Manikandan Raman

When technology giant HP launched its TouchPad six weeks back there were no takers for the tablet, which came at a price of $500 for 16GB version and $600 for 32GB version.

Steve Jobs resigned as Apple's Chief Executive on Wednesday and handed over the reins to Tim Cook, who was the company's Chief Operating Officer and had been assuming Jobs' role in his absence.

Touchpads are disappearing from the shelves after HP slashed the price of the tablet to $99 for a 16GB model and $149 for 32GB model.

The latest one from the rumor mill is that the iPhone 5 with a materially revamped user interface will come only in 2012, and Apple will launch only an iPhone 4S in the fall.

In a widely expected move, Steve Jobs resigned as Apple's Chief Executive and handed over the reins to Tim Cook, who was the company's Chief Operating Officer and had been assuming Job's role in his absence.

Sprint is said to be launching iPhone 5 in mid-October along with Verizon and AT&T and it would come as a 3G phone.

Toyota has launched the seventh-generation Camry, which the Japanese automaker claims as the America's best-selling car for nine years running and 13 of the past 14 years.

Hurricane Irene has regained its strength and is expected to strike southeastern and central Bahamas Wednesday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

Knowing the number of species on Earth is one of the most basic yet elusive puzzles in science. But a team of researchers may have found an answer to this mysterious question.

Apple's tight-lipped approach towards its iPhone 5 release date has fueled several rumors, and the latest is that U.S. carrier Sprint will carry it along with Verizon and AT&T.

Colorado was jolted by a 5.3 magnitude earthquake on Monday. The earthquake, which struck at 11.46 p.m. local time, is the largest since 1973 when the state was struck by a 5.7-magnitude quake.

Scientists have cracked the mystery behind the lager beer after years of research and found the yeast's genomic foundation, paving way for new types of designer beers.

Hurricane Irene, which marks the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season, is expected to hit Bahamas later today and could become a major hurricane on Tuesday, according to National Hurricane Center.

When HP launched its TouchPad tablet 48 days ago there were no takers for the device, which came at a price of $500 for 16GB version and $600 for 32GB version.

The smartphone competition is about to get a lot tougher with Samsung Celox locking horns with iPhone 5.

Researchers have discovered fossils of microbial organisms that were living on Earth 3.4 billion years ago. Earth's oldest fossils have been found in Australia by a team from the University of Western Australia and Oxford University. The microscopic fossils show convincing evidence for cells and bacteria living in an oxygen-free world over 3.4 billion years ago.

Video calling firm Skype, which is being acquired by software giant Microsoft, has bought GroupMe, a provider of mobile group messaging services, for less than $100 million.

Apple is leveraging a common user experience across its entire iOS ecosystem (iPod, iPhone & iPad) into significant product, branding and quality advantages.

Apple's tight-lipped approach towards its iPhone 5 release has fueled rumors on its release date and specs that will define the next step in the iPhone's evolution.

Astronomers who have been searching for extraterrestrial intelligence for decades are suddenly saying such an encounter might not be a happy one.

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) announced a series of developments Thursday, including the potential spin-off of its personal computer business.

Scientists at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have now identified that the mysterious orange-colored goo that washed up on the shore of a remote Alaska village this month was fungal spores, not millions of microscopic eggs as said earlier.

Even as scientists are working on improving solar storm predictions, a NASA spacecraft with the latest data processing techniques has tracked a solar storm engulfing the planet for the first time.

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) could lose a major chunk of its revenues by exiting its PC business and closing down webOS, a Wall Street analyst said in a note to clients.

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is probably following in the footsteps of peer IBM by planning to exit the PC business to focus on software space.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) surprised the technology world with its $12.5 billion all-cash deal to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE:MMI) to defend its Android ecosystem.

Standard & Poor's, the ratings agency that deprived the United States of its AAA rating, is being probed by the Department of Justice over credit ratings of several mortgage securities that led to the financial crisis in 2008.

A heated debate between Republican Christine O'Donnell and Piers Morgan over the gay marriage question led to the walk-out of O'Donnell from the sets of "Piers Morgan Tonight" show.

Software giant Microsoft is working on an App Store for Windows 8 whose additional details are expected to be revealed at Microsoft's BUILD Conference in September.