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  • Samsung not worried by Apple iTV threat. Home Cinema, Apple TV, Apple iTV, Samsung 0

    Samsung not worried by Apple iTV threat

    EXCLUSIVE: AV boss not concerned 13 February 2012 16:07 GMT

    They've done battle in the smartphone ring, they've gone toe-to-toe in the tablet arena and, if the much anticipated and rumoured Apple iTV system turns out to be the real deal, they are about to face off once again in the fight for living room supremacy.

    But...

  • Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

    Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) pictures and hands-on

    HANDS-ON Up close with the ICS tablet 13 February 2012 15:21 GMT

    Well, we have to admit that we didn't see this one coming. After more size alterations than a bride-to-be with an eating disorder, the official sequel to the Samsung Galaxy Tab is here - the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0).

    Unveiled by the Korean...

  • LG Miracle picture and details leak. Phones, LG, LG Miracle, Windows Phone 7 0

    LG Miracle picture and details leak

    Update: More pictures from the wild 10 February 2012 16:40 GMT

    LG may just have the answer to Fragma's prayers, as the Windows Phone 7 touting LG Miracle has been leaked all over the internet.

    The Miracle isn't likely to take on the likes of the HTC Titan or Nokia's top end Lumia smartphones - the spec...

  • Acer CloudMobile Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone set for MWC launch. Phones, Acer, Acer CloudMobile, MWC2012 0

    Acer CloudMobile Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone set for MWC launch

    4.3-inch award winner 10 February 2012 15:42 GMT

    Pocket-lint has just had word from Acer that the Acer CloudMobile smartphone has received the iF design award 2012, in recognition of outstanding achievement in design.

    Bravo indeed.

    Except, we're not sure that we've ever heard of the...

  • HTC Ice Cream Sandwich

    New HTC Ice Cream Sandwich device pictures leak

    Another one for the rumour pile... 10 February 2012 15:06 GMT

    With just over two weeks to go before all the smartphone makers play their early 2012 hands over in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress, a mystery HTC device has popped up online.

    Like an orphaned puppy at Battersea Dogs Home, the handset has...

  • Netflix for Android update pokes your Facebook friends. Apps, Android apps, Netflix, Facebook 0

    Netflix for Android update pokes your Facebook friends

    Social media... 10 February 2012 14:18 GMT

    Netflix has updated its Android app - bringing in Facebook fun for its new UK audience.

    Version 1.7 of the app has landed in the Android market and brings Facebook integration (a luxury already afforded to Canadians and Latin Americans) so...

  • Tesla Model X SUV

    Tesla Model X SUV goes back to the future

    DeLorean lookalike announced 10 February 2012 12:38 GMT

    Over in sunny LA, Tesla has taken the covers off of its third car model - the Tesla Model X.

    Following the original electric vehicle from the Silicon Valley startup - the Tesla Roadster - and the Model S, the Model X is an SUV that is designed...

  • Roku tunes in BBC iPlayer for UK streamers. Home Cinema, Streaming, roku, Roku 2 XS, Roku LT, Netflix, BBC iPlayer 0

    Roku tunes in BBC iPlayer for UK streamers

    In time for the new arrivals 10 February 2012 11:39 GMT

    The BBC iPlayer is landing on Roku boxes, just in time for the UK launch.

    Back in January, Roku - the leading streaming platform in the US - announced that it was launching on this side of the pond, courtesy of two models: the Roku 2 XS and...

  • Google home entertainment device detailed. Home Cinema, Google, Google TV, Android 0

    Google home entertainment device detailed

    WSJ solves device mystery 10 February 2012 10:59 GMT

    Remember the mystery entertainment device that we told you Google was testing in the States? The Wall Street Journal is claiming to have the low-down on exactly what it is that the Big G has up its sleeve: "a home-entertainment system that streams...

  • Phones 4u JUMP launched for phone addicts. Phones, Phones 4u 0

    Phones 4u JUMP launched for phone addicts

    A new phone every six months 10 February 2012 10:21 GMT

    If you're the type of person that gets bored of your phone easily and always wants a latest model in your pocket then Phones 4u may have the solution with its JUMP contract.

    JUMP stands for Just Update My Phone and, although still tying you...

  • Windows 8 on ARM officially detailed by Microsoft. Operating Systems, Windows 8, ARM, Microsoft, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Microsoft Office 15 0

    Windows 8 on ARM officially detailed by Microsoft

    Coming with full Office apps 10 February 2012 9:41 GMT

    We all knew that Windows 8 would be ARM compatible but up until now the details of exactly what the move might entail have been sketchy.

    Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky has now come clean with all the official details, solving a few mysteries and...

  • BBM Music now available free for six months . Phones, BlackBerry, RIM, BlackBerry apps, BBM Music 0

    BBM Music now available free for six months

    Social music 9 February 2012 16:23 GMT

    It hasn't exactly set the music-streaming world alight, so it should come as no surprise that Research in Motion is trying to push BBM Music by offering up to six months free access.

    The service, first announced in August, allows BBM users...

  • Kodak kills its digital camera business. Cameras, Kodak 0

    Kodak kills its digital camera business

    No more snappers from photo giant 9 February 2012 15:43 GMT

    Kodak is to stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames as its parent company attempts to cut costs after a turbulent few months financially.

    In January, Eastman Kodak Company filed voluntary petitions for chapter...

