Research in Motion has been ordered to pay a substantial $147 million in damages to Mformation Technologies, after a court ruled that the BlackBerry maker had infringed on its patents. FULL STORY >

Microsoft is acquiring multi-touch touchscreen maker and software development firm Perceptive Pixel. FULL STORY >

Nuance Communications will be making its Dragon Drive! Messaging functionality available within certain BMW vehicles. FULL STORY >

Nokia announces the usage informations figures surrounding the use of its Nokia Store application front. FULL STORY >

Google announces the latest figures surrounding Android, Chrome and its Play Store application front. FULL STORY >

According to Strategy Analytics, Apple managed to generate $150 billion worth of revenue from its iPhone business since its launch in 2007. FULL STORY >

Making headlines in this month's Green News is MotoCzysz who set a speed record at the 2012 Isle of Man race, whilst the Solar Impulse solar powered airplane made another historic flight. FULL STORY >

Info and specs surrounding RIM's upcoming BlackBerry 10 range of devices have reportedly been leaked. FULL STORY >

Samsung Electronics South Africa has started assembling all computer monitors above 21" destined for the SA market locally. FULL STORY >

SanDisk has recently released their new Extreme Solid State Drives SSD locally, offering a range of benefits compared to traditional hard drives. We talked to Mandy Duncan, IT sales manager at local SanDisk distributor Tudortech, about the Extreme range. FULL STORY >

Head of Android at Google, Andy Rubin, provides the latest activation figures for the mobile OS, while denying rumours that he's leaving the search giant. FULL STORY >

Microsoft announces that it has sold more than 600 million Windows 7 PC operating system licenses. FULL STORY >

ETSI adopts a new form factor for the SIM card that is 40% smaller than the current smallest design. FULL STORY >

RIM's BlackBerry smartphones brand once again comes up tops at this year's The Sunday Times Generation Next 2012 Brand Survey Awards. FULL STORY >

Cisco's annual VNI forecast expects worldwide devices and connections to increase to nearly 19 billion between 2011 and 2016. FULL STORY >