After years of lagging behind China and the West in the adoption of solar power, some states in India are proposing to build solar farms at a galloping pace that leaves them at risk of falling short of electricity (a familiar problem here) or of paying higher prices for it.

South Korea's overall unemployment rate remained steady at 3% in December 2012.

China plans to more than double its installed capacity for solar electricity this year, a move that could breathe new life into China-based solar manufacturers suffering heavy losses.

Sony has announced a new smartphone that can be used in the shower or bath without the risk of damage.

With the new Vieras, Panasonic has created something called "My Homescreen."

Panasonic readily admits that these are challenging times for the consumer electronics industry. Its answer: An updated HDTV lineup that focuses on a richer, more convenient user experience.

Sony has unveiled the world's first 4K OLED set.

Toshiba gave us a first look at its upcoming line of Ultra HD 4K TVs.

Lenovo on Sunday added yet another new addition to its Thinkpad lineup, the flexible Thinkpad Helix.

Globalfoundries has been awarded a US$1 billion loan from the Export-Import Bank of the US to ship American-made computer chip-making tools to its operation in Germany.

The dollar jumped to a two-year high against the yen Thursday on expectations that Japan's new government will lower interest rates to boost the economy, weakening the yen.

The company plans to produce three-dimensional (3D) flash memory chips using fine-tuned vertical-stacked-array-transistor (VSAT) technology.

Industry experts say brisk sales of its latest smartphones, the Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S3, have driven its operating profit to an all-time high.

Corning has an all new version of Gorilla Glass ready for the new year, and it will be making its debut at CES 2013.

Google's head of products in India, Lalitesh Katragadda, told India's Economic Times that it expects data centers in Singapore and Taiwan to be operational in 2013. A third data center in Hong Kong is also under construction.

MidAmerican Energy is buying two solar power projects under construction in Southern California from SunPower Corp. that will generate 579MW of electricity.

Huawei Technologies, ZTE, and Samsung Electronics were named in a new patent- infringement complaint filed by InterDigital over technology related to the latest mobile-phone standards.

Archos 9.7-inch tablet will ship with Android 4.1 and a promising 2,048 by 1,536 IPS display. This matches the resolution of the current generation iPad.

Samsung has outed a pair of new monitors, unable to keep quiet about the stylish duo until their official reveal at CES 2013 next week.

Retailers are saying that the device will begin shipping later this week.

Imagination Technologies has announced that its CEO, Hossein Yassaie, has been awarded a knighthood by the Queen in Her Majesty's New Year Honours 2013.

The 1080p OLED TV will sell for US$10,300.