Gold will probably rally to a record above US$2,000 an ounce in 2013 as central banks ramp up stimulus to sustain the recovery, according to Raymond Key, London-based global head of metals trading at Deutsche Bank.

To further extend its location services, Nokia is launching a maps application for iOS under the HERE brand.

Android smartphones have already taken the sales crown with 75% share and 57 million shipped by Samsung alone last quarter. It seems that the tablet market will soon follow suit.

Shares of Hon Hai Precision Industry rallied recently on the Taiwan Stock Exchange thanks to its success in launching 60-inch LED TV in North America and in securing higher contracting fees from Apple, according to local media reports.

Spansion has announced what it claims is the industry's first single-die 8Gb NOR flash memory product at 45nm. The 8Gb Spansion GL-T delivers high-quality, fast random access read performance to enable a better user experience with interactive graphics, animation and video in games and industrial applications.

The first LED bulbs that are about the same size and brightness as regular 100-watt bulbs are reaching stores.

Samsung has made no secret of the fact that it provides a number of the key components inside Apple's flagship iPhone and iPad devices, even while actively competing against them with its own Galaxy line of Android competitors. A major change in that relationship has now been reported out of Korea, however, where the Chosun Ilbo says Samsung has increased the price of manufacturing Apple's application processor by nearly 20%.

The maker of wireless chips posts quarterly results much better than it anticipated, and the numbers stand in stark contrast to those of other companies, such as Intel.

In a presentation beamed to Panasonic offices around the world last week, Kazuhiro Tsuga, the company's president, stunned middle managers with the blunt message that their bonuses would be cut more than a third.

If you were thinking of picking up a cellular-enabled tablet, you might consider dropping by an AT&T store (online or in person).

Lenovo expects the growing market for 7-inch tablets to compete with large-screen smartphones, not PCs.

US International Trade Commission (ITC) unanimously confirmed the imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing duties between 24% and 255% on imports of crystalline silicon solar photovoltaic (PV) cells from China, and modules made from those cells.

China-based producers on Thursday protested the US latest decision to slash trade duties on solar energy products from China.

The European Union launched an investigation on Thursday into alleged state subsidies for China-based solar panel manufacturers, intensifying a trade war between the two centered on the multi-billion dollar solar power market.

It won't be long now until Google launches its Nexus 10. The company plans to offer the 16GB tablet on November 13 for US$399 in its Google Play store.

Shares of small-cap OLED manufacturer Universal Display Corporation lost around 43% of their value on Wednesday.

Sharp recently warned investors that it was on the verge of collapse after doubling its full-year net loss forecast to $5.6 billion, citing a "worse than expected drop" in LCD TV sales in Japan and China.

With Thanksgiving now just about two weeks away, it's no surprise that we're starting to see more Black Friday deals leaked.

Microsoft's instant messaging and video chat are set for a major shake-up, with Microsoft announcing today that the Windows Live Messenger brand and client will be retired in the first quarter of 2013. They'll be replaced by the Skype client and Skype name everywhere, except for China, which will retain the Messenger naming.

The collaboration will focus on the carbon-nanotube-based memory developed by Nantero, NRAM, and its application in high-density next-generation memories with a size under 20nm. NRAM arrays will be manufactured, tested and characterized in imec's advanced nanoelectronics facilities.

Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers (as well as III-V epiwafers through its Picogiga International division), has more than doubled production of bonded silicon-on-sapphire (BSOS) substrates to meet increased demand from strategic partner Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego,US.

President Barack Obama handily defeated Gov. Mitt Romney and won himself a second term Tuesday after a bitter and historically expensive race that was primarily fought in just a handful of battleground states. Obama beat Romney after nabbing the crucial state of Ohio.

Online voting is taking off in local elections, particularly overseas. But Americans shouldn't expect to vote for the president on their laptop or iPad anytime soon.