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T-Mobile offers free Recycle Guide mobile app
Tells you the nearest recycling point 1 October 2009 16:00 GMT
T-Mobile has launched a new mobile application, the Recycle Guide, which it says "takes the confusion out of what you can recycle and where, both at home and on the go within the UK".

The app offers users info on exactly where the nearest recycling points...
BT trials fibre-to-the-premesis in London and Milton Keynes
Should bring upto 100Mbps speeds 1 October 2009 15:31 GMT
BT has announced that it'll be expanding its fibre-optic trials early next year to go all the way direct to the people's homes and businesses - a technology that the company is calling "fibre to the premesis". Currently fibreoptic connections only go through to the cabinet.
HTC Imagio launches on Verizon
One of the first Windows Mobile 6.5 devices will offer 3.6-inch touchscreen 1 October 2009 15:21 GMT
In the States Verizon Wireless has announced the launch of its first Windows Mobile 6.5 device, the HTC Imagio.

Available from 6 October, the Imagio will be among the first of the Windows Mobile 6.5 handsets to market although it will still get HTC's TouchFLO...
The first 13 PSP Minis on the Playstation Store
Puzzles, shoot-em ups, even football and all under 100MB 1 October 2009 15:03 GMT
We were beginning to think it was never going to happen but, just like that, the PSP Go has arrived and, with it, the much anticipated PSP Minis.

There are 13 to choose from as of today, expected to grow to 50 by the end of the year. Each is no larger than 100MB...
Mario, Zelda, Wii Fit Plus get UK release dates
Nintendo announces Christmas lineup 1 October 2009 14:58 GMT
Nintendo has announced its Christmas lineup for the year, which includes release dates for the three big titles that everyone's been waiting for - New Super Mario Bros on the Wii, Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks on the DS, and Wii Fit Plus on the Wii.

New Super...
CuteBitz launches illoom balloons
Glowing party decs 1 October 2009 14:45 GMT
If you're the type of competitive parent whose kid's next party has to be bigger and better than the last kid's, you might want to note this new product.

The illoom balloons, sold in packs of five, are essentially light-up balloons that come complete with a...
Firebox offers Striker Mine torch
A beam come true 1 October 2009 14:21 GMT
Addressing the age-old problem of how to get a torch to shine in exactly the right spot when you're using both your hands, Firebox is offering the Striker Mine torch.

Smaller than a golf ball, the torch's tough ABS body is dotted with 12 magnets, allowing users...
Spotify brings offline playback to desktop
Only for Premium users 1 October 2009 13:16 GMT
Spotify has announced that Premium users will shortly be able to access on their desktop the same "Offline mode" that exists on mobile versions of the streaming music company's software.

Subscribers will be able to right-click their playlists and select them...
Daily Tech Deal: Windows 7 student discount available now
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 1 October 2009 13:00 GMT
Microsoft might not have the cool factor that Apple has, but today they are every student's best buddy.

The reason for this is that Microsoft is selling its soon-to-be-released (22 October) Windows 7 OS on pre-order for just £30 to all students sporting an academic...
Mitsubishi gets world record for largest HD display
Equal to 3268 52-inch televisions 1 October 2009 12:59 GMT
Mitsubishi has entered the Guinness World Records book with the world's largest high definition video display.

This display takes the form of the "Diamond Vision" video boards at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium.

Apparently the world's first four-sided,...
PSP Go arrives on shelves
£225 for slimmer, lighter, screen-sliding PSP cousin 1 October 2009 12:58 GMT
Sony has announced that the PSP Go, long rumoured, and eventually confirmed, has now arrived on the shelves in Europe. It's considerably closer to the iPhone and DS in terms of functionality with the arrival of "minis" - smaller, cheaper games with a 100MB size limit.
VIDEO: Wi-Fi Body Scale & iPhone app announced
"There's an app for fat" 1 October 2009 12:32 GMT
French company Withings has announced the launch of its Wi-Fi enabled body scale, which it claims is a world first. It can automatically record your weight, lean and fat mass, and your Body Mass Index, and it'll upload it to a secure website or an iPhone application.
Papa John's offers mobile ordering service
New version of site optimised for phones 1 October 2009 12:20 GMT
It's not quite as swanky as the Pizza Hut iPhone app in the US, or even as easy as Domino's pizza by text service, but Papa John's has announced a version of its site optimised for mobile phones.

