Canon today unveiled its new PowerShot G1X, a new compact camera that intends offering DSLR levels of image quality in a compact and portable metal body. FULL STORY >

Steve Balmer, the chief executive officer of Microsoft, gave the company's final keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. FULL STORY >

The latest news includes apparent plans by Microsoft to enable iOS and Android users to play Xbox 360 Live games on their devices. FULL STORY >

Kaspersky Labs has predicted the major new features on the security landscape, with the release of its Cyberthreat Forecast for 2012. FULL STORY >

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

Today Nikon launched its new D4 DSLR, which is set to replace the D3S as the flagship professional DSLR in its line-up. FULL STORY >

Approximately 45 000 Facebook log in details worldwide were compromised this week by the Ramnit worm. FULL STORY >

This week in the Gaming News Round-up we learn that Call of Duty will receive new content on an ongoing basis, Epic Mickey 2 will come to the Xbox 360 and PS3 and that God of War 4 may be the industry's worst kept secret. FULL STORY >

Microsoft celebrated the official end of the road for its long-running Internet Explorer IE 6 browser in the US, as its usage dropped below 1%. FULL STORY >

HP today announced a number of new products ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week. FULL STORY >

Microsoft announced this week that the forthcoming Consumer Electronics Show in January will be its last. FULL STORY >

This week in the Gaming News Round-up we learn that the highly anticipated The Last Guardian game is still in development, whilst the first round of Modern Warfare 3 DLC is announced. FULL STORY >

AMD has launched its AMD Radeon HD 7970, which it asserted is the world's fastest single-GPU graphics card. FULL STORY >

Sony Ericsson is updating many of its Xperia smartphones to Android Ice Cream Sandwich early in the new year. FULL STORY >

App sales on Apple's App Store are enjoying better sales than Google's Android Market, according to a new report. FULL STORY >