South Africa was ground zero for the development of mibli, powered by Microsoft OneApp. The platform enables basic handsets to run mobile apps like Twitter, Facebook and Windows Live Messenger. Can it reach the next billion? FULL STORY >

While Reverse Image Search might sound a little silly, it isnt. Searching for images using images just makes sense. FULL STORY >

Local boy, Stephen Viljoen, is the chief operations officer of London based Slightly Mad Studios, the creators of EAs awesome backtobasics Need for Speed SHIFT. He sheds some light on the creation process. FULL STORY >

South Africas biggest gaming expo, rAge, kicks off today, 2 October 2009. FULL STORY >

Vodacom\'s latest release, the ZTE S302, doesn\'t feature GPS, 3G connectivity or Wi-Fi. There\'s no 3\" capacitive touch-screen, push-email or five megapixel camera to fawn over, and no, it doesn\'t sync with Outlook or iTunes. FULL STORY >

Africa\'s first mobile novel or m-novel, Kontax, was launched yesterday by the Shuttleworth Foundation. FULL STORY >

The Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 is Microsofts thinnest keyboard ever, as its just slightly thicker than the width of a AAA battery. FULL STORY >

RIM\'s BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac will be available as a free download from www.blackberry.com/mac on Friday. FULL STORY >

The HTC Hero will be available in South Africa from 7 October 2009. FULL STORY >

Microsoft has announced that its free antivirus application, Security Essentials, will be made available for public download today. FULL STORY >

Nokia is doing the whole local is lekker thing by sponsoring this year\'s Vonk Afrikaanse Musiektoekennings. FULL STORY >

One of the first ebook readers to be locally available is Foxit's eSlick. This device makes reading PDFs a far more relaxing and entertaining experience. It works as follows: you download PDFs on the provided 2 GB SD card or save them to the 512 MB internal memory,... FULL STORY >

IBM announced that it has partnered with Canonical Ubuntu to provide emerging markets with open-source-based software for netbooks. FULL STORY >

The Google Mobile team announced in a blog post yesterday that push functionality is now available for Gmail users making use of Google Sync on the iPhone, iPod touch, or Windows Mobile handsets. FULL STORY >

Sony Ericsson has launched motion sensitive earphones that allow users to answer calls and listen to or pause music without the need to touch a button. FULL STORY >