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BBC, the leading news portal has officially released its latest version of BBC News App for Android powered tablets.

"Technology to allow smartphones to scan their users' fingerprints through their screens as an identity check has been patented by Sony."

"A hidden application found on millions of smartphones can log almost everything a user does, claims a US security researcher."

"No-one really knows why it has taken them so long, but the BBC has finally announced there is to be a proper iPlayer app for the iPhone and iPad."

"O2 has been accused of exposing the phone numbers of customers who browse the internet using its mobile data."

"In 2012 expect to hear a lot more about 4G as many big operators begin the process of upgrading their service to us. "

"Sony is promising improved low-light photography from its forthcoming range of smartphone camera sensors, thanks to the addition of white-light pixels."

"For the past five years, two things have remained constant about Apple - an inexorable rise in sales and profits, and a steely determination to control its message in the media. But, just as the company basks in the admiration of the financial world after last week's amazing results, is customer concern about where and how all those iPads and iPhones are made going to force a change in its PR strategy?"

"A malicious piece of software designed for iPhones and iPads has been created to show that Apple's app store is not immune to malware."

"Blackberry customers in the US and Canada are suing Research in Motion over the recent global outage which left millions without email, instant messaging and net access."

New net neutrality rules will be published next month with some saying FCC will end principle of equal traffic for all.

Samsung is ordered to pay $119.6m (£71m) to Apple by a US court for infringing two of its patents, in the latest lawsuit involving the two tech giants.

Microsoft says users of its Windows XP operating system will also get the security update it has issued to fix a flaw in the Internet Explorer browser.

Apple is requesting a retrial after a Californian jury ordered Samsung to pay the US company $119m (£71m) in damages for infringing two of its patents.

Microsoft's Windows 8 has been branded a threat to China's cybersecurity in a state-backed news report.