Gartner expects tablet sales around the world to amount to almost 119 million this year. FULL STORY >

Microsoft buys more than 800 patents and patent applications from global internet services and media firm AOL. FULL STORY >

Microsoft has reportedly reached the 80 000 mark in terms of applications added to the Windows Phone Marketplace. FULL STORY >

In this week's Gaming News Round-up: The Kinect Star Wars game and Xbox 360 Limited Edition bundle become available locally, whilst the creator of indie-hit Minecraft unveils his new project. FULL STORY >

European Commission launches two antitrust probes into Motorola Mobility's patent practices, after it had received complaints from Apple and Microsoft. FULL STORY >

Analytics firm comScore releases its latest statistics on the US mobile phone market for the period between December 2011 and February 2012. FULL STORY >

Google makes the latest Android versions user statistics available, indicating which version of the mobile OS is the most used. FULL STORY >

The latest addition to Canon's EOS stable is a the 60Da DSLR, which caters to the niche field of astro-photography. FULL STORY >

Net Applications releases its latest browser report, detailing desktop browser usage as of the month of March. FULL STORY >

Web search giant Google makes the latest version (6.5) of Google Maps for Android available to mobile users. FULL STORY >

Market research firm IDC announced that smart connected device shipments during 2011 amounted to nearly one billion. FULL STORY >

In this week's Gaming News Round-up: Angry Birds Space invades gamer's airspace, whilst Bioware will be offering Mass Effect 3 DLC to appease player's unhappiness with its ending. FULL STORY >

Adobe has launched the beta version of the next iteration of the popular Photoshop package to download and try out. 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 >

It's official: Twitter has purchased Posterous, but for the time being, Posterous Spaces isn't going anywhere quite yet. FULL STORY >