This week in the Gaming News Round-up: Bioware reacts to the retirements of its founders, and new trailers emerge from the Tokyo Game Show FULL STORY >

RIM's BlackBerry Buddies provide some tips for RIM smartphone users that will assist them in boosting battery life. FULL STORY >

HTC announces two new Windows Phone 8 powered smartphones, the new Windows Phone 8X and 8S. FULL STORY >

Google acquires Nik Software who is responsible for the Instagram rival app Snapseed. FULL STORY >

A new CNN survey has found that smartphones beat out their other consumer device competition, in both business, leisure and home situations. FULL STORY >

It has been a very busy past few days for Canon, announcing a number of new cameras, with the most exciting being its smallest full frame yet - the EOS 6D. FULL STORY >

Apple reveals some of the latest stats surrounding sales of its new Mac OS X Mountain Lion desktop OS, App Store and iOS devices sold. FULL STORY >

Sony has announced a tantalising new Cyber-shot camera, which has the distinction of offering a 24.3 megapixel, full frame sensor in a compact form. FULL STORY >

BBM has been officially added in the latest edition of the Collins English Dictionary. FULL STORY >

This week in the Gaming News Round-up: Nintendo finally reveals the release date of its forthcoming Wii U console, while Bayonetta 2 is announced as a Wii U exclusive. FULL STORY >

Nokia announces more details surrounding software updates for its first range of Windows Phone OS running smartphones. FULL STORY >

There's been a lot of good news for photographers recently, and Nikon looks set to continue this trend with news of its new entry-level full frame DSLR ÔÇô the D600. FULL STORY >

Apple announces its latest smartphone, the iPhone 5, which sports a new look and hardware. FULL STORY >

Rectron has secured the distributorship rights to Acers latest crop of ultrabooks, the Acer Aspire Ultra M5. FULL STORY >

Gartner states that free application downloads will account for the clear majority of app downloads during 2012. FULL STORY >