Microsoft is reportedly making its largest acquisition in recent years, with the company planning to buy Skype for a whopping $8.5 billion. FULL STORY >

Bee roads, Toyota's Prius and tech giants making green moves are all part of this month's Green News. FULL STORY >

Google reveals a new WebGL-based Globe Search site, enabling users to view a visual representation for search data from around the world. FULL STORY >

In this week's Tech News Round-up, BlackBerry OS 6.1 will now be known by a different name and the Apple vs. Samsung legal saga continues. FULL STORY >

Google provides tips for avid royal wedding fans to get the most out of the coverage of the event. FULL STORY >

Samsung reveals some information about the fledgling near field communications market, set to take the place of your credit card within a few years. FULL STORY >

In part 2 of this week's Tech News Round-up Google reveals some figures surrounding its Android mobile OS, whilst Intel says it'll support USB 3.0 in its Sandy Bridge replacement platform. FULL STORY >

Android developers take note, as Google is giving African developers the chance to make it big. FULL STORY >

Google prepares to make a huge cash injection into YouTube, with new production houses set to bring fresh programming to the site. 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 >

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

Google brings some new functions to Google Maps for Android via version 5.3. FULL STORY >

In the first part of this week's Tech News Round-up, HP reveals that its ePrint-enables printer now support Google Cloud Print and the founder of Java joins Google. FULL STORY >

We check out the Western Digital TV Live Hub, a TV media player that brings storage, playback and online media streaming to your living room. FULL STORY >

Research firm IDC has looked into its crystal ball and foretold what the smartphone market will look like during 2011and beyond. FULL STORY >