• HTC aims to improve on its past smartphones with better 4G products this year

  After facing a disappointing financial fourth quarter, HTC has reviewed its under-performing products from last year, making changes in design and components for its future smartphones, according to its CFO Winston Yung.

• Semiconductor market to slow this year: iSuppli

  Semiconductor industry revenue will grow at a slow pace this year due to struggling economies worldwide, lower spending and sluggish demand for products, research firm IHS iSuppli said in a study released on Tuesday.

• Quickflix signs streaming deal with Samsung

  Online movie rental service Quickflix (ASX:QFX) has arranged to offer its streaming service on Samsung devices, including internet-enabled TVs and Blu-ray players.

• Nokia posts $1.34bn 4th-quarter loss

  Mobile phone maker Nokia has posted a fourth-quarter net loss of 1.07 billion euros ($A1.34 billion) as sales slumped 21 per cent even as the company's first Windows smartphones hit markets in Europe and Asia.

• Tablet use can cause neck pain: Study

  Users of tablet computers should place their device on the table and tilt its screen, rather than have it flat on their lap, to avoid potentially painful hunching of the neck, a study suggests.

• Google's Ice Cream Sandwich - a new era for Android

  Google's Android 4.0 operating system is more than just another upgrade.

• Big changes coming to notebook design by 2015

  A lot has changed in the 20 years since the first laptop computers appeared, including gigahertz processors, color screens, optical drives and wireless data. However, one thing that has stubbornly stayed the same is the conventional clamshell format with its hinged display lid that opens to reveal a mechanical keyboard.

• One way to build mobile-friendly apps for all devices

  Adam Blum, CEO of startup Rhomobile, says 90% of the programs being written with his company's open source mobile application framework are by ISVs and the other 10% by enterprises, but over time he'd like to see those percentages reversed.

• 10 cool new mobile gadgets

  Some of these 10 intriguing mobile gizmos, including a connected GPS unit, external iPhone speakers, a Bluetooth headset, and a gadget charger, are fairly mainstream. The others, well, not so much.

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