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  • Google Buzz announced

    Google Buzz social sharing service announced

    Gmail integrated experience gets map and mobile uses to try and make social data more relevant 9 February 2010 18:51 GMT

    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

    Sony: PS3 3D firmware update due within months

    "Stereoscopic games to come in conjunction with the launch of Sony's 3D compatible BRAVIA LCD TV in summer 2010" 9 February 2010 17:07 GMT

    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

    VIDEO: iPad gets "Bad" parody song

    It's what you get if you cross Michael Jackson, some chipmunks and an Apple tablet 9 February 2010 14:18 GMT

    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 releases Aperture 3

    Now with "Faces, Places & Brushes" 9 February 2010 13:56 GMT

    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

    BT hits a million Wi-Fi hotspots

    Says traffic peak in the UK due to iPhone 9 February 2010 13:25 GMT

    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

    Samsung Monte announced

    New mid-range touchscreen effort unveiled 9 February 2010 12:45 GMT

    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...

  • Photo credit Jon Combe http://www.flickr.com/photos/joncombe/356739473/

    Rumbelows could return to the high street

    Best Buy looking into resurrecting brand to cash in on customer nostalgia 9 February 2010 12:04 GMT

    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

    Burberry jumps on bandwagon with 3D fashion show

    Three dimensional catwalk screening to make "fashion history" 9 February 2010 11:29 GMT

    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 and T to launch five new Android phones

    Teases with scant info on exclusives from HTC, Motorola and Dell 9 February 2010 10:44 GMT

    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

    Microsoft offers family-friendly version of Internet Explorer 8

    "Click Clever Click Safe" with the CEOP 9 February 2010 10:15 GMT

    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

    Social networking LG GT350 slider announced

    New QWERTY messager replaces popular KS360 9 February 2010 9:47 GMT

    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 intros smallest 3.2-inch touchscreen phone with new Mini

    GD880 due in April 9 February 2010 9:26 GMT

    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

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

    Daily stock updates for sought-after ebook reader 8 February 2010 17:42 GMT

    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

    VIDEO: New Canon EOS 550D walkthrough

    See the new DSLR in a just-released promo video 8 February 2010 16:19 GMT

    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 . Cameras, Compact cameras, Canon, Canon IXUS 130, Digital cameras, 14 megapixels 0

    Canon announces IXUS 130 and IXUS 105

    Two new digi-compacts due in March 8 February 2010 15:32 GMT

    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

    £350 Canon IXUS 210 compact announced

    New feature lets you trigger the shutter with a wink 8 February 2010 14:57 GMT

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

    Transfer data three times faster 8 February 2010 14:17 GMT

    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

    Make your own Apple iPad out of paper

    Cut out and keep template now available 8 February 2010 12:48 GMT

    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

    Google moves into the clothing market

    Offers a t-shirt and a scarf 8 February 2010 12:12 GMT

    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 to reveal M1 Android-based MID at MWC

    High-end handheld wants to converge your media 8 February 2010 11:48 GMT

    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

    Sony still losing money on the PS3

    WSJ estimates every PlayStation 3 costs Sony $18 8 February 2010 11:25 GMT

    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

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

    Translation tools just a couple of years off 8 February 2010 10:44 GMT

    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 Apple iPad

    70% of Brits have heard of the iPad

    Awareness high for Apple's latest product 8 February 2010 9:32 GMT

    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 Cara Blu-ray beast launches

    Big on specs, size and price 5 February 2010 17:11 GMT

    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

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

    The hot tech topics of the week chewed up and spat back out 5 February 2010 15:19 GMT

    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...

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