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While Oculus Rift remains a Windows PC compatible device for now, the company's founder Palmer Luckey says Apple can join the action if they release a powerful enough Mac computer. FULL STORY >

HP unveils two new webOS-running smartphones in this week's Tech News Round-up, whilst RIM plans to bring Android apps to the BlackBerry PlayBook. FULL STORY >

Hewlett-Packard reveals its webOS-running iPad rival, the TouchPad. FULL STORY >

Windows Phone 7 OS is released to manufacturing (RTM) in this week's Tech News Round-up, while the local social network The Grid goes global and SA's first free two-way SMS service is launched. FULL STORY >

Pics of Nokia's next flagship smartphone hits the net this week in the Tech News Round-up, whilst Foursquare CEO offers his take on Facebook's newly launched location-based service and Sony pokes fun at Apple. FULL STORY >

Microsoft COO Kevin Turner lashes out at Apples iPhone 4 by taking a dig at Windows Vista. FULL STORY >

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer commits the company towards domination of the tablet PC market. FULL STORY >

HP is buying Palm in a bid to boost its share in the lucrative smartphone market, dominated by large players such as Apple and BlackBerry. FULL STORY >

Palm now also offers a developer kit to boost the graphics capabilities of apps made for its webOS mobile operating system. FULL STORY >