COMPANIES

Serco, the services group has delivered solid results for the period ended on December 31, 2011. It recorded robust growth in revenues including good organic growth, increased the operating margins and maintained a strong cash generation profile and financing position.

Standard Chartered, the retail and commercial banking giant, is on track to deliver another strong performance for the FY 2011. Ahead of preliminary earnings on February 29, 2012 it secured buy rating from all top brokerage houses such as Nomura Securities, Investec Bank and Seymour Pierce.

One of the two tablets unveiled by Samsung at 2012's MWC, the Galaxy Note 10.1, is the first commercial tablet that promises to actually work as a graphics tablet, below are our opening impressions.

HSBC's chief executive pocketed huge £7.2m salary in 2011, including £2.16m bonus.

Hot on heels of Nokia's Lumia 610 smartphone, ZTE announces the Orbit, a Windows Phone device aimed at the budget market.

Huawei's Ascend D Quad is fastest smartphone in world, but iPhone 5 could soon steal title back.

Whitbread, which owns Premier Inn, Costa, Beefeater and Brewers Fayre, is confident that it will continue to outperform in the challenging consumer economy based on the strength of its brands and its customer propositions.

Rumours are rife that Apple's flagship smartphone - the iPhone 5 - is drifting away from the tradition of mid-year launches seen prior to 2011. The buzz around the most-anticipated gadget of the year is soaring through the roof, even as restless fans unsuspectingly count on speculations the smartphone might release in July.

Lloyd's Banking Group (LBG) and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), UK's leading part-nationalised banks, are reportedly planning to approach the European Central Bank (ECB) for a special three-year funding scheme.

Stuart Gulliver, chief executive, said 2011 was 'year of change' as bank pushes up profits 15%.

The profit was driven by considerable increases in e-book sales at Penguin and the Financial Times Group, both of which are owned by Pearson.

Nokia announces 808 Pure View smartphone, featuring 41-megapixel Carl Zeiss camera and Dolby 5.1 surround sound.

Nokia continues mission to get mobile phones into hands of 'the next billion people" with Asha 202, 203 and 302.

HSBC Holdings, the global banking and financial services organisation, has reported a robust performance for the year ending December 31, 2011 with profit before taxes of $21.9billion.

In a 'One More Thing' announcement worthy of Steve Jobs, Huawei announced the iPad 3 rival MediaPad 10 FHD.

The builder of traditional homes reported that its annual pre-tax profits rose 74% for the financial year ended 31 December 2011, as it sold more homes at a wider margins and focuses on increasing profits combined with further improvements in the use of capital. The Group also expects to deliver a strongly increasing return on capital employed in 2012 and beyond.

Serco, a FTSE 100 international service company, has been added in the 'Buy' list by all the UK top brokers as it is expected to deliver the full year results in line with expectations on Tuesday, February 28, 2012.

HTC announces flagship smartphone, the One X , with 4.7-inch screen, Ice Cream Sandwich and super-powerful quad-core processor.

SEGA's Binary Domain - the squad-based shooter by Toshihiro Nagoshi, the creator behind some of SEGA's critically acclaimed video game franchises such as Yakuza series, is now available in Europe for Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms. The SEGA game is expected to launch in North America on February 28.

Ahead of full-year earnings, JP Morgan has assigned "Overweight" rating to the operator of Persimmon Homes, Charles Church, Westbury Partnerships and Space4 as the Group expects to perform in a challenging environment due to the overall economic situation, while the UK housing market remains stable.

Apple's iPad 3 is being flown from Foxconn in China to US, according to shipping documents

Samsung announces the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, with a dual-core 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Attorneys-General from 36 U.S. states have raised concerns over potential security and privacy implications of Google's new privacy policy. The Internet search engine giant's new unified privacy policy has been touted as having fraud and security implications, especially for government users and Android smartphone owners.

Samsung announces Galaxy Beam smartphone, which features a built-in projector at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Rumours are rife that Apple is planning to open a chain of retail shops at Harrods department store in London as the iPad 3 release date draws closer.

The clock is ticking away for the year's biggest mobile phone event and expo (MWC) on February 27. With the ever-soaring aspirations of smartphone users and gadget enthusiasts fuelling technology innovations the world over, the big as well as small companies are all poised to make a big show of their wares.

Few aspects of new apps that Microsoft has introduced for its latest operating system, Widows 8

One of the Internet's more popular adult video Web sites - YouPorn - has confirmed that personal data for millions of its registered users has been compromised.

A number of purported iPad 3 part leaks have grabbed the headlines over the last few weeks, even as rumour mills gained momentum with support from the likes of Apple Insider, Wall Street Journal and many more high-profile news feeders promoting the exciting story.