This year has been many things, but uneventful on the technology front was never one of them. So what exactly was the big news? Here are our Top 5 tech news stories of 2011. FULL STORY >

BlackBerry holding company Research In Motion makes its new Curve smartphone available in South Africa. FULL STORY >

Research In Motion has introduced the successor to the BlackBerry Torch 9800 - its new BlackBerry Torch 9810 smartphone. FULL STORY >

RIM has revealed its latest smartphone duo to work on the BlackBerry 7 OS, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and Curve 9380. FULL STORY >

Search giant Google announces that it will be ceasing support for the Gmail App for BlackBerry this month. FULL STORY >

RIM and Cell C have revealed that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is now available to Cell C customers. FULL STORY >

WRC 2 drifts on the mud-filled virtual gaming track, looking to entice racing fans away from the Dirt franchise with its true-to-life WRC experience. FULL STORY >

BlackBerry holding company RIM experienced a crises of epic proportions last month as the BlackBerry Internet Service went down, leaving millions of their customers facing a communication blackout. FULL STORY >

Market research firm Net Applications releases its latest browser trend report and mobile/ tablet top browser trend report for the month of October. FULL STORY >

Canadian smartphone and tablet maker Research In Motion has joined forces with Porsche Design to break away from BlackBerry's traditional design approach. FULL STORY >

RIM has delayed the launch of its PlayBook OS 2.0 upgrade until early next year. FULL STORY >

BlackBerry holding company RIM is facing legal action over the use of the BBX name for its next generation mobile platform. FULL STORY >

The Canadian holding company for BlackBerry, Research In Motion, reveals its BlackBerry 7 OS follow-up - the new BBX mobile platform. FULL STORY >

RIM is coming under fire from law firms, which are exploring implementing legal action over the service outages. FULL STORY >

RIM has offered free premium apps in an effort to console BlackBerry users affected by last week's outages. FULL STORY >