Research In Motion and Samsung are being sued by Varia Holdings over alleged patent violations regarding the use of emoticons. FULL STORY >

Samsung Electronics South Africa has appointed Craig Fleischer as its head of mobile communications. FULL STORY >

The US ITC hands down its final determination in the Apple vs. Motorola Mobility case, upholding a previous decision that cleared Motorola Mobility of patent infringement. FULL STORY >

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion launches a ten week long competition in celebration of its first touch-only smartphone in the Curve range, the BlackBerry Curve 9380. FULL STORY >

In part 1 of this week's Gaming News Round-up: Diablo 3 gets dated, the Nintendo DS Lite receives a value pack, and a long desired HD collection is finally announced. FULL STORY >

In part 2 of this week's Gaming News Round-up Bioware responds to Mass Effect 3 criticism, Skyrim receives another update, and an old classic is set to return. 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 >

Google is about to set in motion a change to its search functionality that is being called the largest in the search giant's history. FULL STORY >

For those travelling on business, there has never been a better array of technologies to increase one's efficiency and help make business trips as productive and pain-free as possible. FULL STORY >

So popular are tablets that the IDC has had to revise its tablet shipment projections for 2012. FULL STORY >

Alpheus Mangale takes the lead of managing director for Cisco in South Africa. FULL STORY >

Yahoo! files a patent lawsuit against Facebook over alleged patent violations. FULL STORY >

It's official: Twitter has purchased Posterous, but for the time being, Posterous Spaces isn't going anywhere quite yet. 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 drops the recommended retail price of its iPad 2 in the wake of the announcement of the third generation iPad. FULL STORY >