According to a Monday report on the iMore website, the much-rumored and highly-anticipated next-generation iPad – the iPad 3, as it is referred to in the Web reports – will likely be unveiled on Wednesday, March 7, at a special event.

Citing “sources who have been reliable in the past,” the iMore report revealed that the new, forthcoming version of the iPad will boast a Retina Display with a 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution and will run a quad-cord processor. The new iPad will also “possibly” be capable of “4G LTE networking.”

Against the backdrop of the fact that distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks went mainstream in 2011, security vendor Radware has stated in its new Monday-released report that it is chiefly the Anonymous hacking group which popularized DDoS attacks with its widespread distribution of easy-to-use DDoS tools like low-orbit ion cannon.

In what marks LightSquared’s latest barrage against the global-positioning system (GPS) industry, the probable hybrid network operator Tuesday filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking it to commence a proceeding on how some GPS receivers should be regulated.

The request which LightSquared has filed with the US regulators chiefly underscores that need for developing technical standards for the GPS receivers which are the root of the arguments pertaining to the country-wide wireless service proposed by LightSquared.

Google's Android relished the biggest piece of the mobile OS pie during the last quarter in the US, market research firm ComScore said.

In the last quarter, Google's popular Android OS saw its market share rising to 47.3 per cent, up from 44.8 in the previous quarter.

Rival firm Apple's iOS also enjoyed an increase in its market share, from 27.4 per cent to 29.6 per cent, during the same period.

Motorola's Droid Razr Maxx offers an excellent blend of Android performance, Verizon’s lightning-fast LTE network and remarkable battery life.

The 4G LTE Razr Maxx smartphone boasts of its 3,300mAh battery that promises around 21 hours of talk-time on 16.5 hours of standby time. It also offers around 7 hours of nonstop audio streaming on 4G LTE connection.

The original Droid Razr offers 8 hours, 42 minutes of talk-time and 3 hours, 40 minutes of 4G LTE streaming.

According to Paul Gagnon of DisplaySearch, deals on new big-screen HDTVs before the Super Bowl – which is considered a good time to make savings – will probably not be as super this year as they were last year.

A video uploaded to the YouTube video-sharing site on Monday has claimed that the next target for the Anonymous hacking group was the popular Facebook social networking site, which will be attacked on January 28.

Threatening to shutdown Facebook, the video, released in the name of the Anonymous hacking network, has claimed that the hacking outfit’s recent attacks on public sites are a clear indication that an “online war” has kicked off between Anonymous, the people, and the US government.

In the first ruling one of Samsung’s patent-infringement claims against Apple in Germany, Mannheim Regional Court judge Andreas Voss gave the verdict in favor of Apple.

Despite the fact that the full-detailed written ruling is yet to be made available officially, Judge Voss reported dismissed Samsung’s claims which involved EP 1,005,726; a patent which chiefly pertains to the 3G/UMTS wireless telecommunications standard.