South Korean electronic giant, Samsung Electronics has said that it is raising its target to sell smartphones to 25 million this year and also aims to double its shipments next year, according to reports.

Samsung had set a target to sell 18 million units this year but the popularity of its Android-based Galaxy S model has made the company raise its target for the year by 7 million more smartphones in global sales.

The service known as Ping, allows users to craft a set-up of friends and musicians, and construct playlists which is pedestal on what the mates are paying heed to.

Cyber crooks have seemingly got hold of a security flaw in Apple's iTunes which led to burgling of thousands of dollars from users' accounts.

Apple Insider reports claim that a vast number of iTunes users have fallen in the trap and their accounts have been looted via the online payment PayPal mode.

Researchers have a developed "biofuel cells" that re similar to batteries and could be used to power some of the widespread electronic devices. These cells could derive energy from soda pop or even a dose of vegetable oil.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) is set to launch computer tablets based on WebOS operating system early next year and the company may also be getting ready to launch a tablet based on Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, according to a company official.

HP took over mobile device manufacturer Palm for $1.2 billion and received the rights to WebOS earlier this year. The WebOS is based on WebOS is integrated into the smartphones of Palm line.

Handset manufacturer, Lemon Mobiles has announced the launch of a new affordable touch screen mobile phone called, iT 717 in the Indian market.

The Lemon iT 717 has a 3-inch touchscreen display offering clear sharp appearance and supports two GSM SIM cards. The candy bar phone also features a 3.2 mega pixel camera a host of new features at an economical price range.

Microsoft Corp’s Xbox 360 became the top selling video game console in the US last month out performing Nintendo Cox’s Wii for the first time since 2007. Microsoft achieved the top spot after introduction of its model equipped with wireless internet.  

Xbox 360’s sales in the last month got doubled reaching the amount of four hundred and forty three thousand five hundred units.