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Standard & Poor's has cut its credit rating on Finnish cellphone maker Nokia to junk on expectations of lower sales, following a similar move by Fitch Ratings earlier this week.

Apple Inc.'s stock hit a rough spot earlier this month, but with the stock springing up 9% so far Wednesday, things seem to be smoothing out.

Is the future of computers a hybrid gadget that will combine the battery life and computing heft of a laptop with the portability and ease-of-use of a tablet?

Samsung has decided to pour some fuel on the fire and release a Web site teasing its “next galaxy,” which is likely the update to the Galaxy S II. Most people have been calling this phone the Galaxy S III, though that name is not confirmed. All we know about the next Galaxy is that it will be unveiled at Samsung Unpacked in London on May 3.

Apple generates more gossip than the Kardashians. There's a constantly spinning mill of rumors about Apple products, most of which turn out to be untrue. What's unusual this week is that talk has revived of a smaller iPad model, an idea company founder Steve Jobs derided publicly a year before he died.

Few products have been launched with such a blizzard of publicity as Apple Inc.'s iPhone... The iPhone is nothing more than a luxury bauble that will appeal to a few gadget freaks. In terms of its impact on the industry, the iPhone is less relevant... Apple will sell a few to its fans, but the iPhone won't make a long-term mark on the industry.

Tthere are universal remotes that come in all different shapes, sizes, complexities, and perhaps most importantly, prices, that let you manage your entire entertainment center from one device. This week we're going to take a look at five of the best.

Best Buy on Saturday announced the locations of 50 stores that it is closing this year, including seven in California, six in Illinois and six in the company's home state of Minnesota.

If French designer Philippe Starck is to be believed, Apple Inc... An obvious guess for Apple's new product would be the much-anticipated Apple TV. Or Starck might be helping the tech giant design its newest iteration of the iPhone, which is expected to be released later this year. Or -- brace yourselves, Apple fans -- the company could have something completely new in the works. What do you think?

By the year’s end, worldwide media tablet sales will approach 120 million. That’s according to new research from Gartner (NYSE: IT), which reports that tablets will experience a 98% increase from 2011 sales to 60 million. Not surprisingly, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is credited as the producer of the dominant media tablet operating system, iOS, which is “projected to account for 61.4% of worldwide media tablet sales to end users in 2012,” Gartner wrote in its release. “Despite the arrival of Microsoft-based devices to this market, and the expected international rollout of the Kindle Fire, Apple will continue to be the market leader through the forecast period.”