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Google Buzz social sharing service announced

In a hastily arranged press conference also streamed live online via YouTube's new live broadcast funtionality, Google has announced the launch of a new social web experience called "Buzz".

Taking a dig at Twitter and Facebook by saying there is currently a...

Sony: PS3 3D firmware update due within months

As Sony celebrates its Christmas sales success story for the PlayStation 3 (even reports suggest the gaming giant is still losing money on each console it sells) Pocket-lint posed some questions to John Koller, the director of hardware marketing for SCEA about the high-end...

VIDEO: iPad gets "Bad" parody song

David Wu and the Fringemunks have turned their attention to the iPad with this parody tune that takes Michael Jackson's "Bad" and gives it the chipmunk treatment.

Hit play on the video box above to hear the song in which you can expect "USB" rhymed with "3G" and...

Apple releases Aperture 3

Apple has introduced Aperture 3, the next release of its photo editing and management software, for which it claims over 200 new features with the boast that "Aperture 3 makes it even easier and faster to organise large photo libraries".

These new features...

BT hits a million Wi-Fi hotspots

Boosted massively by BT FON home hub hotspots, BT has announced it's reached the million milestone for Wi-Fi hotspots across the UK and Ireland.

The million-strong Wi-Fi estate also comprises hotspots from BT Openzone (3800) and BT Openzone hotspots via the BT...

Samsung Monte announced

Hopefully clearing the way for more exciting releases at Mobile World Congress, Samsung has announced the launch of Samsung "Monte", or S5620, a new full touchscreen device for the "style-conscious mobile user".

With a 3-inch WQVGA display, the Monte boasts...

Rumbelows could return to the high street

It seems US retail giant Best Buy has considered nostalgia as a weapon for its coming-soon attack on the UK high street.

Best Buy has carried out research into resurrecting the "Rumbelows" brand name for shops in order to cash in on the consumer nostalgia associated...

Burberry jumps on bandwagon with 3D fashion show

The luxury fashion brand Burberry is to go 3D with its next fashion show, creating "fashion history" with a three-dimensional screening of its autumn-winter collection later this month.

With the help of Sky, set to become a pioneer for 3D in the UK, Burberry's...

AT and T to launch five new Android phones

AT&T has revealed it is to offer five new Android-based devices from Dell, HTC and Motorola with three of them due to be exclusives to the US operator.

Without unveiling the handsets in any detail, AT&T has teased a little info to eager consumers stating the Motorola...

Microsoft offers family-friendly version of Internet Explorer 8

While IE6 continues to give it headaches, Microsoft has announced a special kid-safe version of Internet Explorer 8 that it has partnered with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre to launch.

Available for download now, the customised version of...

Social networking LG GT350 slider announced

By all accounts LG's KS360 slider has been a hit with the kids with over 5 million sold since its launch in summer 2008, and the Korean company is hoping to replicate that yoof market success with the new GT350.

A QWERTY messaging phone ("designed specifically...

LG intros smallest 3.2-inch touchscreen phone with new Mini

LG has announced the launch of what it says is the smallest and slimmest 3.2-inch touchscreen phone on the market with the introduction of the new LG Mini, or GD880 to give it its proper model number.

Apparently, the Mini has been developed in response to consumers...

Nook back in stock as Barnes & Noble starts Valentines sales push

There weren't as many Nooks under Christmas trees as Barnes & Noble may have seen due to strong pre-orders for the device catching the bookseller seriously unprepared, but the company is hoping Valentine's Day will be different.

In a blog post Barnes & Noble has...

VIDEO: New Canon EOS 550D walkthrough

Following the official announcement of the new EOS 550D digital SLR, Canon has released what it calls a "walkthrough" video of the new snapper.

It's more an advert if we're honest, but if you are excited about the new HD DSLR then it's certainly worth a watch...

Canon announces IXUS 130 and IXUS 105

Canon has announced the March launch of the new IXUS 130 and IXUS 105.

The IXUS 130 is Canon's slimmest IXUS model to date, measuring in at 17.8mm at its thickest point, with specs coming in with a 14-megapixel sensor, 28mm 4x zoom lens, a 2.7-inch LCD.

Other...

£350 Canon IXUS 210 compact announced

Canon has announced what it says is its most advanced touchscreen IXUS - the new IXUS 210. 

As well as navigate menu icons, the IXUS 210's 3.5-inch screen offers touch-to-focus functionality, image rotation, and finger swiping browsing through pics, while "Active...

Broadcom's new 3G chip announced for faster, cheaper phones

Broadcom has announced the launch of a new processor and radio frequency transceiver for mobile phones that will rival Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor and claims to enable the production of "high-speed, low cost smartphone devices".  

The new 65nm HSUPA processor...

Make your own Apple iPad out of paper

Whether you reeeally want an iPad, you're curious and want to get a better idea of its dimensions, or you want to fake out a fanboy friend, the iPad template is now available.

The template can be printed off and folded into something that's roughly the same size...

Google moves into the clothing market

Not content with dominating the online world, it seems Google has ambitions about what you're wearing as it's been revealed the web giant is offering items of clothing for sale.

Consumers can currently pick up a Google t-shirt - for men and women - priced at $85...

Inbrics to reveal M1 Android-based MID at MWC

Inbrics has announced it is to launch the Android-based MID M1 at next week's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona.

The "smartphone-like device" offers a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen display and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Specs include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth,...

Sony still losing money on the PS3

Some clever chaps at the Wall Street Journal have grabbed their calculators and worked out that Sony is still losing money on the PlayStation 3, the first version of which was launched back in 2006.

Despite some recent sales success for the high-end console, it...

Google to offer "Babel Fish" abilities with future Android phones

Language translation abilities could be a selling point for future versions of the Android mobile phone operating system, as it's reported Google is working on a "Babel Fish" phone.

Obviously the development would be a software, rather than hardware one, and...

70% of Brits have heard of the iPad

A large proportion of Brits are aware of the Apple iPad, but aren't entirely certain about the device's feature set, new YouGov research has revealed.

An online survey has revealed that 70% of British adults shown an image and provided with a brief description...

Denon Cara Blu-ray beast launches

Denon has announced the launch of a new Blu-ray beast, informally dropping the S-5BD model number for a more manageable name - the Cara.

The name might be the only manageable thing about the device - its 7.8 kilogram heft certainly isn't and it comes with...

VIDEO: Megawhat Tech Week in View - ebook prices, IE6, Flash and 3D football

This week's instalment of Pocket-lint and Megawhat's Tech Week in View show is fresh off the video editing suite and ready to go now for your viewing pleasure. As is customary each week, Stuart Miles takes the hot tech topics of the moment, chews 'em up, spits 'em out...