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Although Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update is still under the testing phase at this moment and is expected to be released for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 in December or January, a pre-release version of the firmware has been leaked online.

With just a couple of days to go for Black Friday, retailers are busy preparing for the rush of shoppers in the coming weekend. Retail giant Best Buy is one of those retailers offering lucrative deals to help fuel the busiest shopping day of the year.

Nintendo's Wii U sold out in less than 24 hours following its release date, but Black Friday shoppers may be in luck. Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said retailers will have the console in stock.

Arguments between Microsoft Corp and Google's Motorola Mobility in long running patent trial over sharing of technology that can put brakes on patent warfare ended Tuesday.

For the very first time, smartphones will account for a larger share of NAND flash memory usage than feature phones in 2013, according to the latest report by IHS iSuppli.

According to latest reports, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is likely to be launched in February next year, complete with Samsung’s Exynos 5450 chipset with a quad-core Cortex-A15 processor and a 13MP camera.

Those owners of Samsung Galaxy Note 2, who are using the latest software version on their devices, are likely to have experienced the new multi window features already. However, the feature is not yet available for all Galaxy Note 2, and according to a new report, the multi window mode is set to get even better.

Within a month of its launch, Windows Phone 8 is attracting user complaints, especially with Nokia and HTC handsets that run on the OS.

Before the launch of Wii U, a number of reports suggested that streaming services like Netflix, Hulu Plus, YouTube, Amazon Instant Video and Nintendo's own TVii service were to get delayed for the next few weeks. However, it has been confirmed that Netflix is fully functional on Wii U.

The rumor has it that Samsung is preparing a 4.99-inch Full HD Super AMOLED screen to be showcased at the annual Consumer Electronics Convention (CES) in January 2013, a display that is likely to be featured in the company’s upcoming flagship smartphone iteration, presumably called the Samsung Galaxy S4.

Given the retrial price of the device is $599, at an estimated total BOM and manufacturing cost of $284, the Surface RT generates hardware and manufacturing profits that are, in percentage terms, higher than the low-end iPad.

Check out our hands-on previews of three family friendly games for this holiday season.

As current rumors go, predictions of a possible release date for the iPhone 5S range from the first quarter of 2013 to the next year’s edition of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. Given that things are very murky now and it is too early to settle on a specific date, readers should take every rumor with a pinch of salt.

According to a new Gartner report, worldwide enterprise IT spending is estimated to reach $2.679 trillion in 2013, a 2.5 percent increase of projected 2012 spending of $2.603 trillion.

While most Apple fans will be lining up to buy a new iPad mini at Apple stores nationwide, after a heist of stolen goods, just as many may be excited to purchase their new tablets from illegal black market dealers.

Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified is being called an "embarrassment."

Bethesda has yet to release a Skyrim DLC for PS3 players, but the company has rolled out some new screenshots and gameplay details for its next Xbox 360 expansion, Dragonborn.

It would be foolish to expect an untethered jailbreak ready for public use soon as, according to prominent Chronic Dev hacker planetbeing, some “critical pieces” are still missing.

Both Samsung and Apple continue to rule the smartphone market as the world’s best-selling cell phone brands, collectively accounting for a staggering 46.5 percent of global smartphone sales in the third quarter of 2012, according to research firm Gartner.

The release date for "Grand Theft Auto 5" won't come until 2013, but Rockstar has given gamers a new look at what's to come.

Information Technology spending in Asia-Pacific is estimated to reach $743 billion in 2013, a 7.9 percent increase over 2012, while it is expected to grow 7.6 percent in 2012, according to a new Gartner report.

The release of Nintendo’s Wii in 2006 was a smash hit and if a new research report is to be believed, the company’s upcoming release, the long-awaited Wii U will outperform its predecessor by selling even faster.

Apple seeded the second beta of iOS 6.1 to its registered developers Monday. If you are a registered Apple developer and at home with jailbreaking, you’ll be glad to know that iOS 6.1 beta 2 can be jailbroken tethered using the latest version of the popular jailbreaking tool Redsn0w.

The release date for 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2' has finally arrived, but some PC players have found unexpected code for "Mass Effect 2" on what should be the second "Black Ops 2" disc.

For our third-ever IBTTalks discussion on Nov. 7, IBTimes' technology team sat down to discuss Halo 4, the fourth major installment of the popular first-person shooter series, and a revival of Microsoft's most popular gaming franchise.

Fans shouldn't expect a 'Mass Effect 4' release anytime soon, but BioWare has updated players on the game's progress thus far.

Research In Motion announced Monday that BlackBerry 10 will finally debut on Jan. 30, a year after the company's next-generation smartphones and software were slated to go on sale.

iOS jailbreak developer iH8Sn0w has announced that popular jailbreak tool Sn0wbreeze has been updated to version 2.9.7 that brings support for both iOS 6 and iOS 6.0.1 on Pre-A5 powered devices; i.e., the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and the 4th-gen iPod touch.

If a recent comment of Activision’s CEO Bobby Kotick is to be believed, there could be only one new console to be released next year - Xbox 720 Or PlayStation 4.