service for the performance of the S&P 500. America's big blue chip index was up 10% in the first quarter. It made a new all-time high late last week when it closed at 1569. It took six long years from the 2007 high until now. But we made it!

Despite a slightly stronger start to the session for the 2nd day running (something which hasn't happened in 4 weeks), the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is 0.2 per cent or 8.6 pts lower to 4986.9. Shares slumped by 2.7 per cent in March, making it the worst month of trade since May 2012.

Amid speculations that Nokia will roll out the Lumia 928 in April on Verizon Wireless, Techno Buffalo cited on Wednesday an WPCentral report that the successor to the Lumia 928 and 920, the Lumia 950, is coming out soon.

The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has informed that there is a high probability that the wraith of a triple dip recession was averted owing to strong exports in the first three months of 2013. However, it was underlined that any recovery would be probably slow and modest.

AT&T and Sprint will start to sell on April 19 the 32GB HTC One smartphone for $199.99. The deal comes with a two-year contract and is available in black or silver colours.

Last week's sleep-in-the glass box publicity stunt at the Museum of Modern Art Exhibition by actress Tilda Swinton paid off because it generated the desired global publicity and created a new Internet phenomenon called Tildaing.

Ahead of a clarification from Panasonic that it is not yet stopping the production of its popular Plasma TV, the gadget topped CNET's list of seven tech products that should still exist.

In an attempt to reach the younger and tech-savvy red-blooded male market, Playboy just released an app for Apple's iPhone. However, those seeking more skin that the famous magazine's print version would be disappointed because the models keep their clothes on in the high-tech version.

Australia's federal government approved Toro Energy's (ASX: TOE) proposed uranium mine at Wiluna, Western Australia. However, the go signal was subject to Toro meeting 36 conditions.

Greg PeelThe Dow closed up 89 points, or 0.6%, while the S&P gained 0.5% to 1570 and the Nasdaq added 0.

-Oil prices retreat. For how long?-Iron ore, coking coal underpinned-Thermal coal under most pressure-Platinum supportedBy Eva BrocklehurstAverage oil prices retreated in March after several months of rises.

Even from his grave, deceased Apple co-founder Steve Jobs appears to continue exerting influence in the tech giant despite Tim Cook now serving as the chief executive of the California-based company.

The local share market resumed trade following the Easter break on a positive note, with financial stocks driving the market higher after the Reserve Bank left interest rates on hold at 3% as expected.

Many computer literate people have dream tablets, whether the vision is for the device to have James Bond-like features, unbelievable specs, powerful and durable units or just plainly affordable for the majority. ZDNet writer James Kendrick lists 10 features of a dream tablet that many techies dream of, although reality is these specs would likely not be found together in just one device.

The numbers tell a story of China's growing air pollution menace. Claiming 1.2 million lives so far, the data from a new scientific study looking into the leading causes of death worldwide, China's latest figure accounted for 40 per cent of the world's total number of deaths.

The Australian sharemarket is improving despite a flat finish in the U.S and an uneventful evening in Europe. Markets in Germany, France and the U.K were closed overnight due to the Easter break.

With the polycarbonate unibody and Gorilla Glass screen of the HTC One X, the device has earned a reputation as a very durable unit, but its strength could be the gadget's weakness also as repair Web site had labeled it a unit that is impossible to fix.

The fact the con announcement made no less by Kai-Fu Lee, former head of Google China, was reposted 30,000 times by early Monday evening, was a testament of the hunger the Chinese netizens have for the outside world. But alas they knew it late that Mr Lee had just played an April Fool's day prank on them, one that further fuelled the already contained anger and resentment against Chinese internet censorship.