A closer look at the some of the pivotal features of the Samsung Galaxy S III – Smart Stay, S Voice, Direct Calls, and Smart Alert.

Samsung was pretty vague about global launch dates and pricing for the new Galaxy S III. But, here is what we do know about the next Samsung flagship

Samsung launched the Galaxy S3 in a glitzy event held at Earl’s Court, London. Here’s the first official commercial for the next flagship from Samsung.

Mozilla is working on a new Firefox design called “Australis”, that will offer a unified experience for Firefox across platforms and form factors. Soft textures, smooth curves, and a streamlined experience will be the cornerstones of the redesigned Firefox.

There’s a lot riding on the BlackBerry 10. But, does it have enough to give RIM a fighting chance?

LG has announced that it will not release new Windows Phone devices in the near future as “the total unit of Windows Phone sold in the global market is not a meaningful figure”.

After remaining at the top for 14 years, Nokia has slipped by 24% to fall behind Samsung in global handset shipments. Apple, which only sells premium smartphones, is a distant third.

Opera 12 Beta introduces a number of new features including hardware acceleration, light-weight themes, redesigned security badges, out-of-process plugins, 64 bit builds, and enhanced HTML5 and CSS3 support. It also dumps a few old features such as voice technologies, widgets, and Unite.

Sophos has published its annual report which includes an in-depth analysis of the security threats we witnessed in 2011, as well as prediction of trends for 2012.

Google is shutting down a bunch of more services and products including Patent Search, Picasa for Linux, Google Talk web app, and One Pass.

Gmelius extension for Firefox, Chrome, and Opera tweaks several aspects of the new Gmail interface to offer a cleaner and smarter inbox.

According to a new antivirus shootout, G-Data, Avira, and Kaspersky are the strongest performers with detection rates over 99%, while ESET, AVG, Trend Micro, and Microsoft among the weakest.

India’s Lava Mobiles has launched XOLO X900, which is the world’s first Intel Atom (Medfield) powered Android smartphone.

The latest beta of Chrome features an “Other devices” option in the “New Tab” page that provides access to open tabs from any system (desktop as well as mobile).

Facebook will be acquiring popular photosharing app Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock options. The Instagram team will join Facebook, but will remain largely independent.