Apple has revealed the name of its new chairman of the board, as well as the latest member of the board. FULL STORY >

Gartner says that sales of smartphones showed a year-on-year increase of 42% during the third quarter of 2011. FULL STORY >

A new report forecasts that e-reader shipments will reach 67 million by 2016, despite the growth of tablets. FULL STORY >

RIM has revealed its latest smartphone duo to work on the BlackBerry 7 OS, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and Curve 9380. FULL STORY >

The popular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has managed to set day one launch records for the third year in a row. FULL STORY >

HTC has announced the local availability of its first 3D smartphone, the EVO 3D. FULL STORY >

LG SA unveils its monster ARX9000 AV Receiver system that sports 1580 Watt of ear-drum bursting sound power. FULL STORY >

In this week's Gaming News Round-up, a trio of Game of Throne games will be making their way to your console or PC in 2012, whilst Ubisoft lines up yet another Assassin's Creed game for 2012. FULL STORY >

Market research firm IHS iSuppli sees ultrabook sales climbing rapidly to eventually snap up more than 40% of the notebook sales landscape by 2015. FULL STORY >

Mozilla releases the latest version of its web browser, Firefox 8, for Windows PCs, Linux and Mac computers, as well as Firefox for Android. FULL STORY >

Microsoft has apparently slacked its tight grip on hardware requirements for mobile devices running its Windows Phone operating system. FULL STORY >

Antivirus software developer McAfee has announced the latest enhancements to its Cloud Security Platform. FULL STORY >

Samsung reveals its Q3 2011 fiscal results, which sees its telecommunications businesses record all-time high quarterly sales on the back of strong mobile sales. FULL STORY >

LG has taken the bull by the broken horns in an attempt to offer its customers a variety of after sales service and repair options. FULL STORY >

Vodacom announces its lowest per megabyte prepaid mobile data price, with the launch of its latest prepaid and Top Up promotion. FULL STORY >