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

Samsung ships more than five million Galaxy Note smartphones, five months after the launch of the smartphone-tablet-hybrid. FULL STORY >

ARM announces its latest processor dubbed the Cortex-M0, which the company says is the world's most energy-efficient microprocessor. FULL STORY >

Gartner takes a look at the major trends that are driving a new era in computing, whereby the personal cloud will gain prominence. FULL STORY >

Apple adds another milestone notch to its App Store belt, as it passes the 25 billion mark in application downloads. FULL STORY >

Plant muck is used to deliver solar power, Tesla makes a PR hot lap in its latest super (eco) car and Nissan introduces its energy efficient carrier in this month's eco news. FULL STORY >

Microsoft has announced the winner of its Windows Phone Application Development competition, with a South African developer receiving R50 000 for his mobile game. FULL STORY >

Electronics, networking and communications company Cisco presents its yearly visual networking index forecast, predicting trends within the global mobile data traffic sector for 2011 to 2016. FULL STORY >

Deloitte recently gave a thought provoking look at how the technology, media and entertainment sectors could change this year. FULL STORY >

Intel snaps up a large number of patents from RealNetworks, the firm behind the Real Player media player. FULL STORY >

The Finnish mobile giant Nokia surpasses the highly impressive sales milestone of 1.5 billion for its Series 40 range of mobile phones. FULL STORY >

This week, Acer unveiled and previewed its forthcoming AcerCloud offering. FULL STORY >

YouTube provides the list of most watched videos during 2011, locally and internationally. FULL STORY >

Web search giant Google provides its 11th annual Zeitgeist report, shedding light on the most searched for topics of 2011. FULL STORY >

Microsoft has announced the winner of the South African leg of its global Imagine Cup 2011 student programming competition. FULL STORY >