In part 1 of this week's Tech News Round-up some tech developments are revealed at Microsoft's MIX 11 conference for developers and designers. FULL STORY >

HTC announced its newest Gingerbread-operating smartphone, running on a 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon CPU and capable of recording 1080p video. FULL STORY >

Net Prophet is offering a free mentorship workshop aimed at local technology start-ups. FULL STORY >

A new project called 'Predator' showcases the future of real-time visual object tracking. Wave goodbye to your mouse, soon we'll just need our eyes. FULL STORY >

New research being conducted at the CSIR's National Laser Centre is looking into the future of quantum communications. FULL STORY >

BlackBerry holding company RIM enters into a patent licensing agreement with Intellectual Ventures. FULL STORY >

Mozilla's Firefox 4 web browser is now available in Zulu, in addition to other local languages, thanks to the efforts of translate.org.za. FULL STORY >

Google launches its own online magazine dubbed Think Quarterly. FULL STORY >

The Acer Iconia pioneers the new touchbook form factor, replacing the keyboard with a second display. FULL STORY >

Nashua launches its new EasiVoice VoIP calling service, taking telephone conversations online. FULL STORY >

Believe it or not the sleek Asus RT-N56U is actually a state-of-the-art router. We check to see if this radical new design is as functional as it is pretty. FULL STORY >

This week in the Tech News Round-up: Microsoft looks set to bring new CPU choices to producers of Windows Phone-operating devices. FULL STORY >

Qualcomm reveals its next mobile processor architecture for the Snapdragon series. FULL STORY >

Nashua Limited and Ricoh International announce a shift of focus in the service market. FULL STORY >

Huawei sues Motorola to stop the sale of its wireless division to Nokia Siemens Networks. FULL STORY >