According to some reports, Google is planning to release a new cloud-based locker service for users in the coming weeks or months. A report in the Wall Street Journal said that the internet giant is developing its service that will compete with the likes of Dropbox and SugarSync. It is now known how much Google might be planning to charge for offering storage spaces above the limit to its customers. Dropbox offers users 2GB of storage facility for free to all users and then it charges $9.99 for 50 GB or $19.99 for 100 GB.

San Francisco, Feb 10 : Apple will introduce its latest iPad 3 here next month, media reports said Thursday. The next generation iPad will have faster chips and better graphics, Xinhua reported quoting the technology news site AllThingsD.

It did not say when it will hit stores. The new tablet, which will probably be named iPad 3, will feature a Retina Display or something close to it. The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S have Retina Display.

Radware has said in a new report that online group of coders called, Anonymous is to be blamed for bringing the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to the main stream in 2011.

Anonymous had launched a series of DdoS attacks against sevetal targets in 2011 under a long running campaign called Operation Payback. The operation asked inder users to participate from around the world to cripple websites of the companies it believed were against free speech.

Handset maker, Nokia and software major, Microsoft might be planning to release the new Lumia 800 smartphone through Microsoft's chain of retail stores on Valentines Day next week.

According to a report by The Verge, Nokia's new smartphone will initially be available only as a bundle and will be available fro sale on 14 February. The bundle might include Nokia Play 360 wireless speaker, a Purity HD Stereo Headset and an in-ear Bluetooth unit besides the unlocked version of the handset.

EMC is planning to release a host of enhancements for its recently launched VFCache flash storage.

The company will soon release enhancements including SSDs, 1TB cards, integration with VMware and less expensive MLC flash media. VFCache, which was released on Monday as a PCIe card for cached data in servers, will utilize EMC's Fully Automated Storage Tiering software for delivering superior performance.

Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc, which was acquired by Google last year, has won a German patent ruling against Apple in a case involving patent infringement claims.

The Mannheim Regional Court ruling favored Motorola in a case involving Apple iCloud service. The ruling may allow the company to block sale of Apple device such as iPhone and iPad in the country if they are found to be offering the service.

New Delhi, Feb 4 - Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' biography continues to lead the non-fiction section of the bestseller list while Chetan Bhagat's "Revolution 2020" is back on top of the fiction charts.

Fiction

1. "Revolution 2020" Author: Chetan Bhagat Publisher: Rupa Price: Rs. 140

2."Can Love Happen Twice" Author: Ravinder Singh Publisher: Penguin Price: 125

3. "The Secret of the Nagas" Author: Amish Tripathi Publisher: Westland Price: Rs. 295

A court in New Zealand decided not to accept a bail appeal by the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload. com. The court agreed with the prosecutors that he might try to flee before an extradition hearing. Kim Dotcom, who founded the popular site offering direct downloads, is reportedly also known as Kim Schmitz and Kim Tim Jim Vestor.

According to the new Chief Executive Officer of Sony, Kazuo Hirai, the company is planning to shut down some of the under-performing businesses in order to overturn the loss making company.

The Japanese electronics giant is expected to suffer a larger than expected loss of about $2.9 billion and this will make it difficult for the new CEO to turn around the company. Sony posted a $2.1 billion net loss for October-December as it continued to suffer against rivals including US-based Apple and South Korean firm, Samsung.

Internet giant, Google is attempting to explain the changes made to its privacy policy in order to put to rest some concerns over the privacy of the users who use the company's services from around the world.

Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system is expected to move to its beta stage later in February and the company is likely to release the new product this fall.

The crackdown by the FBI of Megaupload for copyright infringement, which affected many users who were using the site for legitimate distribution of files, has sparked concerns across the world about reliability of similar cloud computing services.

Users are concerned over the crackdown as there site could be the next in line to be closed down by the authorities, which are actively checking violations online. Some of the leading service providers have tried to convince their users that their services are reliable will not be affected.

Computing giant, Hewlett-Packard is planning to offer its webOS source code under an open-source license in September 2012, a move aimed at infusing new life into the platform.

HP is also planning to release the new version 2.0 of Enyo webOS developer tool as part of its overhaul of the platform. The new tool will allow developers to create applications that are supported on a wide range of mobile devise and desktop internet browsers.

San Francisco, Jan 26 : Apple overtook Google's Android to become the leading smartphone platform in the US in the fourth quarter of 2011, thanks to strong demand for its latest iPhone model, a study said Wednesday.

In October-December quarter last year, Apple's share of the US smartphone market doubled from a year earlier to 44.9 percent, while Android's share fell from 50 percent to 44.8 percent in the same period, according to market research firm Kantar Worldpanel.

Mobile phone manufacturer, Motorola is planning to launch its new Droid Razr Maxx smartphone on Verizon network.

The Droid Razr Maxx, which is claimed to have a 21 hours of battery life, will be launched on 26 January. The device is 8.99 mm thick and is thus thinner than the iPhone, which measures 9.3 mm.

The smartphone is powered by 3300 mAh battery and comes with 4.3-inch Super AMOLED HD-resolution screen. It runs on a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor and features 32 GB memory including 16 GB built-in memory and a pre-installed 16 GB microSD card.

Japanese electronics major, Sony is panning to release the Android 4.0 update for its Tablet S, Tablet P and Xperia line of smartphones in spring, according to a report.

The two tablets are running Ice Cream Sandwich and are being tested for the new version of the tablet. Sony has not announced a release data for the update yet but it plans to add unique aspects to both the tablets over the Ice Cream Sandwich platform.

The Verge cited sources to say that the two tablets are currently being tested with the new version of Android. Sony tablets are already unique and different from other tablets in the market.

New Delhi, Jan 21 - Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' biography continues to lead the non-fiction section of the bestseller list while Chetan Bhagat's "Revolution 2020" yields the top spot in fiction to Ravinder Singh's "Can Love Happen Twice".

Non-Fiction

1. "Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography" Author: Walter Isaacson Publisher: Hachette Price: Rs. 799

2. "Thinking Fast and Slow" Author: Daniel Kahneman Publisher: Allen Lane Price: Rs. 499

South Korean electronics giant, Samsung Electronics has dismissed repots suggesting it will acquire Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of the popular BlackBerry family of smartphones.

The reports suggesting a possible buyout by Samsung resulted in a 8 percent increase share prices of Canada Based RIM. James Chung, a Seoul-based spokesman for Samsung pointed out that the company has never considered the possibility of acquiring RIM and there has been no contact between the firms.

There is a lot of speculation about a possible launch of the third generation of Apple’s iPad in the coming months as some reports suggests that the factories in China are working continuously to produce thousands of units.

According to reports, the latest version of Apple's tablet computer, the iPad 3 is already under production in factories in China.

Sources from Apple's supply chain have said that the company's partner started production at the beginning of this month. They said that factories are running non stop in the country and churning out thousands of units.