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Microsoft has sold over 100 million copies of Windows 8 since it started to ship the new operating system six months ago on Oct 26, 2012. The information, reverses previous observation that the new OS was not moving in store shelves as fast as the manufacturer and industry expected it despite the operating system being designed primarily for touch command.

In a big turnaround from their previous decision, four of the biggest Australian banks said on Tuesday that they will pass in full the 25 basis points overnight cash rate made by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on the same day.

Because of its low prices that attracted American consumers who were still reeling from the prolonged recession, Wal-Mart Stores regained the number 1 ranking in the Fortune 500 list for 2012.

Xbox 360 rocked the console sales in the Western worlds and the upcoming Xbox 720 is soon to be unveiled in an event at Redmond, Washington headquarters. Xbox 720 will also gain exclusivity of Call of Duty: Ghosts once the console is launched.

Maxis announced the release of the upcoming Sims 4 in 2014 which will be applied on both Mac and Windows computers. Sims 4 has promising new and intuitive tools which players can use to connect with their Sims.

T-Mobile finally released the long awaited update for the HTC One S featuring Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Google Now and Project Butter. The network carrier silently released the new update and expected to reach all owners eventually.

To combat fake online pharmacies selling Viagra, Pfizer launches its own website to sell directly to its customers

WiiKey is a mod ship developer claims to have reversed the engineering of Wii U's disk encryption and making the game console possible to play "backed up" copies of games using a USB drive. Another group claims to have ripped the Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth game disc and now being distributed online.

Speculations are circulating that Microsoft will soon release in the market a smaller and cheaper Surface tablet.

Acer introduced to the public over the weekend the Aspire R7, a convertible all-in-one laptop with a display that can move around in different ways through a new Ezel hinge.

Five of the best brands have released their remarkable design across the Android history and Google is now developing their next Nexus line up. HTC, LG, Motorola, Sony and Samsung have individual trademarks on every device they made and it is so exciting to know which among them will be chosen to complete the future of Google Nexus.

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean will seem to roll out after the Google I/O conference this May 15th and speculations of new features with the upcoming Android version leaked out. HTC teases two new technologies rumoured to appear on Android 4.3 - the Bluetooth Low Energy and OpenGL ES 3.0.

For people deciding to replace their old Android smartphones, making a choice is now more difficult as new models are coming out one after the other with features so enticing.

As demand for pickups is rising, Ford Motor Co. is to announce that it will create 2000 new positions at its Claycomo car plant located in Kansas City.

News of a New York real estate company offering its employees a 15 per cent pay increase if they would tattoo the firm's logo on their body renewed public interest in skin advertising.

A $169 three-way tablet war is brewing with the entry of the new Acer Iconia A1. The 7.9-inch tablet is going against the Nexus 7 and HP Slate.

Sony has finally released the Android 4.1.1 firmware update for Sony Xperia Tablet S, featuring Google Now, Project Butter and more from Sony. It is the latest and official update from Sony which you can access from Over-the-Air procedure.

Sony finally released updates of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to four of their Xperia devices - Xperia P, Xperia Go, Xperia E & Xperia E Dual. Now the four Android Xperia smartphones can enjoy the Jelly Bean features such Google Now, Project Butter and much more.

Samsung dominates smartphone market in China but Apple continues to edge the global tablet market sales. The iOS maker, Apple, stands tough as the biggest tablet maker in world. Is it going to last long against Android tablets?

Apple's FaceTime is expected to improve on iOS 7 running devices having 1080p video quality using the new OmniVision OV2724 chip. At the same time, speculation revolves on Nokia taking camera technology seriously by including Lytro Camera to their next wave of mobile devices. So which one is better?

The recent meeting between Google CEO Larry Page and LG CEO Koo Bon Joon in Seoul, South Korea has sparked up the rumors on another collaborative work to release the much anticipated Nexus 5 smart phone. The two giant companies reportedly discussed plans on improving their business deal and pairing up to create new televisions and Glass-like devices.

Apple's FaceTime is expected to improve on iOS 7 running devices having 1080p video quality using the new OmniVision OV2724 chip. At the same time, speculation revolves on Nokia taking camera technology seriously by including Lytro Camera to their next wave of mobile devices. So which one is better?

Finally, both Verizon and AT&T released update their Galaxy Note devices with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean allowing owners to use Google Now and experience Project Butter smoothness. Aside from the standard Jelly Bean features, the devices gain more app support for Multi-Window feature and Pop-up capabilities.

When in a foreign land, tourists often pose in front of famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower or Statue of Liberty as proof that they have the good fortune to travel to these places. And in the era of social media, they would post those photos and videos in Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumbler and YouTube.

nvestment guru Warren Buffet just opened an account with Twitter with the handle @WarrenBuffet, and he already has more than 188,000 followers in a matter of hours.

This early, technology pundits are anticipating another platform where rivals Apple and Samsung will fight over - page-turning patent.

The world's most patronized social networking site, Facebook, reported an amount of $1.5 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2013, higher than the $1.1 billion posted in the same quarter last year.

Big numbers don't always translate to greatness, at least in the case of the shipments of tablets by Apple Inc in the first quarter of 2013.

Developers of CyanogenMod custom ROM finally made Samsung Galaxy S4 compatible with the firmware. CyanogenMod 10.1 features Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS, tweaking & customisation and less bloatware found in the stock ROM of Samsung Galaxy S4.