Pics of an Ice Cream Sandwich-powered Nexus S is liberated from Google's OS freezer ahead of time in this week's Tech News Round-up, whilst Google now sports games. FULL STORY >

TechSmart recently visited Moscow for the prelaunch of Kaspersky Internet Security 2012. We chatted to Kaspersky Lab's chief technological officer, Nikolay Grebennikov, about malware and the future of security. FULL STORY >

Nielsen's Mobile Insights survey reveals a number of interesting trends in SA's mobile space. FULL STORY >

Korean tech giant Samsung, the world's largest Android smartphone maker, reveals its latest Android Gingerbread running edition to the Galaxy range, which sports Nvidia's Tegra 2 system-on-a-chip. FULL STORY >

A new digital to analog converter from Asus is aimed at helping audiophiles bring their music collection into the digital age without sacrificing quality. FULL STORY >

LG has annouced the imminent launch of yet another Optimus smartphone in its range. FULL STORY >

Taiwanese smartphone and tablet maker HTC, forms a partnership with Dr. Dre's Beat Electronics, which will spawn some Beats-integrated HTC smartphone offspring. FULL STORY >

LG and Sony kiss-and-make-up by lowering their legal weapons of mass destruction, aka ceasing their patent lawsuits against each other. FULL STORY >

Beyond its obvious Facebook centric approach, the ChaCha is an exceptionally attractive, well built and feature rich phone in its own right. FULL STORY >

Local telecommunications giant Vodacom has been awarded with the PCI DSS Merchant Level 1 compliance certification, a local first for a telecommunications company. FULL STORY >

We do some probable damage to our inner ears, in a quest to find out if Skullcandy's Roc Nation Aviator earphones is worth its upper market price-tag. FULL STORY >

AMD have launched its latest software development kit to enable developers to take advantage of its Accelerated Processing Units. FULL STORY >

Norton Mobile Security is aimed at protecting Android mobile devices FULL STORY >

The public relations mudslinging kicks off as Google pulls a Noam Chomsky, claiming the existence of a sinister patent conspiracy against Android. FULL STORY >

LG's Optimus Black impresses with its bright screen, slim build and above average performance. FULL STORY >