Web search giant Google makes its Chrome 17 web browser available for download, bringing speedier and safer web surfing to users of its popular browser. FULL STORY >

With over 100 000 apps available for Android smartphones at the Android Market, TechSmart would like to help you get to the good ones first. Here are our top Android Apps of the month. FULL STORY >

Research firm Canalys has delivered its mobile industry report for Q4 2011, revealing how many Windows Phone OS-running mobile devices and MeeGo-powered smartphones Nokia were sold. FULL STORY >

A new study has found that apps on the iOS platform are more likely to crash than on Google's Android. FULL STORY >

Web search giant Google is expanding on the number of Cape wineries available via its Google Street View service and also reveals Botswana as the next location that its Street View cars are headed to. FULL STORY >

This week, Google announced a new service named Bouncer to show malware on its Android Market the door and toss wayward developers to the curb. FULL STORY >

Net Applications presents its latest desktop browser trend report, detailing PC desktop browser usage for the month of January. FULL STORY >

In the first part of this week's Gaming News Round-up, Microsoft may employ an anti-used games measure within the next version of the Xbox and The Witcher 2 is given an Xbox 360 release date. FULL STORY >

Internet search giant Google and its partners launch a new local initiative through which it aims to provide South African companies with a presence on the web. FULL STORY >

Market research firm Nielsen reveals that more US smartphone consumers are choosing iPhones, with Apple closing the gap on Android. FULL STORY >

Google apologises after having been discovered stealing customers from a Kenyan start-up. FULL STORY >

Forget about concept cars - how about a concept putter? FULL STORY >

Google's move this week to make search more personal has been lambasted by Twitter. FULL STORY >

This week in the Gaming News Round-up we learn that Call of Duty will receive new content on an ongoing basis, Epic Mickey 2 will come to the Xbox 360 and PS3 and that God of War 4 may be the industry's worst kept secret. FULL STORY >

Nuance Communications is snapping up Vlingo in an effort to deliver intelligent voice interfaces that combine voice, language understanding and semantic processing to more devices. FULL STORY >