The telco sector has equalled consumer electronics in size

Panasonic's latest camera models are extreme in a couple of ways: extreme in terms of optical-zoom range, and extreme in the "chugging a carafe of Mountain Dew while pogo-sticking down Mount Everest" sense. The company announced four new Lumix point-and-shoots that will be available in the first quarter of the year, headlined by the 20X-optical-zoom Lumix ZS20 and the rugged but robust Lumix TS4.

PRODUCTS: Belkin launches wireless home theatre products

Smartphone vendor, HTC, has launched a two-week long experiential marketing campaign throughout select Westfield Centres in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland to promote its HTC EVO 3D.

Finding the best security strategies to reduce risk and strengthen compliance while at the same time aligning the technologies to customer and business needs was the hot topic at the Check Point Experience 2011 in Sydney.

Movies in 3D could soon stream to PCs and TV sets with the development of a new video file compression standard by researchers in Germany.

Forget about Avatar in 3D -- thanks to software maker Roxio, now your home movies can feature grandma, the kids, and all your friends in eye-popping 3D. Roxio announced Tuesday the latest versions of its all-in-one media software suite, Creator 2011 and Creator Pro 2011.

Last month, companies including Asustek Computer, Toshiba and Lenovo announced new 3D laptops with screens ranging from 15.6 inches to 17.3 inches.

Technology firms wowed us in 2011, delivering tablets, ultrathin laptops, innovative cloud services, and voice command digital assistants. Not so long ago, the technology underlying these products was nothing more than research and development projects. So, in an effort to peek into our not-so-distant tech future, here's a glimpse at ten promising projects percolating in tech research labs.