The Sunday Times recently held its Brand of the Year awards, and it was RIM's BlackBerry that stepped away with top honours. FULL STORY >

Popular social networking site Twitter snaps up TweetDeck in a multimillion dollar acquisition. FULL STORY >

A shocking report arises around Chinese prisons forcing inmates to earn virtual goods online. FULL STORY >

Microsoft unveils its latest forthcoming update to the Windows Phone OS, dubbed Mango. FULL STORY >

YouTube shares some user figures in celebration of the popular site's sixth birthday. FULL STORY >

Microsoft is set to unveil the first major update to its Windows Phone 7 OS later today in the form of WP 7.5, codenamed Mango. FULL STORY >

Sony Coporation is facing its biggest financial loss in 16 years, due mainly to the Great East Japan Earthquake which struck this March. FULL STORY >

This Friday an explosion at a Foxconn plant in China caused the death of at least three workers while injuring some 15 others. FULL STORY >

Canadian smartphone and tablet maker Research In Motion gives BlackBerry users some tips to keep their emails, contacts, appointments and multimedia content safe in the event that they lose their device. FULL STORY >

In a milestone for e-books everywhere Amazon announces that digital books are now outselling hardcover and paperback books combined. FULL STORY >

Gartner releases its mobile quarterly report for Q1 of 2011, illustrating the rapid growth of Google's Android mobile OS. FULL STORY >

In this week's gaming news round-up we welcome two great new releases to the gaming world, check out Ubisoft and Mojang's future ideas as well as speculating about Bungie's next title, an MMOFPS? FULL STORY >

This week in the Tech News Round-up, Nokia is reportedly using dual-core processors for some of its first Windows Phone OS devices, whilst a quad-core AMD notebook processor might be on the way. FULL STORY >

Do you have it takes to be the very best? Like no one ever was? Well then gather up your pokeballs because we're heading for a new adventure in Pokemon Black/White. FULL STORY >

Kingston releases its fastest flash drive, the DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 Generation 2, delivering blistering performance and improved power management. FULL STORY >