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VIDEO OF THE DAY - Mobile gaming
Mobile gaming has come a long way 28 May 2009 12:00 GMTThe ability to play games in the palm of your hand (stop sniggering at the back) is something we all take for granted these days.
Handheld consoles are giving their bigger, bulkier brothers a run for their money in terms of both speed and game play, and mobiles... -
Movea Gyration Air Mouse Go Plus available in UK
Motion-mousing is go 28 May 2009 11:57 GMTMovea has announced the availability of the new Gyration Air Mouse Go Plus wireless desktop mouse, with the claim that it "makes the world a little easier to navigate".
Movea says the Air Mouse Go Plus has "best of breed" gyroscopic tech for precise in-air... -
USB classic joystick for PC gamers announced
Authentic 'troller for retro games 28 May 2009 11:30 GMTOnline retailer Thumbs Up is heralding a return to old school style video gaming with the launch of a USB classic joystick.
Styled on classic home arcade system's joystick (it's unlicensed, so we'll name no names), the retro controller connects to your PC via... -
Skype 4.1 beta live
Software update for Windows users with screen sharing 28 May 2009 10:54 GMT"Hot on the heels of 4.0", Skype has announced the beta version of Skype 4.1 for Windows has now arrived.
The new version of the VoIP software adds screen sharing - available for the Mac - and apparently a much requested feature.
Skype explains... -
Woz says Steve Jobs "healthy, energetic"
Says Apple boss "doesn't sound like he's sick" 28 May 2009 10:41 GMTSteve Jobs sounds "healthy, energetic", according to Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Speaking informally at the All Things D conference, Woz told the Wall Street Journal that the Apple CEO "'doesn't sound like he's sick', nor did he seem to be in a health crisis". -
Plantronics .Audio 955 launches
Wireless stereo headset for your PC 28 May 2009 10:32 GMTPlantronics has introduced the new .Audio 995 digital wireless stereo headset for multimedia and voice applications on the PC.
The .Audio 995 claims to combine "rich digital stereo sound and great voice quality" to offer a single headset solution for music... -
Study: DRM creates Pirates
Cambridge Law Prof says DRM forces the blind to steal bibles 28 May 2009 10:19 GMTAlthough the tendancy for big corporations to include DRM in all their products appears to be on the wane, there's still plenty of publishers who include it by default in their music, film and e-books
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The Noisettes perform for Nokia 5800 Comes with Music launch
Orange reveals Phones4U performance 28 May 2009 10:01 GMTTo celebrate the launch of the Nokia 5800 with Comes with Music, Orange has announced that The Noisettes performed a live in-store gig at a Phones4U store on Tottenham Court Road this week.
The gig saw The Noisettes perform a selection of tracks including their... -
Google demos Donut - Android 2.0
Adds "Android Search", text-to-speech and handwriting gestures 28 May 2009 9:45 GMTGoogle recently updated Android to version 1.5, Cupcake, for owners of the T-Mobile G1, and it came installed as standard on the HTC Magic. Now it seems that it's already prepared to start showing off version 2.0 - Donut.
Demoed at Google's I/O event, the forthcoming... -
Spotify unveils Android App
First mobile client for the popular music streaming service 28 May 2009 9:18 GMTSpotify, the enormously popular music streaming service, has shown off its first mobile application for Android.
If the video demonstration is accurate, the application has all the speed of the full program, as well as full syncing with playlists from your... -
Smaller, cheaper MacBook Air rumoured
Is this Apple's high-end in to the netbook market? 28 May 2009 9:15 GMTAs we get closer to Apple's WWDC event in June, Apple-flavoured rumours are swirling around the internets with increasing intensity.
The latest Apple product to see a juicy rumour leveled at it is the MacBook Air, Apple's super-thin laptop.
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Microsoft clarifies Windows 7 Beta and RC shut-down dates
Bi-hourly timeouts timescales confirmed 28 May 2009 8:49 GMTWindows 7, although free to download and use, has an a limited life - and Microsoft has just confirmed how limited that life is.
The software company has clarified when the Windows 7 Beta and the Release Candidate will begin their mind games in order to, encourage... -
Sony Cyber-shot W180 announced
The "no-fuss choice" 28 May 2009 8:37 GMTSony has announced the new W180, a Cyber-shot digital camera from Sony claiming to offer "outstanding quality and value to suit every pocket".
