Manikandan Raman

Google Inc. shocked the technology world with its $12.5 billion all-cash deal to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc, valuing each essential patent at about $20 million, to defend its Android ecosystem.

Taylor Armstrong, who stars in the American reality series "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," is in dire straits after her ex-husband Russell Armstrong, 47, was found hanged in a bedroom on Monday evening at a house in Los Angeles.

Technology giant Apple has released its first update to its Mac OS X Lion software that fixes, among others, certain bugs over playing videos in safari and improves reliability of Wi-Fi connections.

MABEL, a two-legged robot that runs like a human being, is believed to be the world's fastest bipedal robot with knees, hitting a peak pace of 6.8 miles per hour.

Apple is said to launch its next-generation iPhone 5 in early October, and the device could come as a widely compatible "world phone."

Apple to offer carrier agnostic wireless communication devices.

A group of flying, rolling Robots called as Swarmanoids stole the limelight and won the best video award at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Video Competition 2011 last week.

Currently, investors are speculating that the Google-Motorola deal will spur other handset deals and Nokia and RIM could be potential acquisition targets.

Market analysts are speculating that Nvidia could be a big beneficiary of the Google-Motorola deal

A Wall Street analyst has predicted that Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) may acquire Micron Technology as the move would diversify its product offerings.

In a significant development for the mobile technology industry, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) for $12.5 billion, or $40 a share, in cash to defend its Android ecosystem.

Finally, the wait is over! The 7" Acer Iconia Tab A100, built on Android 3.2, is now available on the shelves.

RBC Capital Markets has downgraded Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) to "underperform" from "sector perform" over structural concerns.

A test flight of Falcon HTV-2, touted as the world's fastest ever plane, failed and the aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean.

Jefferies has upgraded PC giant Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ) to "buy" from "hold," saying that the company is expected to deliver higher margins over long-term and is best positioned to benefit from the increasing demand for cloud services.

Researchers say smartphone-sized quantum computers could be developed with the help of microwaves and ions, hinting at the possibility of smaller quantum computing devices in the future.

"Dougherty Gang" of Florida was arrested in Colorado on Wednesday after a high-speed car chase and shootout.

Online retail giant Amazon.com has unveiled Kindle Cloud Reader, which is its latest Kindle reading application that leverages HTML5 and enables customers to read Kindle books instantly using only their Web browser - online or offline.

Auriga USA has raised its profit estimates of PC maker Dell, Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), saying that the company's margin expansion story will continue even in a more challenging economic environment.

FBR Capital Markets has upgraded the shares of VMWare, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) to "outperform" from 'market perform," saying that the company would be a leading beneficiary of increasing demand for virtualization solutions.

It seems everything going Apple's way. A day after the consumer technology giant briefly surpassed Exxon Mobil to become the world's largest public company by market capitalization, it won a legal battle against Samsung in Europe.

Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S), which fell 16 percent Monday, could fall further given its uncertain EBITDA, high debt leverage and lack of free cash flow.

A recent study showed that teens who use Facebook heavily show more narcissistic tendencies while young adults who have a strong Facebook presence show signs of other psychological disorders.

International Business Machines (IBM) has terminated its contract with the University of Illinois to build a supercomputer for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), citing technical and financial constraints.

About 45,000 employees of Verizon Communications went on strike after contract talks failed.

Consumer technology giant Apple is set to gain share in the computing market during the second half, helped by new operating systems in desktop and mobile space.

Auriga USA has upgraded the shares of EMC Corp (NYSE:EMC) to 'buy' from 'hold', saying that the company would increase its margins and profits by gaining market share in the storage space.

All the three rating agencies -- Moody's, Fitch and S&P - have warned the current Administration that if things weren't done to curtail the tide of out-of-control spending and poor fiscal and monetary policies they would be forced to review the credit rating of the U.S. for possible downgrade.

Stocks tumbled across the globe on Thursday amid growing worries about the U.S. economy and Europe's mounting debt problems, reviving fears of another deep recession.