In April The Pirate Bay four was sentenced to a year in prison, and had to cough up $4.5m in damages. Today their political party, the Pirate Party, has a seat in the European Parliament. FULL STORY >

According to a study recently published in the journal Current Biology itÔÇÖs easier to get a grip on flowers with conical cells on their petals than on those with smooth petals. FULL STORY >

Sony Ericsson have opted for some exotic names for three of their new phones. FULL STORY >

Wolfram Research, the company behind Wolfram Alpha, is looking for some feedback on their new ÔÇ£Computational Knowledge Engine.ÔÇØ FULL STORY >

The USÔÇÖs National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California, is hoping to recreate conditions that exist at the very centre of the Sun, here on Earth. FULL STORY >

The HP Compaq Mini 110c netbook has just been announced for the SA market. FULL STORY >

ThumbWars is VodacomÔÇÖs all-new, all-South African reality show, premiering on SABC 2 next week Thursday, June 4 2009. FULL STORY >

HP expanded its Total Care range of products for small and medium sized businesses today. FULL STORY >

The WBS is bringing together CEOs, scientists, government representatives and thought leaders to develop and submit recommendations for the next global treaty on climate change. FULL STORY >

Acer announced the availability of their 2009 range of mobile notebooks yesterday, 21 May 2009. The most exciting news was the announcement of its eye-catching Timeline series. FULL STORY >

In a recent interview with The Guardian, Spielberg stated that in future we might play games on TV screens without the need for consoles. Spielberg recently developed Boom Blox for the Wii in conjunction with Electronic Arts. FULL STORY >

HP has announced the recall of approximately 70 000 Lithium-Ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard and Compaq notebook computers. FULL STORY >

IBM has made available a unique ÔÇ£stream computingÔÇØ software that falls under their Smarter Planet banner, at no cost to their clients. FULL STORY >

The US based document sharing website Scribd is set to open a commercial channel this week. FULL STORY >

Wolfram|Alpha is in their own words a ÔÇ£computational knowledge engineÔÇØ. This makes WA excellent for systematic information such as solving calculations, proving the GDP of South Africa, or giving the amount of calories in 340 ml of beer. But if you are... FULL STORY >