Research In Motion and Samsung are being sued by Varia Holdings over alleged patent violations regarding the use of emoticons. FULL STORY >

Samsung Electronics South Africa has appointed Craig Fleischer as its head of mobile communications. FULL STORY >

LG has lifted the lid on its approach to Smart TVs, while reaffirming its commitment to the connected TV movement. FULL STORY >

The US ITC hands down its final determination in the Apple vs. Motorola Mobility case, upholding a previous decision that cleared Motorola Mobility of patent infringement. FULL STORY >

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion launches a ten week long competition in celebration of its first touch-only smartphone in the Curve range, the BlackBerry Curve 9380. FULL STORY >

Mozilla provides users of its popular Firefox browser with a look at whats to come later this year. FULL STORY >

In part 1 of this week's Gaming News Round-up: Diablo 3 gets dated, the Nintendo DS Lite receives a value pack, and a long desired HD collection is finally announced. FULL STORY >

In part 2 of this week's Gaming News Round-up Bioware responds to Mass Effect 3 criticism, Skyrim receives another update, and an old classic is set to return. FULL STORY >

It's not often that you get a call for help from one of the largest anti-virus companies in the world, but an unknown programming language used in the Duqu Trojan has Kaspersky Lab stumped. FULL STORY >

Google is about to set in motion a change to its search functionality that is being called the largest in the search giant's history. FULL STORY >

Nikon in South Africa has announced an exclusive five year warranty on Nikon D7000, D5100 and D3100 DSLR bodies. FULL STORY >

Google has launched its Gmail SMS Chat service in South Africa, which enables Gmail users on a PC to chat with mobile phone users via SMS, for free. FULL STORY >

For those travelling on business, there has never been a better array of technologies to increase one's efficiency and help make business trips as productive and pain-free as possible. FULL STORY >

Mozilla releases the latest version (11) of its popular Firefox web browser, which adds the ability to migrate your bookmarks and history from Google's Chrome. FULL STORY >

So popular are tablets that the IDC has had to revise its tablet shipment projections for 2012. FULL STORY >