Today marks half a century since Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to leave planet earth, marking humanity's first baby steps in the exploration of the cosmos. FULL STORY >

Adobe releases a Touch SDK for mobile devices, allowing apps on these gadgets to interact with the PC version of Photoshop. FULL STORY >

Xbox LIVE is looking to make history and wants all SA account holders, who also own a Kinect, to help. FULL STORY >

Brought about in no small part due to the rise of full HD video recording on digital cameras, the ME-1 unidirectional microphone offers crisp, clear sound with no unwanted operational noise. FULL STORY >

Research firm Gartner accounts for shifts in the mobile OS landscape and readjusts its figures to forecast the look of the market by 2015. FULL STORY >

In this week's first tech round-up: Facebook goes sort of open source, is the PlayBook delay caused by Flash? and the return of a classic PC. FULL STORY >

Nokia and Yahoo's partnership starts to bear some fruit in part 2 of this week's Tech News Round-up, whilst a new Symbian event looms in the not too distant future. FULL STORY >

In part two of this week's gaming news round-up, Minecraft and Battlefield 3 release dates announced, Mass Effect anime and Resident Evil tuns 15. FULL STORY >

Android chief Andy Rubin speaks out against recent allegations, saying Android is still as open source as ever. FULL STORY >

Toyota and Microsoft team up to deliver next generation vehicle telematics services to the car manufacturer's worldwide customer base. FULL STORY >

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

EA CEO speak out on massive looming ad battle between popular shooters, as well as what this will mean for the gaming world going forward. FULL STORY >

We travel to a galaxy far far away to join Obi-Wan, Anakin, Yoda and the rest in a new block busting Lego Star Wars adventure. FULL STORY >

At 33 Chris Botha is group MD of The MediaShop, one of the biggest media agencies in SA. He talks to TechSmart about marketing in the age of social media. FULL STORY >

GPU maker Nvidia releases its new GPU targeting professionals such as draughtsmen and graphical designers. FULL STORY >