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10 perfect Christmas presents for... AV lovers

Welcome to the next of our Pocket-lint perfect Christmas gift guide installments. So you've bought presents for the Apple fanboy/girl in your life, the photographer, laptop addicts, the console gamer and PC gamer. Now is the turn for your favourite couch potato. Here...

TomTom teams up with Accor for hotel navigation

TomTom and hotel group Accor have teamed up to offer a service that will see the location of an Accor hotel added to a user's TomTom device.

The new "Add to TomTom" button on each Accor hotel web page gives users the option to download one hotel's positioning...

Mininova shuts down all illegal torrents

Mininova, one of the bigger Bittorrent filesharing sites on the Web, has shut down every single "infringing" torrent in its index and pledged to go legitimate. All torrents have been removed, except the ones that were uploaded through its content distribution service...

Tomy Choro Robo Q available now

CuteBitz has announced the availability of the Tomy Choro Robo Q, a teeny robot measuring in at just 3.4cm tall.

Weighing less than 12 grams, the Robo Q is likely to be the smallest walking robot you've ever clapped eyes on and it can walk at three different...

Sony Ericsson Aino suffering from touchscreen issues

Following the news that the Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U have yanked the Sony Ericsson Satio for "issues", a second Sony Ericsson handset, the Satio's "Aino" stable-mate is also reported to be experiencing problems.

A number of Aino users are said to have...

Apple UK Black Friday deals likely to disappoint

Those hoping for hundreds of pounds off a new iMac or MacBook from Apple in its UK Thanksgiving Black Friday sale will probably be disappointed.

Although not seen as a big deal in the UK due to the fact that the British don't celebrate Thanksgiving weekend, that...

Daily news roundup : Samsung Moment review, iPhone 3GS Supreme, Google's new homepage and more

Want to know what's been hot in the world of technology and gadgets today?

Gamers are in for a treat today as we look through ten perfect Christmas presents for anyone who likes their console a little too much. We also take a glimpse at the iPhone 3GS Supreme...

iPhone accounts for three quarters of mobile internet use in the UK

Google-owned AdMob has revealed that the Apple iPhone is far and away the biggest player in the world's mobile internet market, if October's online activity is considered.

AdMob has released its statistics for October that look at how many "requests" each...

VIDEO: Spotify's Symbian app shown off

Spotify's new Symbian app gets a video demo here with a quick look at the features the mobile phone application will offer. 

To get Spotify's Symbian application, users must be paid-up premium subscribers. They can then either download it directly to their phones...

Xbox 360 "Elegant Edition" mod revealed

The Xbox 360 has been given a makeover by a group of Swedes that go under the Industri Repro moniker.

The Xbox Elegant Edition, or XBEE, takes a horizontal approach and adds three 120mm cooling fans.

The designers will make you one up - no doubt for a...

Nokia X6 is now shipping

Nokia has announced that its latest music handset, the X6, is now shipping in some markets. The company is calling the handset, which comes bundled with the Comes with Music package, an "all-you-can-eat music powerhouse".

As previously reported, the phone has...

Cygnett Unison Tower Speaker launches

Cygnett has announced the launch of the new Unison Tower Speaker for iPod and iPhone.

The Unison Tower Speaker features a built-in AM and FM radio tuner and an alarm clock that can be set to wake to radio or a tune from the 'pod.

The freestanding...

Scosche unveils IDR650m earphones

Scosche, an iPod accessories company, has launched a pair of headphones that it's calling its "flagship model". The IDR650m is aimed at audio enthusiasts and provides noise isolation and an inline mic.

That noise isolation comes courtesy of a pair of silicone...

BT Vision names best music video of the decade

BT has gone ahead and announced the results of its "Best of the Decade" music video vote.

The poll, by BT Vision Music, collated 200,000 votes from music fans across the globe for their favourite rock and pop video.

Rhianna has been crowned queen...

iPhone worm creator gets developer job

Remember the iPhone worm that spread an all-singing, all-dancing Rick Astley across jailbroken handsets? Well, the creator of the Ikee worm, as it's called, has been offered a job as an iPhone application developer by a company called Mogeneration.

The Australian...

TomTom highlights Map Share in light of Cumbria floods

In light of the recent floods in Cumbria, TomTom is drawing its customers' attention to how to update their UK maps, using TomTom Map Share technology.  

Map Share lets TomTom users add to, update and personalise the maps on their device - and share changes...

Internet Explorer 8 and eBay join forces for "secure" Christmas shopping

Utilising the Internet Explorer 8 Web Slice feature, Microsoft and eBay have teamed up to give real-time updates from eBay's daily deals.

"Customers will receive continuing updates and detailed information about these Daily Deals for eBay, all within the Favorites...

UK man arrested for video game account theft

A 23-year-old man from Avon & Somerset has been arrested for theft of gaming accounts in the MMORPG RuneScape. The man is alleged to have "hacked and misappropriated" players' accounts, and was caught after developers Jagex reported the issues to the Police Central e-crime...

iPhone 3GS Supreme priced at £1.92 million

You're looking at the world's most expensive mobile phone, the iPhone 3GS "Supreme" as created by Goldstriker's Stuart Hughes.

Commissioned by an anonymous Australian gold mining magnate, the handset was priced at £1.92 million and was 10 months in the making....

Daily Tech Deal: PC games bundle half price at Steam

We're spreading the word of what looks to be a pretty decent PC games-bundle offer today - and one that is likely to appeal, in particular, to those of you who enjoy war as the driving theme.

Steam is offering 18 different titles to download - since all purchases...

Orange offers two new "connected laptops"

Orange has announced two new "connected laptops", the Asus 1005HGO and the Compaq CQ61 and two new mobile broadband dongles.

The 10.1-inch Asus 1005HGO with embedded SIM card is an Orange exclusive. Offering Windows 7 starter and weighing 1.27kg, it's angled...

VIDEO OF THE DAY - Toyota simulator

We all love a driving game, don't we? But no matter how much you spend on a gaming seat and steering wheel set up (and you can spend a lot of money if you want to), there's always that feeling that you're still sitting in your living room in front of your telly.

VIDEO: 4iThumbs tactile keyboard for iPhone launches

4iThumbs appears to be designed for iPhone users that can't get on with the touchscreen, but don't want to give up their precious.

It's a clear, tactile typing aid for the iPhone's screen that "facilitates faster and more accurate typing, enables blind typing,...

The low down: Best Laptop 2009

Day 4 of our Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 nominees round-up gives us a chance to look at what many of us are using right now - laptops. So, before you head over to the voting page to mark your choices, here's a little run down of our pick of the crop for the...

VIDEO: Sony Ericsson's #Pumpt campaign explained

What do you get if you combine Space Hoppers, Twitter, a south London warehouse and marketing for mobile phones? Sony Ericsson's #Pumpt campaign is what.

The phone co is flogging its Space Hopper theme almost to the death with a new stunt that presumes people...