The world's No. 2 memory chip manufacturer, Hynix Semiconductor, announced its robust second-quarter profits figures on Thursday as compared to the previous year figures, triggered by strong chip rates and boosted corporate demand for personal computers and hand-held devices.

Hynix deals in the manufacturing of DRAM and NAND-type flash memory.

It recorded a net profit of 664.8 billion won ($552 million) compared to a 58 billion won loss incurred the previous year.

Market data analysts Nielsen said Android smartphones have so far failed to make a dent on the big smartphone manufacturers such as Apple and RIM.

Figures show that BlackBerry, most popular in the corporate world, enjoys 35 per cent market share, while Apple's iPhone and Microsoft's Windows Mobile secures second and third places with 28 per cent and 19 per cent market share.

On the other hand, Android operating system is lagging far behind with 9 per cent of smartphone market share.

It has been reported that an iPad-native app is now going to be available on Beejive IM via Apple's App Store.

On Wednesday, it was unconfined that the iPad-only app displays a redesigned interface and the array of key features for which BeejiveIM received praise when it came in iPhone type, support for numerous accounts and facilities, conversation switching, push notifications, and file sharing.

Google is going to announce a new way of watching web content on televisions at a conference in San Francisco. The search giant will do it with the help of a kind of Google operating system.

Richard Doherty, an analyst with the Envisioneering Group said, “Google has been really itching to get at the $60 billion TV advertising market for years. It's been working on Google TV longer than even Android (the operating system for cellphones), but it's taken this long to get ready”.

Twitter rolled out its official app for iPhone and iPod touch today. It is different from the Tweetie before it, as this time the new official Twitter app for iPhone and iPod touch is free.

The new app by Twitter is technically version 3.0 of Tweetie, and when the user will install it on his or her phone, the already existing iPhone or iPod touch will permanently delete Tweetie 2.

With the growing need and demand of the iPad and its information, The Australian has come up as the world’s second News Corporation newspaper, to launch an iPad app. This is Australia’s first devoted newspaper for iPad app.

Chris Mitchell, Editor-in-Chief of The Australian, said, “The Australian’s iPad app marries the best of print and digital: its layout and browsing features offer a similar reading experience to the physical newspaper. Being digital the reader is guaranteed to be up to date with breaking news”.

Both Microsoft and HP are pulling development rugs out from beneath their respective platforms and the iPad is leading the tablet market. Japanese electronics behemoth Sony may challenge the iPad by developing a fresh-faced tablet device of its own, despite the fact that Apple’s brand power is terrifying. Sony will do this only if consumer interest continues to sustain the market.

On Friday, fresh details were revealed regarding what a judge was told when he authorized a search warrant concerning the case of the iPhone model, which was sold to online gadget site Gizmodo. com.

The sworn statement filed in relation to the warrant says that when Brian Hogan, 21, of Redwood City, Calif. sold the phone, he was assured for $8,500: $5,000 straight away as Gizmodo has said and a $3,500 extra if it really was the actual iPhone that Apple Inc. launches this summer.

In the late 1980s, Apple Computer was better recognized for dreaming regarding breakthrough products than manufacturing them.

Most prominently, CEO, John Sculley foresaw a revolutionary thingy known as the Knowledge Navigator, which featured a bowtied digital helper–in his 1987 book Odyssey. It made for a powerful remarkable revolutionary video.

The most popular gadget of the year that everyone is talking about presently is the iPad, which is still not available in Canada. As it is known by all, the iPad is ready to make its debut on May 28 May in the Great White North however that has not been able to stop gadget enthusiast Canadians from getting their loving iPad.

May 28 is the date that many gadget lovers must have marked on their calendars as that is the date Apple's new apparatus debuts in the country.

Google’s recent move of adding a virtual keyboard to its search engine is expected to offer much-needed help to non-English users, who face difficulties entering searches into Google when they use a foreign keyboard.

Google’s virtual keyboard allows non-English to enter searches into Google in thirty-five different languages. Users can see a virtual keyboard to the right of the Google’s search box, which will allow users to click the characters in the virtual keyboard with the help of mouse.

Adobe's chief technology officer said that the firm is moving on without Apple, this was in response to Apple CEO Steve Jobs' clarification, on why his firm says no to let Adobe Systems' Flash Player on his firm's iPhone.

Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch, on Thursday stated, "We feel confident that were Apple and Adobe to work together as we are with a number of other partners, we could provide a terrific experience with Flash on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch”.

Toshiba has inflated its Satellite range of laptops by adding four new laptops to it. The new laptops viz. the Satellite A660, L670, L650 and C650 will be made available in the next couple of months.

The Toshiba Satellite A660 comes with a 16-inch screen, latest Intel processor, an optional Blu-ray drive. It is compatible with Intel's Wi-Di wireless streaming technology. It also equipped with Nvidia graphics chip and a larger multi-touch track pad.

UK telecommunications watchdog Ofcom has declared that a "robust" appeals process would be developed to allow accused file-sharers to challenge any notification they deem inaccurate.

Ofcom also said that web connections of the file-sharers would not be blocked before giving them a chance to notification.

Last week, the controversial Digital Economy Bill was passed by the parliament, in a move that will provide authorities with sufficient powers to tackle the problem of illegal file-sharing.

An avid Reddit reader has noticed as many as 4 new Apple Notebook SKUs which have appeared in the Microcenter purchasing system, a development which has happened today. The four new notebooks are labelled as: Apple System Good-USA, Mac System #1 Best-USA, Mac System #2 Best-USA and Mac System Better-USA.