Intel snaps up a large number of patents from RealNetworks, the firm behind the Real Player media player. FULL STORY >

The Finnish mobile giant Nokia surpasses the highly impressive sales milestone of 1.5 billion for its Series 40 range of mobile phones. FULL STORY >

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

YouTube provides the list of most watched videos during 2011, locally and internationally. FULL STORY >

Web search giant Google provides its 11th annual Zeitgeist report, shedding light on the most searched for topics of 2011. FULL STORY >

Microsoft has announced the winner of the South African leg of its global Imagine Cup 2011 student programming competition. FULL STORY >

The Cupertino-based tech outfit Apple has managed to surpass the 100 million mark for app downloads from its Mac App Store. FULL STORY >

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 blasts away all competition to net over $1 billion dollars in the shortest amount of time. FULL STORY >

Korean-based tech giant Samsung has sold more than 300 million mobile phones for the first time in its history. FULL STORY >

Micro-blogging site Twitter provides a round-up of the most tweeted subject matters (in terms of tweets per second) of this year. FULL STORY >

Micro-blogging site Twitter has provided a round-up of the most popular discussion topics as well as the top hashtags for the popular social networking site during 2011. FULL STORY >

Toyota expands Prius hybrid family, whilst a bio-fuel powered Boeing 737-800 takes to the skies in this month's eco news. FULL STORY >

Microsoft will reportedly be releasing a more powerful Kinect 2 motion-based gaming add-on with future Xbox consoles. FULL STORY >

Nvidia has revealed that one of the greenest supercomputer in the world, the Tsubame 2.0, makes use of the processing power of its Tesla graphics cards. FULL STORY >

Market research firm Strategy Analytics has revealed that China has overtaken the US as the biggest smartphone market in terms of volume. FULL STORY >