With around 10% of online orders coming from mobile phones -...
Amazon to make UK Kindle announcement next week
"Authoritative sources" suggesting October debut 1 October 2009 11:20 GMT
The Kindle's UK launch has been a much talked-up affair, but "authoritative sources" are now backing up previous whispers that the device will debut in October.

Those sources, speaking to The Bookseller, suggest the Kindle's arrival to the UK market will be...
Free All Music to offer ad-supported free MP3s
Only one major label signs up so far 1 October 2009 11:18 GMT
Free All Music is a company, based in Atlanta, which still reckons ad-supported MP3 downloads is a viable business model. The company thinks it can do better than Spiralfrog and its similar proposition, which disappeared last year, by making users pick their own adverts.
VIDEO: doubleTwist parodies Apple's 1984 ad
Choice is coming... 1 October 2009 10:51 GMT
doubleTwist, DVD Jon's media-syncing software company, is generating lots of publicity for a new version of its "media platform" product with a cheeky video that uses Apple's famous 1984 advert against it.

In the clip - shown above - drones wearing white iPod...
Apple quietly buys online mapping company Placebase
Creating Google Maps rival? 1 October 2009 10:25 GMT
Apple appears to be up to something. The company very quietly purchased Placebase - an online mapping startup - back in July. It was announced in a tweet, but labelled as "all hush hush" by Fred Lalonde, the founder of openplaces.org.

However, Seth Weintraub...
Five offers iPhone app for live UEFA Europa League matches
Catch the season for less than a fiver 1 October 2009 10:24 GMT
iPhone owners will be able to watch an season of live football matches for a one-off fee of less than a fiver.

The deal is thanks to a new app from Channel Five, that has the broadcast rights to the UEFA Europa League, formerly the UEFA Cup.

The...
Nokia offers E55 SIM-free for £299
Slim emailer on sale now 1 October 2009 10:02 GMT
Nokia is offering its slim Eseries smartphone, the E55, direct to customers in the UK on a SIM-free, handset-only basis.

The device is now available at www.nokia.co.uk/shop for £299, including VAT but excluding delivery.

At launch, Nokia claimed...
Twitter announces Lists functionality
Categorise users 1 October 2009 10:01 GMT
Twitter has announced on its official blog that it'll be launching a new feature soon called "Lists". This allows you to create lists of Twitter users within a certain subset like, for example, Pocket-lint's Top 100 UK Tech Tweeters list.

Lists are viewable...
UK broadband ranks 25th out of 66 countries
"Meeting needs for today" 1 October 2009 9:55 GMT
A survey of broadband standards in 66 countries across the world has placed the UK at number 25 - with its broadband labelled as "meeting needs for today", but not "comfortable for today" or "ready for tomorrow".

South Korea and Japan came top, with Korea promising...
Microsoft announces Windows 7 logo programme
"A number of changes" since disastrous Vista stickers 1 October 2009 9:34 GMT
Following the fiasco that was the Windows Vista logo programme, Microsoft has revealed plans for its "Compatible with Windows 7" logo programme.

The company says it has made "a number of changes" to both the logo criteria and the process of being granted a...
VIDEO OF THE DAY – Hot Spot
Simon's Cat is back - failing to turn over a new leaf too... 1 October 2009 0:00 GMT
That cat is back.

Simon’s Cat returns to our desktops in another new adventure.

We can’t get enough of this feisty little feline.

If you've seen a video online that you want to tell us about email us via the feedback form.
WEBSITE OF THE DAY - Misi
A thing of beauty is a joy forever. And then there's some right old tat as well 1 October 2009 0:00 GMT
Just in time for those of you who are super-organised and like to do your Christmas shopping early, here’s something a little different.

Buying that perfect present is always tough, but with Misi you might find just what you need.

It’s an online...