Like an elite Swiss army knife, the iPhone is now a multi-category killer

Juliette Garside: As the smartphone takes over from cameras in the point-and-shoot market, Satnav, games consoles and even credit cards could soon be extinct

News Corp to launch Xbox 360 apps

Content including Fox TV shows such as Family Guy and Glee, plus Wall Street Journal videos, will be available to subscribers. By Mark Sweney

Microsoft sees a future through cleaner Windows

Windows 8, the PC giant's new operating system, is stylish, award-winning, multi-platform – and critical to its future

Google and Apple to go head to head over ‘smart’ TVs

LG and Samsung to join Sony and Vizio in producing Android sets, while Apple is expected to launch iTV later this year. By Juliette Garside

RIM axes two new handsets

Research In Motion has ditched two new BlackBerry handsets planned for release in 2012, according to reports. By Charles Arthur

Andrew House of Sony: ‘It’s been a pretty tough year, no question’

The man in charge of the new PlayStation Vita console is – like his boss Sir Howard Stringer – another Welshman in Tokyo

Microsoft to sue Comet over ‘fake’ Windows discs

UK retailer Comet to defend Microsoft action over sale of unauthorised Windows recovery discs. By Mark Sweney

Android and Apple win 6.8m phone activations on Christmas Day

'Sofa Sunday' sees record-breaking level of new converts for Google and Apple, followed by many millions of app downloads

BT sues Google over Android

British Telecom claims Google's Android mobile operating system infringes a number of the company's patents. By Charles Arthur

Apple’s struggle to defeat Amazon set to be exposed by European ebook inquiry

The deal that the iPad maker struck with publishers could be threatened by an inquiry into the prices people in the EU pay for their digital reading

Zynga IPO fails to generate stock market ‘pop’ on disappointing debut

Shares lose momentum after initial surge, as games firm behind Words with Friends goes public on Nasdaq stock exchange

Zynga IPO could challenge Google’s high score

Maker of Farmville and Words With Friends to go public in what could be biggest technology launch since Google

Five predictions for the communications world in 2012

Juliette Garside: In the coming year, mobile internet devices and in particular smartphones will continue to bring the biggest changes to the way we communicate.