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• US Cops, In-Flight Movies May be Model for Panasonic Survival Sunday, 6 Jan 2013 | 6:22 PM ET

  

  Two thirds of the 420,000 patrol cars in the United States are equipped with Panasonic's rugged Toughbook computers, and chief Kazuhiro Tsuga sees the niche product as a model for how the sprawling conglomerate can make money beyond a gadget mass market increasingly dominated by Samsung Electronics and Apple.

• Handset makers scurry to join Year of the Phablet Sunday, 6 Jan 2013 | 4:00 PM ET

  SINGAPORE/ HONG KONG, Jan 7- Call it phablet, phonelet, tweener or super smartphone, but the clunky mobile phone- closer in size to a tablet than the smartphone of a couple of years back- is here to stay. At this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Chinese telecommunications giants ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd will launch their own.

• Use of student interns highlights China labour shortage Sunday, 6 Jan 2013 | 4:00 PM ET

  As firms like Foxconn shift factories away from higher-cost centres in the Pearl River Delta in southern Guangdong province, they are discovering that workers in new locations across China are not as abundant as they had expected.

• Riches in niches: U.S. cops, in-flight movies may be model for Panasonic survival Sunday, 6 Jan 2013 | 3:49 PM ET

  Two thirds of the 420,000 patrol cars in the United States are equipped with the company's rugged Toughbook computers, and Panasonic chief Kazuhiro Tsuga sees the niche product as a model for how the sprawling conglomerate can make money beyond a gadget mass market increasingly dominated by Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc..

• US STOCKS-S&P 500 finishes at 5-year high on economic data Friday, 4 Jan 2013 | 4:45 PM ET

  *Apple shares fall after report on Samsung smartphones. *S&P 500 nears largest weekly gain in over year. The gains on the S&P 500 pushed the index to its highest close since December 2007 and its biggest weekly gain since December 2011.

• US STOCKS-Data helps pace Wall St higher, but Apple drags Friday, 4 Jan 2013 | 2:50 PM ET

  *Apple shares fall after report on Samsung smartphones. *S&P 500 nears largest weekly gain in over year. NEW YORK, Jan 4- U.S. stocks advanced on Friday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its biggest weekly gain in over a year after a jobs report showed employers kept the pace of hiring steady in December.

• US STOCKS-Wall St inches up after data; Apple extends fall Friday, 4 Jan 2013 | 1:09 PM ET

  *Apple shares fall 2.3 percent after report on Samsung smartphones. *S&P 500 nears largest weekly gain in over year. NEW YORK, Jan 4- U.S. stocks edged higher on Friday and the S&P 500 was on track for its biggest weekly gain in over a year after a jobs report showed employers kept the pace of hiring steady in December.

• US STOCKS-Wall St mixed following jobs, ISM data reports Friday, 4 Jan 2013 | 11:34 AM ET

  *Apple shares fall more than 2 pct after report on Samsung smartphones. NEW YORK, Jan 4- U.S. stocks firmed on Friday after a jobs report showed the pace of hiring met expectations by easing slightly in December, but gave indications of momentum in the labor market recovery.

• Samsung to Widen Lead Over Apple in Smartphones Friday, 4 Jan 2013 | 12:07 AM ET

  

  Samsung is expected to widen its lead over Apple in global smartphone sales, helped by a broad product lineup, a market researcher firm said Friday.

• Samsung to widen smartphone gap with Apple this year -Strategy Analytics Thursday, 3 Jan 2013 | 10:42 PM ET

  *Apple smartphone share seen rising to 21 pct from 20. SEOUL, Jan 4- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is expected to widen its lead over Apple Inc in global smartphone sales this year with 35 percent growth, helped by a broad product lineup, market researcher Strategy Analytics told Reuters on Friday.

• RIM to Pay Nokia to Settle Patent Dispute Friday, 21 Dec 2012 | 4:29 AM ET

  

  Struggling Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has settled its patent dispute with BlackBerry maker Research in Motion in return for payments, as it tries to exploit its trove of technology patents to boost its finances.

• Ericsson to Take $1.2 Billion Charge on STMicro Venture Thursday, 20 Dec 2012 | 5:58 AM ET

  Ericsson, the world's biggest telecom network equipment maker, will take an 8 billion crown($1.2 billion)charge on its ST-Ericsson venture.

• Japan's Renesas Secures $1.8 Billion Government-Led Bailout Monday, 10 Dec 2012 | 3:40 AM ET

  

  Japan's Renesas Electronics, the world's biggest maker of microcontroller chips, was thrown a lifeline on Monday after gaining 150 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in a government-led bailout.

• Apple's Rank in China's Smartphone Market Falls to No.6 Thursday, 6 Dec 2012 | 5:21 AM ET

  

  Apple's rank in China's smartphone market, which is set to become the world's largest this year, fell to No.6 in the third quarter as it faces tougher competition from Chinese brands, according to research.

• Samsung's New Galaxy Phone May Have Unbreakable Screen Thursday, 6 Dec 2012 | 4:45 AM ET

  

  Samsung is likely accelerating the launch of its next-generation Galaxy smartphone- which may come with an unbreakable screen.

• Nokia to Launch Lumia Windows Phone With China Mobile Wednesday, 5 Dec 2012 | 4:52 AM ET

  

  Nokia will partner with China Mobile to launch a version of its new flagship Lumia smartphone tailored for the world's largest cellular market, the Finnish company said on Wednesday.

• Next Up: The 'Industrial Internet' Monday, 26 Nov 2012 | 11:49 AM ET

  

  What’s the next economic revolution? According to General Electric Chief Economist Marco Annunziata, it’s the “industrial Internet” — intelligent machines such as jet engines, power turbines and medical devices.

• Video Game Industry: No Rules Left to the Games Thursday, 18 Oct 2012 | 5:03 PM ET

  

  The video game industry is under attack, with both established and new players chasing a variety of disparate technologies and strategies that might yield a winning combination.