Jorge da Silva, product manager at Toshiba Southern Africa, provides students with some good hints and tips for selecting the right notebook. FULL STORY >

Pop star Britney Spears now has more followers on Google's social network, Google+, than the company's co-founder Larry Page. FULL STORY >

The Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is reportedly still looking to own a piece of web search company Yahoo!. FULL STORY >

HTC will be re-examining its decision to acquire graphics chip maker S3 Graphics after S3 lost its ITC patent case against the Cupertino-based tech firm. FULL STORY >

Microsoft's latest acquisition is video content discovery company VideoSurf, whose software it will use to enhance the Xbox LIVE network as well as the Xbox 360 ecosystem. FULL STORY >

The Finnish phone giant Nokia will reportedly be bringing out a Windows 8-powered tablet, as well as a new Lumia smartphone next year. FULL STORY >

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

Huawei Symantec Technologies will be setting a new course under a sole owner, as Huawei is acquiring Symantec's share of the joint venture. FULL STORY >

The latest in the Apple vs. Samsung legal saga sees the court Down Under agreeing to hear Samsung's iPhone 4S ban case in March next year. FULL STORY >

Canon has made a serious move on the motion picture production industry with the announcement of its Cinema EOS System. FULL STORY >

Acer launches its smaller 7 inch Iconia Tab A100 Android Honeycomb-running tablet. FULL STORY >

This week in the Gaming News Round-up - GTA V gets official, whilst Ubisoft reveals a forthcoming new Tom Clancy Rainbow 6 game. FULL STORY >

Memory solutions provider Kingston Technology delivers a Superspeed supporting flash media reader for users who require quick access to a variety of different storage mediums. FULL STORY >

Digital media company Yahoo! will be extending its audience targeting capabilities and premium content supply via the acquisition of interclick. FULL STORY >

Apple makes its popular GarageBand music creation application available to iPod touch and iPhone users. FULL STORY >