In part two of this week's gaming news round-up: Diablo III runestones unveiled, EA extending Facebook presence and Assassin's Creed Revelations debut trailer released. FULL STORY >

As Smart TVs continue to gain popularity Samsung shares a number of its recent app successes, giving us even more reason to get a smarter TV. FULL STORY >

The Sunday Times recently held its Brand of the Year awards, and it was RIM's BlackBerry that stepped away with top honours. FULL STORY >

Popular social networking site Twitter snaps up TweetDeck in a multimillion dollar acquisition. FULL STORY >

A shocking report arises around Chinese prisons forcing inmates to earn virtual goods online. FULL STORY >

Opera Software makes the latest version of its Opera Mini mobile browser available to iPhone and iPad users. FULL STORY >

A security company named ElcomSoft cracks Apple's password and encryption measures for iOS devices. FULL STORY >

Western Digital unveils its largest SATA drives to date in the form of new 2.5 and 3.0 TB devices. FULL STORY >

Microsoft unveils its latest forthcoming update to the Windows Phone OS, dubbed Mango. FULL STORY >

MWEB upgrades its uncapped 512 Kbps subscribers to 1 Mbps lines at no extra cost. FULL STORY >

YouTube shares some user figures in celebration of the popular site's sixth birthday. FULL STORY >

Microsoft is set to unveil the first major update to its Windows Phone 7 OS later today in the form of WP 7.5, codenamed Mango. FULL STORY >

A number of software firms announce their plans for the Linux-based mobile operating system, MeeGo, during the MeeGo Conference taking place in San Francisco. FULL STORY >

Sony Coporation is facing its biggest financial loss in 16 years, due mainly to the Great East Japan Earthquake which struck this March. FULL STORY >

GPU and mobile chipset maker Nvidia has won a top tech honour for its mobile processor the Tegra 2. FULL STORY >