In the first part of this week's Gaming News Round-up, Microsoft may employ an anti-used games measure within the next version of the Xbox and The Witcher 2 is given an Xbox 360 release date. FULL STORY >

In part 2 of this week's Gaming News Round-up Bumper Edition - is George Hotz back to his hacking ways? Will we see Coke and McDonalds in Blizzards next MMO? And what is happening to the new Aliens title? FULL STORY >

Intel snaps up a large number of patents from RealNetworks, the firm behind the Real Player media player. FULL STORY >

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is apparently looking into ways of scraping information shared on social media sites in a bid to identify potential crimes before they occur. FULL STORY >

The Finnish phone giant Nokia announces the local arrival of its Lumia range of Windows Phone Mango running smartphones. FULL STORY >

Local mobile operator Vodacom has revealed that the first phase of the National Library of South Africa connectivity project has been successfully implemented. FULL STORY >

After playing the recently released Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo we were highly impressed with what we have seen so far. FULL STORY >

Nokia unveils its Q4 financial report, revealing how much Microsoft paid the company to adopt Windows Phone OS in the last quarter. FULL STORY >

A disturbing expos?® by the New York Times alleges that the technology giant has condoned labour abuses by its supplier. FULL STORY >

The Cupertino-based tech outfit Apple reports its 2012 first quarter financial results, with the company achieving its highest quarterly revenue and earnings yet. FULL STORY >

A new report hints that the launch of the Xbox 720 may not be that far away. FULL STORY >

The Finnish mobile giant Nokia surpasses the highly impressive sales milestone of 1.5 billion for its Series 40 range of mobile phones. FULL STORY >

The latest news in the Apple vs Samsung saga comes from a Dutch ruling this week, against Apple's injunction to ban the sales of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the Netherlands. FULL STORY >

Popular social networking site Twitter looks to become a less favoured destination for malware, as the company acquires anti-malware firm Dasient. FULL STORY >

Megaupload's closure has sparked a wave of concern by similar services, and raised questions about cloud based sharing. FULL STORY >