The idea of game-based ball rolling is not a new one - many variants exist; it could be rightly described as one of the classic concepts.

And if we are to exclude real-life ball rolling pass times, such as bowls or maybe marbles, there still...

Having brought you previous hands-on shots of HP Veer 4G at MWC 2011, we now have the news that the diminutive webOS handset will be launching as an AT&T exclusive on 15 May in the US.

HP, having taken over Palm, has launched a handset that...

It was only a matter of time before the chaps at iFixit got their screwdrivers in hand in order to pull off another teardown of a just-released gadget - this time it's the turn of the new Apple iMac complete with Thunderbolt and Sandy Bridge technology.

We've already had a good poke around with the Samsung Galaxy S 4 and 5 Wi-Fi models when they were first announced at CES and Mobile World Congress and now you can too.

Yep, on schedule as promised, Samsung has announced two Wi-Fi enabled mini...

Olympus has announced the launch of the LS-20 PCM recorder, a high-def digital sound recorder which it claims offers "recording studio sound quality" along with HD movie recording to boot.

Openly admitting that HD movie recording on cameras...

Google looks to be in trouble again over an alleged privacy breach relating to location tracking, as Google's South Korean offices were raided by police over unauthorised personal data collection.

Apparently the problem centres around Google's...

Launch day sales for RIM's new Blackberry PlayBook tablet have emerged which, although better than expected, still aren't the massive numbers seen when the Apple iPad 2 was launched last month.

According to Mike Abramsky, the General Manager...

The BBC's research and development department have just received an award for its Piero TV graphics system - something that has transformed sports broadcasting.

The Queen's Award has been presented to the BBC for the way in which the Piero...

The computer mouse, although clearly not as furry as its real-life counterpart, is certainly a handy tool; so if you were just thinking that you could do with an update, Microsoft is hoping that its Comfort Mouse 3000 and the Comfort Mouse 6000 might...

Pocket-lint just had a heads up from the  GFi Labs blog that the royal wedding has started a batch of fake anti-virus scams - rewarding folks that are searching for snippets of the big day with a nasty dose of spyware.

Search terms related...

Having just announced its new ST93 compact camera, Samsung is to launch something a little bit tougher in the shape of the Samsung Multi-Proof W200 Pocket Cam.

The rugged W200 is designed to be taken into the toughest conditions and features...

If you're thinking of taking your new tablet abroad with you this summer you might want to think again as a Which? report suggests that you could be paying up to 1000 times more for 3G internet use abroad. All in all it's not looking like a great news...

Apple is in the firing line for placing iPhone and iPad customers' privacy at risk after reports emerged that the two Apple devices track the users' location before downloading the information onto their computer when synced.

The research,...

Ofcom has revealed its report of the most complained about telecoms providers between October 2010 and February 2011, and it looks as though Three UK, T-mobile and Talk Talk have all got their work cut out.

The complaints data collected...

Samsung has just announced the launch of a brand new feature-ridden compact camera; adding to the current ST range, the ST93 hopes to entice you to buy with a whopping 16 megapixels in an ultra-slim shape.

The ST93 gets dual image stabilisation,...

The tablet form-factor, now more than ever, can be thought of as a mainstream device; and if it was ever in doubt this deal from Groupon delivers Samsung Galaxy Tab at a pretty affordable price.

Admittedly not the most up-to-date model, you'll...

The age of the connected car cometh, and as such TomTom is attempting to stay in the running with the launch of the High Speed Multi-Charger.

The new TomTom charger is able to power-up three devices in your car, "up to four times faster...

Virgin Media has announced that it's launching a range of deals that combine its home phone and mobile packages, which could knock around £96 a year off customers' mobile contracts.

As well as the benefits gained from having free calls from...

Microsoft will soon be launching its own take on Google's ever-popular, but also very controversial, Street View service; called Streetside, Microsoft has already begun snapping in London and should be looking to the continent (Paris and Barcelona)...

The reported connectivity issues on the Verizon version of the iPad 2 could be getting a fix thanks to the upcoming iOS 4.3.2 update.

BGR has reported that the update, which should be finding its way onto iOS device in the next couple of...

HP has just announced its HP ePrint service app for iPhone, allowing you to print all manner of info onto any networked enterprise printer.

This extension to HP's ePrint service, which allows users to send a print job directly to their printer...

With the vast majority of people sporting some kind of mobile phone, and generally using it both at home and when out on the street, we have to ask the question: is there much of a place for a dedicated home telephone? Well the answer is clearly yes,...

Recently Pocket-lint and Gameloft joined forces to give away a brand new iPad 2, and now, out of the hundreds of you who entered by tweeting and "Liking" on Facebook, a winner has been picked.

Just to recap the top-end tablet gets...

A new project, called Virgin Oceanic, headed up by entrepreneur and adventurer Richard Branson aims to explore new areas of the deep ocean using an 18-foot submersible.

Made from carbon fibre and titanium the Virgin Oceanic Sub has an operating...

An Oyster card public transport travel game, called Chromaroma, has been launched, which hopes to transform the daily commute on the Tube from a somewhat hellish experience into a fun-packed joyride. 

Over the years there have been many potential...