BUSINESS

One in four of Spain's working population out of work with jobless numbers hitting record 4.42 million.

BlackBerry is still struggling to sell its cursed PlayBook, slashing the price of its iPad rival yet again, this time to just $299 for all models.

A Twitter account in the name of Wendi Deng, the wife of Rupert Murdoch, has confessed to being fake, raising concerns as the social network has verified the account as genuine for a whole day.

A group of computer hackers, thought to be from Saudi Arabia, claim to have stolen and published the details of up to 400,000 active Israeli credit cards.

Finance chiefs predict UK is likely to face another economic crisis in 2012.

Survey by Lloyds Bank reveals most big British businesses pessimistic about UK economy.

Apple is tipped to be holding a media event in New York at the end of this month, with the emphasis thought to be on publishing rather than the rumoured iPad 3.

The popular winter cars for 2012 are Audi A6 3.0T Quattro, Honda CR-V AWD and Toyota Sienna AWD, among others.

Apple Inc. has long been known for ground-breaking technological innovations and its latest quest - to acquire fuel-cell patents - could further strengthen the company's portfolio of 17,000 software patents. Indeed, Apple could silently planning an eco-friendly substitute for existing chemical batteries by acquiring fuel-cell patents to power its devices.

The year 2011 saw some tech leaps as well as flops. Here are the top 5 mobile tech glitches.

As the start of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) draws closers, the speculation over the computer tablets expected to be unveiled is increasing.

British holidaymakers may be planning to holiday in 2012, but which destination to choose?

Big crowds gathered in almost all major cities in the continent to celebrate the arrival of 2012.

Stephan Boyer, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has created the world's first self-balancing electric unicycle.

The Apple Inc. iPhone reportedly outsold Android devices at AT&T corporate retail stores by a whopping 7.8-to-1 ratio between Dec. 1 and Dec. 27. Apparently, those AT&T stores sold about 981,000 iPhones during the period, accounting for a heavy 66 percent of the turnover.

A poll of 20 hedge fund managers, economists and traders conducted by Reuters predicts that gold prices will fall below $ 1500 an ounce over the first quarter of next year.

Jonathan Ive, Apple's Design Head, has been awarded the coveted Knighthood in the New Year Honours list.

Former Chief Executive of Hewlett-Packard Co. Mark Hurd repeatedly pursued and targeted actress Jodie Fisher in attempts to cajole her into having sex with him, according to a controversial letter released on Thursday.

Euro ends year on weak note with slumps against major currencies as debt crisis goes on.

Amazon sold more than one million Kindle ebook readers a week during December, making various Kindles the first, second and third most popular products in the entire Amazon U.S. catalogue.

Rumours abound the release of Apple's first TV take precedence, as fresh reports indicate the release of 32 and 37-inch iTVs in mid-summer 2012.

Facebook has quietly released Messenger for Windows 7, letting users view their Ticker and list of online contacts in a separate desktop application.

Campden Hill Square, in Kensington and Chelsea, is the most expensive street in the UK where the average cost of a house is almost £5 million.

Apple has reportedly filed a patent on Facial Recognition software for mobile platform with the intention of adding this feature on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Macbook devices.

The Ministry of Defence has tied up with big game companies to procure the latest simulation technology to prepare its soldiers for real-world battles. The virtual training course would focus on sharpening their skills as well as improving their agility in reacting to disastrous war situations.

Microsoft Leaked Roadmap predicts the arrival of Tango after Mango, later followed by Apollo coinciding with the release of superphones in 2012. Expect a massive three way battle with Apple's iPhone 5 and the rest of the Android brigade.

A tech blog has claimed that the iPhone 5 will drop the famously fragile glass back in favour of an aluminium case similar to that of the iPad 2.

LG recently revealed a bunch of innovative product release plans for the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show 2012.

Call of Duty fans are in for a great treat, as Infinity Ward has announced plans of releasing exclusive downloadable content (DLC) for Modern Warfare 3 Elite subscribers starting with Xbox Live on January 24.