  • iPad 3 launch event first week of March. Tablets, iPad 3, Apple 0

    iPad 3 launch event first week of March

    According to AllThingsD 9 February 2012 14:47 GMT

    Not only have we been treated to the the first images of (parts) of the iPad 3 (probably...maybe) but now we've a launch date for the next-gen Apple tablet - the first week of March.

    That's when AllThingsD's sources are saying an Apple event...

  • Pink Samsung Galaxy S II arrives in time for Valentine's Day. Phones, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S II, Carphone Warehouse 0

    Pink Samsung Galaxy S II arrives in time for Valentine's Day

    A rose for a rose... 9 February 2012 13:57 GMT

    It's been a white phone crazy 2012 so far with pale handsets falling from all angles like heavy (and expensive) snow. But what good is a white handset when it comes to showing your love? No good at all we say, pink is what the ladies like.

    So...

  • Nokia 803 to be last throw of the Symbian dice?. Nokia, Nokia 803, Phones, Symbian, Nokia Belle 0

    Nokia 803 to be last throw of the Symbian dice?

    Details leak of N8 successor 9 February 2012 13:03 GMT

    All the clues are pointing towards Nokia giving the Symbian OS one last high-profile outing; with the N8's successor likely to be the much leaked Nokia 803.

    We first got wind of the supposed Nokia Belle handset back in December when a user...

  • Google Chrome 17 guesses your desires. Software, Google Chrome, Chrome, Google, Browsers 0

    Google Chrome 17 guesses your desires

    New stable release 9 February 2012 12:14 GMT

    Not content with unleashing the Android version of its popular browser, Google has also found time this week to reveal the 17th stable iteration of Google Chrome for your desktop.

    Yep, Google Chrome 17 is here - about three and a half years...

  • Windows 8 Consumer Preview goes live 29 February. Software, Microsoft, Windows 8, Operating Systems 0

    Windows 8 Consumer Preview goes live 29 February

    Metro driving... 9 February 2012 11:36 GMT

    The Windows 8 Consumer Preview, ie, the first time that Joe and Joanna Public will be able to take Microsoft's new baby for a spin, will go live on 29 February.

    The launch date has been confirmed courtesy of a Mobile World Congress invite which...

  • White HTC Sensation XE landing 20 February. Phones, HTC, HTC Sensation XE, Clove 0

    White HTC Sensation XE landing 20 February

    Another white phone... 9 February 2012 10:51 GMT

    Bored of white phone releases yet? No? Well that's good then, as we've news of yet another one coming your way courtesy of the HTC Sensation XE.

    The HTC Sensation XE launched back in September, packing Beats Audio and an ambition to sail the...

  • iPad 3 leaked pictures suggest improved battery and better camera. Tablets, iPad 3, Apple 0

    iPad 3 leaked pictures suggest improved battery and better camera

    Case images aplenty 9 February 2012 10:19 GMT

    Images of what is purported to be the back cover for the next-generation iPad 3 have leaked online.

    We know, we know - more often than not these leaked manufacturing shots end up being little more than images of knock-off devices that are more...

  • Google Drive coming to take on Dropbox and iCloud. Online, Cloud computing, Google, Dropbox, iCloud 0

    Google Drive coming to take on Dropbox and iCloud

    G-Drive set to land 9 February 2012 9:43 GMT

    Google is all set to launch a cloud-based storage solution to rival the likes of Dropbox and Apple's iCloud.

    That's according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, which cites our old pals "people familiar with the matter" as having knowledge...

  • Amazon adds Viacom to its streaming armoury . Home Cinema, Amazon, MTV, Nickelodeon, comedy central, Viacom, Streaming 0

    Amazon adds Viacom to its streaming armoury

    MTV, Comedy Central and the gang on board... 8 February 2012 16:01 GMT

    Amazon's global assault continues with the news that the e-retail giant has signed a deal with Viacom - meaning a wealth of new content is now available for the Seattle-based company to stream.

    Stream in the US, that is - remember, we don't...

  • TomTom Fair Pay Insurance to reward good drivers. Car And GPS, GPS, TomTom, Motaquote 0

    TomTom Fair Pay Insurance to reward good drivers

    Or punish bad ones.... 8 February 2012 15:00 GMT

    TomTom is to jump into the car insurance game. Not by offering policies, you understand, but by teaming up with broker Motaquote and providing the technology behind a new insurance product, which bases premiums on driving behaviour.

    So, rather...

  • Sigma SD1, DP1 and DP2 Merrill honours Foveon sensor. Cameras, Sigma SD1, Sigma SD1 Merrill, Sigma DP1, Sigma DP2, Sigma DP1 Merrill, Sigma, Sigma DP2 Merrill 0

    Sigma SD1, DP1 and DP2 Merrill honours Foveon sensor

    New names, some new tech 8 February 2012 14:41 GMT

    In what has been an absolute bumper week for camera launches ahead of the big CP+ photography expo in Japan, Sigma has unleashed its new kit - or rather a new twist on some old favourites.

    First up, the Japanese company has the re-branded its...

  • Olympus SZ-31MR

    Olympus SZ-31MR sails the compact superzoom flagship

    SH-25MR launched as well 8 February 2012 13:05 GMT

    Along with the official launch of the OM-D and the unveiling of the Tough TG-820 and TG-620 cameras, Olympus has also found time to announce the successor to its SZ-30MR super-zoom compact - the Olympus SZ-31MR.

    Packing the same 16-megapixel...

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