In this week's Tech News Round-up the successful bidder for Nortel's extensive patent portfolio is revealed, whilst the Android golden goose continues to lay royalty eggs for the Redmond software giant. FULL STORY >

After the social networking disaster that was Google Wave, the online search giant is giving it another shot with Google+. FULL STORY >

Google's new 'what do you love' search portal gets outed before official release, promises unified Google search services. FULL STORY >

Google looks set to launch a new foray into the gaming world with a recent job listing outing its 'Games at Google' division. FULL STORY >

Google is set to undergo formal investigations in the US on grounds that it's unfairly driving an online monopoly. FULL STORY >

Google Books enters into a partnership with the British Library to digitise some 40 million pages of human history, and make it all fully searchable online. FULL STORY >

Nokia has unveiled the MeeGo-running N9, its first smartphone powered by the Linux-based mobile OS developed together with Intel. FULL STORY >

Sony Ericsson sings a deal with NXP to bring near-field communication to its future smartphones. FULL STORY >

Internet giants Google yesterday unveiled a slew of new features which will simplify and transform online searching as we know it. FULL STORY >

Nokia will be demoing a new unannounced device next week during the Nokia Connection conference in Singapore. FULL STORY >

Navigation company Navigon AG has signed an agreement for a subsidiary of Garmin to acquire the privately held Navigon AG. FULL STORY >

New data suggests that the world's largest social network is facing a few drops in user numbers, although the bigger picture is still one of Facebook domination. FULL STORY >

We take the affordable new TomTom VIA 110 out for a spin to see how the new GPS competitor stacks up. FULL STORY >

Search giant Google releases the latest stable version of its Chrome browser, which is employed by over 160 million users around the globe. FULL STORY >

The Google Nexus S is the second phone coming from the search giant responsible for creating the Android operating system. We did some operating of our own to take it through its paces. FULL STORY >