Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is suing some of the largest companies in the US for apparent violations of four patents. FULL STORY >

Googles Street View platform will add nineteen new South African winelands to its database FULL STORY >

This week in the Tech News Round-up the popular social networking site Facebook is looking to acquire rights to the name Face, whilst Google Talk proves to be more popular than Google Wave and Google Buzz. FULL STORY >

Google introduces Google Talk to Gmail, allowing users to diectly call phones. Or at least US users at this stage. FULL STORY >

In this week's Tech News Round-up Oracle is suing Google over patent and copyright issues, while Skype plans on going public and the official Foursquare app becomes available in the testing phase for Symbian S60 V5 phones. FULL STORY >

Google's recent string of updates continues as the Gmail contacts bar receives a much needed upgrade. FULL STORY >

There is uncertainty in regards to an alleged deal between Google and Verizon that could see an end to net-neutrality. FULL STORY >

Twitter passes the 20 billion mark in tweets in this week's Tech News Round-up, while Android continues to grow its user base daily and Intel settles complaints levelled against it with the US Federal Trade Commission. FULL STORY >

Google has officially announced the suspension of its much hyped Wave platform. FULL STORY >

Google Zeitgeist results show Panjo was the most popular rising search term last week FULL STORY >

This week in the Gaming News Round-up: Film director Guillermo del Toro working on a video game, while Capcom wants to speed up game development and Disney looks to become a player in the social gaming scene. FULL STORY >

Flashers will soon be an endangered species on Chatroulette, while Apple is reportedly cleansing its online book store of adult entertainment titles in this weeks Tech News Round-up. FULL STORY >

Is Facebook gearing up to take on Twitter? FULL STORY >

This week in the Tech News Round-up: Apple's magical iPad goes plane hopping to nine new places, while the Antennagate narrative continues but the Nexus One web store doesn't. FULL STORY >

Google Chrome speeds up the rate at which their browser is updated, promising updates once every six weeks. FULL STORY >