Stuart Miles News Archive

Qualcomm Lenovo Smartbook unveiled

Qualcomm has unveiled a new device called the Lenovo Smartbook that it hopes will marry the smartphone with the netbook, very much like the HTC advantage attempted to do in 2007.

Qualcomm's CEO Paul Jacobs showed off the shiny, red smartbook during the company's...

Boxee confirms set top box coming

Boxee, the open source home entertainment system has announced that it will be launching its own set top box next year when the service goes into public beta.

Currently available on the PC and Mac, as well as the Apple TV (before Apple's latest 3.0 update), the...

Xbox 360 social update dated

Microsoft has confirmed that it will be releasing its latest Xbox 360 update on the 17 November to all LIVE members.

The new update, which was first announced in June, will bring with it Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and Zune video to the console.

The Facebook...

Pocket-lint on TechVi: Murdoch, MW2 and streets in Palestine

Pocket-lint has teamed up with video news site TechVi to bring you a weekly show analysing the biggest stories of the week.

Hosted by Randall Bennett and featuring members of the Pocket-lint team, we'll be giving you our opinions on what we think is going on behind...

VIDEO: Nokia outlines phone of the future

Nokia has released a video based on what it believes the future will be for mobile phone users. 

The video, which has come out of a future vision conference in Helskini, unsurprisingly sees future users using tablet looking phones like the Nokia N900, that just...

Video: Toshiba Space Chair advert aims to confuse

Toshiba's latest ad for its Laptop division is hoping to baffle you enough that you can't but help talk about it.

Called "Space chair" the new ad will be shown on Monday 16 November in the UK.

To drum up some excitement, ToshibaUK is asking twitterers...

Zune HD 3D games released

Zune HD owners have been given a treat on Thursday; a selection of free 3D games to download and play.

The new games, available for users who have updated to the new 4.3 software, will offer music listeners the chance to race around the streets of London, go bowling,...

Bing turns to Wolfram Alpha to help with search results

Wolfram Alpha has announced that it will be supplying Microsoft's Bing search engine with some of its results.

Following the launch of an API for developers to tap into the computational search engine, Wolfram Alpha has announced that it will now be making nutritional...

Samsung to ditch Symbian

Samsung is set to ditch the Symbian OS bringing with it a major blow for the operating system.

According to reports online, Samsung's senior VP Don Joo Lee has confirmed that it will dismiss Symbian from its smartphones.

Phasing out the OS, the phone manufacturer...

Modern Warfare 2 smashes UK games records

Activision's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 has smashed the previous record set by Grand Theft Auto IV for opening weekend sales for a video game.

Modern Warfare 2 sold an estimated 1.23 million units in its first day on sale, grossing Activision, the games...

GPS comes to iPod touch

Apple iPod touch users feeling left out because they can't get all those GPS applications are being thrown an alternative with the launch of a new GPS gadget in the US called the Dual XGPS300.

Although the iPod touch doesn't have a GPS receiver in it, that hasn't...

Viper Smart Start iPhone car remote coming to UK

A system that can be fitted to your car allowing you to unlock it and even start it from anywhere around the world is to be launched in the UK, Pocket-lint has learnt.

Viper Smart Start, already available in the US, can be retro-fitted to any car and allows you...

Parrot Android-packing designer photo frame announced

Parrot has followed up on last year's launch of the designer Parrot Specchio by contemporary French artist Martin Szekely with an even bigger version called, you guessed it, the Grande Specchio.

Packing Google's Android operating system, the 10.4-inch, 26 x 26cm...

The $250 torch that will last for 20 years

What do you buy the man that you think has everything? Why a $250 torch of course.

The mpower emergency illuminator (torch and flashlight are so last year darling) is an LED torch created by mpower technologies and designed by the Porsche Design Studio.

Things...

PHOTOS: Hands-on with the tiny Dell Inspiron Zino HD

Dell's teeny Inspiron Zino HD is about as much of a Mac Mini rival as a Windows-based machine could be - even offering customisable looks for some extra youth market appeal - and we grabbed some hands-on time with it at the Dell CES Unveiled event in New York. 

Microsoft Xbox 360 wireless n adapter goes on sale in US

We've seen the Xbox Wireless n adaptor on sale in the UK, but now Microsoft has officially confirmed the launch of the Xbox 360 wireless n adapter in the US. 

Available on Amazon.com for $90, the new adapter promises faster connectivity over a wireless n network....

VIDEO: Nokia N900 pitches to the dark side of your mobile phone psyche

Nokia has gone down the rather bizarre and twisted route for its teaser campaign for the new Nokia N900, following in the footsteps of Verzion's Droid sci-fi launch. 

The phone-come-tablet started shipping today and is the company's latest hope in holding off...

Shit My Dad Says lands TV deal

@Shitmydadsays, the funny twitterer that supposedly writes down the stuff his 73-year-old dad says has landed a TV deal with CBS in the US.

In what is thought to be the first Twitter TV deal signing, the twitter stream will be turned into a TV show.

According...

Star Wars USB drives let you feel the force while saving stuff

Star Wars fans will be able to get their "Force" fix while storing data thanks to a new range of USB thumb drives.

The standard USB drives are sculpted replicas of Darth Vader, Boba Fett, a Storm Trooper and Yoda, ranged in storage sizes from 4GB to 16GB and costing...

Pocket-lint is hiring in US

Fancy being a part of one of the leading global gadget news and reviews sites in the world? Thought you did. Pocket-lint is looking to fill positions in New York and San Francisco, the roving reporters joining the team will replace Stuart, who is heading back to the UK. 

Ideally...

Acer Ferrari One gets US date, AMD XGP box no where to be seen...

Acer's Ferrari One laptop is expected to be hitting the US in January Pocket-lint has learnt, however it is unlikely to ship with the external graphics card designed by AMD that would give it the power of a desktop PC.

Already available in the UK, the new laptop...

VIDEO: HP tilt shift "Create Amazing" ad - director's cut

HP is to use tilt shift photography in a major campaign launching soon, the photographer behind the project has said.

Using the tilt-shift technique that makes real life shots look like they are actually a model village, videographer Keith Loutit's new work is...

Modern Warfare 2 engraves its success on iPhone

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 has officially launched around the globe. But how, as a fan, do you show your love for the latest First Person Shooter? You get your favourite gadget laser engraved of course.

Gamers keen to help celebrate the New York launch in Union...

WEBSITE OF THE DAY - berlintwitterwall.com

20 years ago the Berlin Wall came down bringing with it an end to the iron curtain and freedom to many people.

At the time the wall was covered in graffiti with people sending their message of hope for a better world.

20 years later, and people of the...

Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update out

Apple has moved to fix a number of bugs in its latest operating system, Snow Leopard,with the release of version 10.6.2.

The new 499.9MB download is recommended for all users and "includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility,...