TECH

It seems that 2012 will be the year of the smart TV, with Lenovo being the first manufacturer of clever televisions to break cover at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The next iPhone and iPad could feature a super-powerful quad-core processor, if recent findings in a beta build of the iOS 5.1 operating system are to be believed.

Gaming enthusiasts will get paid to play the latest edition of Grand Theft Auto and come up with any bug that may have got into it.

Devil May Cry Reboot has provoked death threats from its fans over the looks of Dante in the game. A comic book release alongside death metal songs are dedicated to the game developers in this regard.

Falling tablet prices and the need to stay connected while on the move should spur the sales of tablets. Expect Brits to consume a whopping 8 million tablets in 2012, according to a Sky report.

Tablet devices the world over are witnessing a rapid decline in sales with the exception of Apple. This has forced smaller tablet makers to cut prices and capture market shares.

Expect the scariest game ever made for handheld to hit the stores this summer from the horror franchise - Resident Evil. Capcom has bettered its previous sequels with exemplary delivery of game narrative, while successfully connecting the preceding storyline to make for a riveting game experience.

As CES 2012 draws closer expectations are running high. Get set to witness 2,700 exhibitors across 140 countries flaunting their wares among 20,000 new product launches.

With the iPad 2 coming up to its first anniversary, all eyes are pointing towards Apple in anticipation of an updated model, tipped to be called either the iPad 3 or iPad 2S.

BlackBerry is now selling its PlayBook tablet from just £169 in the UK, following a significant price cut in the U.S. in early January.

BlackBerry will only be releasing just one handset running the shiny new BB 10 operating system, having scrapped two other phones, if rumours are to be believed.

A virus has stolen user names and passwords from more than 45,000 Facebook users in the United Kingdom and France, with the intent to spread malware to users' friends.

New videos claiming to stem from the Anonymous collective have emerged showing what appears to be a series of successful hacks on Sony's network.

The Consumer Electronics Show 2012 kicks off in Las Vegas on January 10; manufacturers and journalists the world over will flock to the U.S. for the biggest tech show in the world.

The makers of Steve Jobs action doll are facing legal action from Apple even as eBay is making lucrative business selling these dolls at $135 apiece.

Apple is reportedly going to sue Chinese company In Icons for producing a Steve Jobs action figure, complete with trademark black turtleneck and blue jeans.

Kodak is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection in case it is unable to sell its digital patents to raise the funds it needs to survive.

While many of us wouldn't dream of mixing our Facebook profiles with work and business contacts, that's exactly what Mark Zuckerberg and Moo.com want us to do.

Whether it's for vanity, brand consistency or search engine optimisation, website addresses - or domain names - can sell for ludicrous amount of money, and now dudu.com has joined the elite $1 million club.

The newly-released PlayStation Vita is being outsold by the handheld console that it is intended to replace, the seven-year-old PlayStation Portable.

Samsung has unveiled the successor to Galaxy Plus - the Galaxy Ace Plus, which is touted to be the refreshed version of its predecessor. It is scheduled for an Indian release by end of March at Rs 15,000.

The Apple-dominated tablet marker could soon become a three horse race, with rumours emerging of a Google tablet set to take on the iPad and Amazon's hugely popular Kindle Fire.

Google and Oracle lock horns in a legal dispute over Android infringements with Java technology. Google has amassed potential firepower with thousands of patent acquisitions from Motorola and IBM. The patent wars should only get interesting as Microsoft, Apple, Samsung and HTC join the fray.

Wikipedia users may no longer have to see founder Jimmy Wales' pleading face on every page, as the online encyclopaedia has celebrated raising $20 million in donations.

Google gets 217 IBM patents

A survey conducted by energy firm E.ON shows that about 134 million pounds of electricity is wasted annually owing to overcharging of mobile phones, laptops and computers in the UK.

In early January a man was granted access to the United States from Canada without his passport, instead showing boarder control a photocopy of it on his iPad.

Yahoo appoints Paypal boss with proven record as CEO to replace Carol Bartz.

More than one million ebook readers were opened on Christmas Day in the UK and a staggering 92 per cent of these were Kindles, underlining Amazon's dominance in the ebook sector.