Today marks half a century since Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to leave planet earth, marking humanity's first baby steps in the exploration of the cosmos. FULL STORY >

In this week's first tech round-up: Facebook goes sort of open source, is the PlayBook delay caused by Flash? and the return of a classic PC. FULL STORY >

At 33 Chris Botha is group MD of The MediaShop, one of the biggest media agencies in SA. He talks to TechSmart about marketing in the age of social media. FULL STORY >

The launch of the African New Dawn satellite was scrubbed. FULL STORY >

Details emerge about a 'panic button' mobile phone app designed by the U.S. State Department to aid protesters in conflict zones. FULL STORY >

Facebook is apparently in the process of testing new real-time advertising features, meaning what you say in a status update could impact what ads you see in future. FULL STORY >

In yet another buyout, Facebook acquires mobile app developers Snaptu. FULL STORY >

The American military is looking to infiltrate Facebook and Twitter, while another paywall gets erected in this, our first edition of our tech news round-up FULL STORY >

Twitters settles on an FTC agreement which sees the site paying the price for some extensive 2009 hacking attacks. FULL STORY >

Six people associated with Facebook appear on Forbes' billionaire list, while Facebook evidence is used in divorce. FULL STORY >

The Acer Iconia pioneers the new touchbook form factor, replacing the keyboard with a second display. FULL STORY >

The Nobel Committee announces this year's Nobel Peace Prize nominations, which seems to include more electronic competitors every year. FULL STORY >

Facebook continues growing as it acquires group messaging service Beluga. FULL STORY >

HP takes on RIM over its UI design for the BlackBerry PlayBook, which HP claims copies that of its webOS-running tablet. FULL STORY >

Lenovo join Sony and Apple in announcing its latest notebook range in part 2 of this week's Tech News Round-up, with a new Symbian^3 UI reportedly in the works. FULL STORY >