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Why should gadgets have a gender?

A survey by Comet has revealed that 48% of women now "feel more comfortable with technology than ever before". Does that make you wince, too? The statistic feels outdated, offensive and wrong for a whole heap of reasons.

Why should gadgetry have a gender? There's...

Pocket-lint on TechVi: Mini phones, Pirate Bay changes and awards season

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, this week Duncan gives us a lesson in all things Pirate Bay...

VIDEO: Tech Week in View - Murdoch, violent games and the Twitter bubble bursting

The latest episode of Pocket-lint's Tech Week In View has hit the small screen as a moustachioed Stuart Miles brings his unique take on the big tech stories of the last week or so.

Miles considers Rupert Murdoch's threat to build a pay-wall for News Corp's online...

Why are game-inspired films so terrible?

The Prince of Persia film trailer has just hit the intertubes and with it our hearts both flutter and sink at the same time as we realise that it's going to be terrible. It may sound premature but anyone who knows anything about either games, films or ideally both, will...

Gentlemen start your Mo

Movember is upon us once more and that means plenty of talk about moustaches, moustache gadgets and of course not forgetting the main reason for the facial hair growth - helping raise awareness for prostate Cancer.

Over the next 30 days the Pocket-lint team and...

29th August 2012: the date Google becomes "aware"

Another day, another industry in trouble, all because the company that promises to "do no evil" has entered its market.

The latest victims that are likely to fall foul of the search giant are the dedicated GPS makers. TomTom and Garmin both saw big drops in share...

VIDEO: Tech Week in View: Magic Mouse, Social Search and Nokia sues Apple

Stuart Miles brings us his customary comment from NYC with a look at the talking points from this week in tech.

Under the spotlight in this instalment is Apple's Magic Mouse and whether this is the beginning of the end for the button and the launch of Microsoft's...

Tech week in view: Tourists on Segways, the Kindle in the UK and trouble in the cloud

After a brief summer break, Megawhat is back on Pocket-lint with a brand new Tech Week in View episode for your viewing pleasure.

Pocket-lint's Stuart Miles talks tourists on Segways and tells us why he thinks the new Sonos S5 is a tidy bit of kit.

Miles...

TV streaming has mobile operators running scared

The days of the mobile phone being just a device for making emergency calls are far behind us, but while most of us have handsets that can at least play music or download our email on the go, the biggest fear now facing mobile phone operators and carriers around the world...

Where next for 3D?

While the cinema, home theatre and gaming world is a buzz with chatter of 3D, there is still a long way to go before you will be inviting friends around to watch the latest 3D blockbuster in your home.

That's not to say that it won't happen, virtually everyone...

What exactly is Vodafone 360?

When Vodafone decided to name its new service 360, they weren't messing around. It invokes ideas of all-round connectivity. But it goes much further than just integrating your Facebook friends with your address book on a few handsets.

360 rolls up a whole collection...

Is Stereoscopic 3D gaming ready?

Amidst all this talk of 3D televisions and 3D movies, it's easy to forget one art-form that's been 3D since 1981 - Gaming. The Sinclair ZX81 had what many regard to be the first 3D game - 3D Monster Maze, which placed the player in a maze with a T-Rex, the objective being...

Will 3D save the cinema?

It was the introduction of television in the early 50s that first saw the rise of 3D at the cinema. Box office numbers had rapidly dwindled with small screen entertainment in everyone's home until filmmakers found a way to offer audiences something they couldn't experience...

Will 3D change the cinema experience?

3D will change the cinema experience forever.

There was a time when cinema was exciting, when going to the movie theatre was an event, as big as the real theatre even. We were dazzled, we were in awe, we were amazed.

Why shouldn't we have been?...

Conflicting sources turn Beatles iTunes announcement into pantomime

"He's behind you, Oh no he's not," is the usual cry at the pantomime and the same is quickly happening to the much hyped Apple announcement on the 9 September as conflicting source of what will and what won't be announced crash against each other.

Whether or...

IFA 2009: A theory year

As the dust finally settles on this year's IFA it is very apparent that it was a theory year. What do I mean by that? Well lots of talk from the industry but little physical product.

In "theory" gadget fans have plenty to look forward to. 3DTV was the main...

Will the next Apple OSX be called Bobcat?

With the official launch of Apple's latest Operating System on Friday, Apple is no doubt working on the next version of the OS already.

Chances are they've probably started fulfilling a roadmap laid out by CEO Steve Jobs to make sure that they are ready to wow...

Nokia Booklet 3G to be powered by new Intel HD graphics chip?

Nokia will announce that the Nokia Booklet 3G will pack a new chip HD graphics chip by Intel, Pocket-lint believes, when the full specs are announced next week at Nokia World in Stuttgart, Germany.

Why? Here's what we've got so far:

Nokia on Monday...

Tech Week in View - PS3 slim, Apple rumours, Twitter and Samsung cameras

This week's biggest stories have come from all walks of life from the tech world with camera launches, twitter news, Sony's PS3 Slim launch and the usual rumourfest that is Apple.

First there was Sony's console launch that we confirmed the week before, then...

Are Macs for left-handed people?

PCs and Macs are very different machines. There are probably more obvious statements than that in the world but not many. From the design of the computers, to their strengths and weaknesses, the sweeping contrasts between the two are enormous but sometimes it's the smallest...

You rebel: Run Windows 7 without activating it for 120 days

Microsoft Windows 7 users wanting to avoid activating their copy of the software when it becomes available on 22 October will be able to do so for 120 days Microsoft has confirmed.

Although Microsoft will prompt users to activate their copy of the new OS a...

Are you an A-level geek?

Today is A-level results day. Thousands of young people all over country get to suffer the ignominy of either failing or being told by the newspapers that the exams are getting easier and that they're all much more stupid than anybody of an older generation. Don't listen...

Twitter spam could force us to abandon replies

Today I experienced my first real moment of Twitter spam.

No I am not talking about a bunch of followers inflating my follow numbers, but actually direct spam comments via the replies panel.

The quick and rather fire hose mentally of the tweets...

Samsung: We could make a gadget with everything, you just couldn't afford it

Samsung's Senior VP of marketing for Samsung Electronics America has joked with Pocket-lint that the company has the technical capability to make a gadget with every conceivable technology it in.

"We could make a gadget with everything, you just couldn't afford...

First Intel, now Microsoft. What is Nokia planning?

That's probably the question on most people's mind if they can remember back as far as month ago when Nokia was dishing out the information on another alliance it had forged.

Putting two and two together to possibly make five, does Wednesday's announcement...