TECHNOLOGY

Apple and Samsung have been urged to settle their dispute before their patent infringement trial reaches jury deliberation next week.

Microsoft and Nokia will hold a Windows Phone 8 launch event on 5 September - one week before the expected launch of the Apple iPhone 5.

Chinese PC maker Lenovo has seen profits grow thanks to a booming home market, but analysts warn that is about to change.

Just a few days earlier, Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 received the official CyanogenMod 10 (CM10) based Jelly Bean update, which is now followed by the unofficial version.

Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphones have been the frontrunners to get the most number of Jelly Bean custom ROM updates in recent times. Only recently, the I9100 received the Jelly Bean custom ROM update, and now it is the turn of I9100G.

A video of a Galaxy S3 smartphone running an official Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update has been posted online.

With speculation about a smaller iPad gathering pace, we take a look at what Apple might along with the new iPhone next month.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 will reportedly have a screen size of 5.5in

With the non-existent iPhone 5 returning more than six billion Google search results, we throw a spanner in the works and say that the mythical smartphone will never exist.

Samsung released Android 4.0.4 XXLPY update for Galaxy S2.

A Samsung designer has testified in the ongoing patent infringement trial that the company did not copy icons used by the iPhone.

It has been more than five months since the release of Mass Effect 3 (ME3), and the highly-disputed controversial endings of the trilogy are once again being scrutinised for their influence on the game's completion.

Neither Toshiba or HP will produce a tablet based on the Windows RT OS in time for the software's launch on 26 October.

Having seen challengers take a slice of its market share in 2011, Apple's iPad has retaken control of the worldwide tablet market.

AOKP ROM features a stock Android interface with highly customisable options similar to the CM10 ROM for HTC Sensation.

The Android 4.1 update for the Galaxy S3 may be announced at the launch of the Galaxy Note 2 in Berlin.

The newer CM10 based ROM for Android 4.1.1 includes performance updates and superior customisation options for better overall stability.

The launch of the App Center has helped boost gaming on Facebook by 15 percent, with 235 million gamers playing each month.

Franchise updates for everything from Fifa to Need For Speed and NHL to Dead Space.

Hitman: Absolution's Contracts mode allows players to automatically create their own in-game challenges.

The owner of SurfTheChannel.com, which provided free access to copyrighted TV programmes, has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Samsung has taken full advantage of the gap in the mobile phone market left by Nokia – but created by Apple.

The home of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was burgled last month, as similar crimes in Palo Alto are on the rise.

Researchers at Kaspersky Labs have asked mathematicians and cryptographers to help crack the Gauss malware encryption.

The software update brings a number of new features to the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and a few notable ones include lock screen, lock options, Recent app short cut, Android Beam, gestures, Data Usage app and Google Play apps.

Half-Life 3 appears on a list of games to be expected on the trade show's official website.

Fresh speculation claims the iPhone 5 will be available in the UK from 5 October, after launching in the US on 21 September.

As Apple finishes giving evidence in its patent trial with Samsung, the company claims that more than a quarter of Samsung's profits between mid-2010 and March 2012 came from patent infringement.

We see if the £200 Intel-powered Orange San Diego has got what it takes to tempt buyers away from the more familiar brands.