The Parlotones\' latest album, Stardust Galaxies, received an exclusive first release on Sony Ericsson phones, there\'s even an exclusive \"Parlotones Edition\" Sony Ericsson W995. TechSmart caught up with lead singer Kahn Morbee in the middle of their European tour. FULL STORY >

Fallout 3 has been named game of the year at the Golden Joystick Awards 09. FULL STORY >

The first test flight for the intended replacement of NASA\'s Space Shuttle, the Ares I-X, will take place today. FULL STORY >

Microsoft announced that it has struck deals with Twitter and Facebook to include realtime, social search features on Bing. FULL STORY >

Garmin have released two rugged, waterproof and wearable navigation devices that are easy to use and suitable for all conditions. FULL STORY >

With Nikon recently announcing the D3S it was only ever a question of time before Canon countered. And today they did so with the EOS-1D Mark IV, the long-awaited successor to the EOS-1D Mark III. FULL STORY >

Samsung has launched the first ever touch-screen operated, environmentally friendly mobile phone called Blue Earth. It will be available in South Africa from the end of October. FULL STORY >

OpenOffice.org is a feature-rich suite of office applications that support documents, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics and database connectivity. Most importantly it is absolutely free to download, use and distribute. FULL STORY >

Pinnacle Studio Version 14 is locally available. It boasts some great looking features including a stop-motion capture for animated and fast-motion effects, new content and enhancements for Pinnacle Montage, a Dynamic Motion Titler tool and a new... FULL STORY >

HTC have announced that their fourth Android device, the HTC Tattoo, will be available in South Africa from midOctober. FULL STORY >

Google have finally released an update to Google Docs that lets users share folders of documents, spreadsheets and presentations. FULL STORY >

The Samsung Star is a quadband GSM touch-screen cellphone with a WQVGA display, 3.2 megapixel camera, FM Radio, Bluetooth, HTML browser via GPRS and Edge, and Speakerphone. FULL STORY >

Garmap Live Traffic is a monthly subscription service for your GPS enabled mobile phone which should help you avoid traffic hold ups. FULL STORY >

Acer\'s new range of Travelmate Timeline notebooks are the picture of innovation. With low voltage processors, nifty cooling systems and multi-gesture controls they are high-end business machines. FULL STORY >

Since its release last year, Collected Memories, the debut album from Zebra & Giraffe, has produced five hit singles. Greg Carlin, the driving force behind the band, speaks to us about his love for Napster, spam on MySpace, and he gives his prediction for vinyl. FULL STORY >