In April The Pirate Bay four was sentenced to a year in prison, and had to cough up $4.5m in damages. Today their political party, the Pirate Party, has a seat in the European Parliament. FULL STORY >

According to a study recently published in the journal Current Biology it???s easier to get a grip on flowers with conical cells on their petals than on those with smooth petals. FULL STORY >

Sony Ericsson have opted for some exotic names for three of their new phones. FULL STORY >

View and share your favourite celebrity???s homepage with Google???s new iGoogle Showcase. FULL STORY >

Justin Hartman is one of Africa???s Internet pioneers. As MD and co-founder of Afrigator - Africa\'s largest social media aggregator and blog directory, he is blazing a trail for the rest of us to follow. TechSmart caught up with him to discuss Gatorpeeps- their... FULL STORY >

Microsoft unveiled a new control system at E3 in the US yesterday, Project Natal. FULL STORY >

Wolfram Research, the company behind Wolfram Alpha, is looking for some feedback on their new ?ǣComputational Knowledge Engine.??? FULL STORY >

Bing is Microsoft???s latest attempt to strangle a bit of the search market away from Google and to a lesser extent Yahoo. FULL STORY >

The US???s National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California, is hoping to recreate conditions that exist at the very centre of the Sun, here on Earth. FULL STORY >

After what seems like ages the Seacom undersea fibre optics cable finally arrived at Mtunzini close to Durban. FULL STORY >