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Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards date confirmed and tickets on sale

The Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards are back, letting you know what the best products of 2009 really are.

Now in its sixth year, the Pocket-lint Awards, thought to be the longest running in the UK, pick the best gadgets and gizmos from the last year from...

Aeroplane spoon gets light-up runway bib

Even people sans-bambinos know the old aeroplane trick when trying to persuade young ones to open their mouths ready for their baby goo, but this takes the concept a step further.

Without thinking too much about whether this is really for baby or dad, here's the...

Daily news roundup: Xperia X10, Apple tablet, Nokia N900 and more

Want to know what's been hot in the world of technology and gadgets today? Of course you do. The news roundup always aims to bring you a nice mix of the stories from the last 24 hours and today is no exception as we have a myriad of news as well as a cheeky review creeping...

Vodafone Pocket-lint Awards 2009 public vote is now live

The Vodafone Pocket-lint Awards 2009 public vote is now live, letting you - our valued readers - have your say in which gadgets you think should be crowned top for 2009.

As you will see over on the voting page, each of the nine categories has five products that...

CES 2010: What new gadgets will be announced?

The countdown to CES 2010, the biggest electronics trade show on the planet, has begun, but what can we expect from the show, and what should we start to get excited about? Here are six areas that are going to dominate the news come January.

Don't forget, Pocket-lint...

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...

Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 Nominations in full

Here is the full list of nominations for The Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009.

The following products were chosen because we feel they represent the best of the best in the category, and ones that given the money we would recommend you buy or at least try....

Product of the Year 2009 nominations

Here are the nominations for the Product of the Year in The Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009.

The following products were chosen because we feel they represent the best of the best, and ones that given the money we would recommend you buy or at least try....

Stylophone Beatbox goes on sale in the UK

We brought you news this was incoming from this year's Toy Fair, but the Stylophone Beatbox is now available to buy in the UK.

Following the relaunch of the retro Stylophone, the Beatbox edition produces several different percussion sounds, from bass drum all...

Five fantastic moustache-inspired gadgets

It's the 13 Movember 2009 and a few of you out there might be feeling a little envious or indeed entirely left out of the tache growing proceedings. Don't panic. We've got it all sorted for you here. Here's a few moustache-inspired bits and pieces that'll help you feel...

Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards nominations to be revealed on Monday 16 November

Since we announced the Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards, nominations have been flying in to Pocket-lint headquarters at a rate of knots.

With a lot of lists, flow charts, pie graphs, copious amounts of coffee and a fair few, shall we say, heated discussions,...

VIDEO: iPhone becomes interactive children's book

Japan's Mobile Art Lab has come up with a charming new way to use the iPhone. The clever designers have created a book-shaped frame for the handset in which the iPhone slots, turning it into an interactive story book for children. Hit play now on the demo video above...

VIDEO: Google demos locking SafeSearch

Addressing the problem that Google's SafeSearch is only safe if the little blighters you're trying to "protect" from nefarious web content haven't worked out the fairly simple way to undo the settings, Google has introduced a way to lock it down.

Now when choosing...

Moustache toys - The Mo is everywhere

If you can't decide on a shape or structure for your upper lip decoration and your online search has delivered imagery of the resplendent Selleck or snaps of pretty boys Pitt and Depp, you've mused over the Einstein brush and chuckled at Chaplin's nearly not-there tash...

Pocket-lint is hiring in US

Fancy being a part of one of the leading global gadget news and reviews sites in the world? Thought you did. Pocket-lint is looking to fill positions in New York and San Francisco, the roving reporters joining the team will replace Stuart, who is heading back to the UK. 

Ideally...

Win a TomTom XL Live IQ Routes Europe

First off congratulations to Paul Story who won last month's comments comp for his comment on the story "Amazon Kindle UK import orders begin". For those who didn't win, don't fret, because the kind folk at TomTom have sent a TomTom XL Live IQ Routes Europe unit for us...

Firebox offers Alien Abduction Lamp

Lighting for conspiracy theorists has arrived at Firebox with the launch of the Alien Abduction Lamp.

Offering a "high quality perspex beam", along with a "removable bovine abductee" the lamp also boasts "real fake grass".

It's on the pricey side...

Nintendo Wii "Baby and Me" game comes complete with doll-mote

The Wiimote has been strapped to some unusual items in the name of wacky gameplay but this latest concept takes the Wii weirdness to a new level.

The new "Baby and Me" game comes complete with a doll that - once hooked up with the Wiimote - becomes an interactive...

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...

Turn yourself into a Minimee keychain

Those with high self esteem might well like Firebox's latest offering - Minimee keychains.

Made to order, these individually crafted dolls are created to depict you exactly from a good quality image you supply as you order.

Minimee Keychains require...

Cluedo gets text messaging make-over in the US

Classic murder mystery board game Cluedo, known as Clue in the States, has been given a text messaging make-over by games giant Hasbro.

The new "Clue: Secrets & Spies Edition" launches in America as a spy-themed version of the game in which players receive...

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...

TalkTalk offers "Magic Desktop" software for kids

TalkTalk has announced the launch of "Magic Desktop" offered free exclusively to TalkTalk customers.  

"The service allows parents to introduce young children to a computer in a child-friendly environment and encourages families to use the internet safely",...

Movember 2009: Join our TechMo team

Men of this world, this is your calling, your calling to sign up to become a real man, the kind of man that can present the news (Ron Burgundy), the kind of man that can be a private dick (Magnum PI) and not laugh about it, the kind of man....

Okay you get the...

Star Trek's Tricorder on route to becoming reality

The Star Trek Tricorder, a device that allows medics to check their patients in the field in the sci-fi TV show, took a step closer to becoming reality today thanks to a new device being shown off by General Electric in the US.

The device, which is a cross between...