Described as a "no-fuss choice", the latest member to the Cyber-shot family gets 10.1-megapixels and a 3x zoom lens.... -
Alcatel offers Superdrug phone
Budget handset gets "Superdrug pink" trim 28 May 2009 8:17 GMTMobile phone manufacturer Alcatel has created a handset exclusively for high street retailer Superdrug.
The glossy white OTS211 candybar handset features a "colour coordinated 'Superdrug' pink trim around the centre".
The "bespoke" mobile will... -
Firebox offers Million Dollar Homepage poster
The internet legend on your wall 28 May 2009 8:08 GMTYou know the story... In 2005 student Alex Tew decided he needed to solve his financial problems and dreamt up the Million Dollar Homepage.
Alex made a webpage and sold advertising space by the pixel, four months later, the page had made a whopping $990,000... -
PHOTOS: TomTom XL Live satnav
Hands on with the new Live enabled satnav 28 May 2009 1:39 GMTA week after the Worldwide announcement of the new TomTom XL Live and Pocket-lint has managed to grab one for a quick hands on play.
The new TomTom XL LIVE Europe as it will be known, will bring the company's LIVE services like HD Traffic to the 4.3-inch screen... -
VIDEO: LG GD900 Crystal mobile phone
The new transparent phone in action 28 May 2009 0:39 GMTWant to see what a see-thru phone looks like on video? Then click the play button to find out more, as we find out whether the GD900 AKA the Crystal is actually just a gimmick or something a bit more useful.
The new handset is due out in the UK on 1 July. Price... -
Virgin Media launches new monthly mobile tariffs
"Market beating" deals from £8.50 28 May 2009 0:01 GMTVirgin Media has announced the launch of its new range of pay monthly tariffs with the claim that they'll shake up the mobile market.
Available from 28 May, Virgin Media's new pay monthly range includes what it's boasting is a "market beating" £18 handset tariff... -
WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Cyclingtheamericas
Beaumont's back and he's biking mad 28 May 2009 0:00 GMTThere’s a good chance you’ll have heard the name Mark Beaumont.
He’s the youngest person ever to cycle round the world and he even starred in one of the Orange ‘I am’ ads.
If you haven’t heard of him, here’s your chance to see him embark on his next adventure... -
Daily news roundup - 27/05/09
Have a break, have a daily news roundup 27 May 2009 18:28 GMTCatch up on all the top stories from the last 24 hours with Pocket-lint's daily news roundup.
NEWS: Five things to know about the Nokia Ovi Store
UK operators not with the program as less than 200 apps available
Nokia's Ovi Store has finally gone... -
Third party Twitter clients due to explode on 11 June?
Some software not equipped to deal with 2,147,483,647 tweets 27 May 2009 18:20 GMTKeep an eye on your preferred Twitter client on 11 June, as that's the day when the number of tweets is due to climb above 2,147,483,647. At that point, some third-party Twitter clients may collapse, says the team at Wherecloud, a Canadian mobile solutions company.
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Phones "not in our wheelhouse" says Nintendo
What's a wheelhouse? 27 May 2009 18:08 GMTWikipedia claims that "a wheelhouse is a prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland", but we somehow doubt that's what Reggie Fils-Aime, president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America, meant when denying the development of a Nintendo phone.
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Petty criminals to be sentenced via video link
"Cyber-courts" to open in major shopping centres 27 May 2009 17:50 GMTPolice have announced that they'll be setting up virtual courtrooms in major shopping centres across the UK. In an attempt to improve the speed at which justice gets done, petty criminals will be sentenced by video link to magistrates.
London's first court is... -
Medion Akoya P7700 D announced
Quad-core, 1TB, Blu-ray, HDMI, 4GB RAM and NVIDIA graphics for under £600 27 May 2009 17:22 GMTMedion has announced another quad-core, multimedia desktop PC, the Akoya P7700 D, that claims to offer top-end spec "for advanced performance".
The P7700 D gets an Intel Core 2 Quad processor, NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 graphics card, 1TB hard drive and a Blu-ray... -
Nokia promises gestures control for future handsets
Wave your phone in the air like you just don't care 27 May 2009 16:52 GMTFurther to previous reports that Finnish handset manufacturer Nokia has got gesture recognition in the works, Pocket-lint learnt today that the company has firm plans to include it in future handsets.
Dubbing the system "natural interactions", Nokia outlined...
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