Set your eyes to stun. Panasonic Japan just raised the game in the "mine is bigger than yours" battle by taking the wraps off its huge 145-inch 8k television, thus outdoing Sharp's 85-inch 8k set by a healthy margin.

The Google logo changes with the day, whether it be the start of a major sporting event, a country's independence day, an election or a historical figure's birthday. Here are some of the best we saw from the world's top search engine in 2011.

On Thursday, Adobe released Flash Media Server 4.5, which introduces support for Apple's iOS mobile operating system. It does this by letting broadcasters stream Flash-based video content in an Apple-derived format, HTTP Live Streaming (HLS).

If sales of Apple's iPod are any indication, the heyday of the MP3 player is over and done with. iPod sales have been steadily declining since their peak at 22.7 million in December 2008, and analysts estimate another 7.2 percent drop over the quarter that just ended.

Got your Google Plus invite yet? When your constant screen stare pays off with an invite you’ll be joining an elite group that is becoming less exclusive by the minute (though admittedly more useful). On Sunday there were 7.5 million users, but that figure has now boomed to 10m and is expected to reach 20m by next week.

Whether you want to be amused by your favorite caped crusader, keep up with some cartoon characters or see tweets from film baddies, you’ll find it all in this fun list. Take a look through the gallery and, because there are so many more great accounts that we didn’t have room include, share in the comments your favorites that didn’t make the list.

It seems like a new civil war has broke out in the underground hacking community. A group of hackers, calling themselves the A Team has initiated an open campaign against the members of the notorious hackers-collective LulzSec.

While Nokia's impetus is clearly with Windows Phones, the company insists Symbian is far from kaput, a sentiment supported by the seeming leak of several fresh Symbian smartphones, with one described as the thinnest of its kind ever.

While 3D printers spew out house keys, ladies' swimwear and even compete with Gordon Ramsay in the kitchen department, the lowly inkjet has effectively been shoved aside. There's still some life in the old boy yet, though, after scientists used one to print solar cells.

Online search giant Google has launched a new social networking website in its latest attempt to take on Facebook, which now claims more than 500m users.