NEW YORK–Want a Samsung 4K TV? Well, it will cost you. $40,000, to be exact. The Korean electronics giant today talked up new features of its 2013 lineup during an event in New York. We also now have information about pricing and availability for Samsung’s other TVs, including its LED 8000-series and its plasma 8500-series …

The new Panasonic television range will include facial recognition features to let you set a personalised TV home screen. Panasonic’s VT60 plasma TV. (Credit: Panasonic) Panasonic is releasing 25 new LED and plasma TVs into the Australian market, with a focus on smart networking and personalisation. The “My Home Screen” feature will appear on a number of the mid- to …

The monster Samsung 85-inch S9 goes on pre-order in the US at the end of March, but there’s still no date for OLED. The S9 on display at CES 2013. (Credit: Nic Healey/CNET) One of the darlings of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013 was the Samsung S9, the iconic 85-inch Ultra HD TV that wowed the crowds in Las …

The Samsung Galaxy S4‘s production costs are 15 percent higher than those of its predecessor, thanks to an upgraded display, sensors, processor, and memory, according to an IHS iSuppli teardown. The latest model of Samsung’s flagship phone costs $236 to produce, according to information analyzed by IHS. The firm said its estimates could change with a physical teardown, but for …

Updated at 3:30 p.m. PT This article, originally headlined “BlackBerry 10 deemed not secure enough by U.K.,” previously reported the U.K.’s Computer Experts Security Group had determined that the new operating system did not meet its standards. At the time of its publication, the CESG was unavailable for comment, so the article relied on the reporting of The Guardian. We …

T-Mobile announced in December that it would eliminate subsidies on cell phones this year, hinting that it would also switch up its mobile plans and go no-contract. Now, it’s expected that the carrier will debut its new plans at an event scheduled for March 26. However, TMoNews seems to have gotten its hands on at least some of the pricing …

Nokia has won a patent infringement suit in a German court, but the companies can’t quite agree whether it’s a major victory or not. According to Foss Patents’ Florian Mueller, the Mannheim Regional Court today ruled that HTC is infringing a Nokia patent related to saving battery life by identifying packets of data that can reconstructed through the use of …

ARM Chief Executive Warren East will retire on July 1, leaving the company in the hands of its president. The news came down today from the company, saying that Simon Segars, ARM’s current president, will succeed East. The company’s current chief executive joined ARM in 1994 to head up its consulting business. He became chief executive in October 2001. East …

The coming of the Samsung Galaxy S4 has sparked a rush to trade in current smart phones — with phone fans particularly keen to ditch their HTC and BlackBerry phones. SellMyMobile.com, which checks various trade-in and recycling sites, reports that the number of people selling on their existing phone went up by a third in the days after the S4 …

Travelling to the USA, but struggling to find a simple short-term SIM card solution? Ready SIM hopes it’s got the answer. (Credit: Ready SIM) A new prepaid phone service has launched to serve the needs of short-term travellers to the USA. Ready SIM is backed by Roam Mobility, a T-Mobile network operator, and offers a simple range of prepaid weekly, …

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang today talked up the chipmaker’s next two generations of mobile chip, saying the Tegra chip line will show a 100-times improvement in strength from the first chip to the fifth. Related stories: Nvidia unveils first mobile processor with integrated LTE Nvidia’s CEO talks Shield with CNET: Yes, there will be future models Tegra 4, gaming dominate …

Scurrilous new rumours concerning the next Nexus have emerged, pointing to a Nikon-branded snapper on the so-called Nexus 5. Nikon branding will adorn the follow-up to the Nexus 4, according to PhoneArena, which cites an unnamed source who reportedly reckons we’ll also see a 5-inch 1080p display bolted to the front of Google’s upcoming smart phone. The camera is said …

Samsung and LG Electronics could find themselves in another patent squabble, this time over eye-tracking technology. Samsung’s Galaxy S4 and LG’s Optimus G Pro both will offer an eye-recognition feature that automatically reacts to the movement of the user’s eyes. The Galaxy S4 already comes built with Smart Scroll, which lets people scroll through the screen and trigger certain actions …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Verizon) 4:18 Verizon announced today that it’s making the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean software update available for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Related stories: Samsung Galaxy Nexus, fully reviewed Minor Android 4.2 update rolling out to Nexus devices How to unlock Android 4.2’s hidden Daydream ‘BeanFlinger’ Verizon says it’ll push the update in “phases,” …