This week's tech news roundup touches on Apples iPod touch and iPhone a lot throughout and will have COSATU keeping a watchful eye on the developments of the NASA-GM partnership, as it might lead to future job losses for humans to robots. FULL STORY >

Panasonic's Toughbook U1 is both ultra-portable and fully-rugged, providing computing power where others fear to tread. FULL STORY >

The ZX900 Series CELL TV from Toshiba converts regular 2D content into 3D FULL STORY >

C-track, in conjunction with Cell C, recently launched the C-track ICE device that functions as a rather basic cellphone and a personal tracking device, complete with a dedicated SOS switch. Aimed at the personal security market the C-track ICE is ideal for kids, the elderly or lone... 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 >

NASA news, photos and info is coming to the iPhone and iPod touch via the Apple App Store directly from the US space agency. FULL STORY >

If there is one guy to follow on Twitter to keep you up to date with tech its Aki Anastasiou. Resident trafficologist and presenter of Technobyte on 702, Aki has embraced social media and ran with it. TechSmart eventually managed to catch up with him. FULL STORY >

The NS-2502 is a two-bay network attached server that can accommodate two SATA drives and has two Ethernet connections. FULL STORY >

MIL-STD-810F certified for ruggedness, the award-winning Toughbook 30 offers the ultimate in durability. The fully-rugged mobile computer features a 13.3\" optional sunlight-viewable touch screen display, Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology, and 160GB shock-mounted... FULL STORY >