Canadian smartphone manufacturer Research In Motion has welcomed mobile user interface company The Astonishing Tribe to its BlackBerry team. FULL STORY >

This week in the Tech News Round-up: Google seems to be working on its own Dropbox competitor, whilst Facebook attains its largest valuation figure ever. FULL STORY >

Remarkable recent findings from the W. M. Keck Observatory show that the universe contains much more stars than previously thought. FULL STORY >

Apple files a patent for a new glasses-free 3D display technology. FULL STORY >

Nintendo announces that it is phasing out its Wii Speak peripheral, enabling voice chat on the console. FULL STORY >

ASUS reveals its striking new Bamboo U43Jc, a notebook that is both powerful and an attractive piece of technology. FULL STORY >

Search giant Google plans to launch its own online bookstore in the form of Google Editions. FULL STORY >

RIM has announced that it has reached yet another milestone in terms of the available apps in BlackBerry App World. FULL STORY >

Microsoft has released some developer stats surrounding its Windows Phone 7 Series OS for smartphones. FULL STORY >

Acer's recently revealed tablet PC's CPU info is leaked in this Tech News round-up, whilst one of the earliest Apple computers sells for a fortune. FULL STORY >

Opera Software unveils its latest version (10.1) of its Opera Mobile browser for Symbian-powered smartphones. FULL STORY >

It seems like tabbed browsing is evolving once again with Opera SoftwareÔÇÖs introduction of tab stacking in the latest beta version of their Opera 11 beta web browser. FULL STORY >

Vodacom unveiled a new service offering its users unlimited music downloads. FULL STORY >

NASA and Goodyear receive an R&D 100 Award, a so called" Oscars of Innovation", for their spring loaded tyre. FULL STORY >

Microsoft's new controllerless gaming peripheral, the Kinect, sells more than a million units in its first ten days of availability. FULL STORY >