Qooq, the tablet device designed exclusively for the kitchen, is coming to the UK in the second half of the year. It has already been making waves in France for a while, but will be available outside its home country after a full English version of...

Thermostats are dull aren't they? But they do control half of the money that you fork out every year on energy, so it pays to have a good one. And by good one we, of course, mean one that looks like HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Unlike HAL...

The 8th annual Pocket-lint Gadget Awards was held last night, 29 November, in London. The dust has now settled, the winners are jubilant, the losers nurse sore heads after consolatory drinks at the bar and we've all had the chance to reflect on what...

After much deliberation, voting and a year of mulling and musing over every piece of consumer electronics we see, Pocket-lint is proud to announce the winners of the 8th annual Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2011.

If you’re reading this, thank...

It's the awards show that everybody is talking about. Apparently Angelina is going to be wearing Dior and Brad's tux is a Hugo Boss vintage number. Not Jolie or Pitt you understand - Angelina and Brad who work in the bookies near Pocket-lint Towers....

The iRobot Roomba 770 vacuum cleaning robot promises to clean your carpets without you having to lift a finger, but is it really that easy?

Well, Pocket-lint has spent some quality time with the automated machine and can confirm that it sure...

So you've got it all. Wall to wall stainless steel in the kitchen, a sitting room brimming with designer tech and a bathroom loaded with stylish gadgets that will be the envy of all your friends. But you still don't quite feel satisfied with life....

“Products have to be about both form and function. If only 10 per cent of people can use what you’ve made, then you’re a fine artist, not a designer.”

So says Adam Szczepanowski, Design Manager at Electrolux, as Pocket-lint...

No one likes doing the dishes, nor do they particularly enjoy hoovering or making the bed but it's got to be done. Most will be content with the usual greys and whites of domestic technology but we like to do things differently. It's Style Week over...

Voting for the 8th Pocket-lint Gadget Awards has now gone live, giving you the chance to say which gadgets you think should be crowned top for 2011.

As you will see over on the voting page, each of the 10 categories has five products that have...

We spend a lot of time on Pocket-lint talking about specs. All too often we'll tell you about just what each gadget can do; which one is faster, which is stronger, which is thinner, which lighter, how many megapixels something has, the number of ports,...

Waking up is always a bit of a chore, however one thing that can make the whole getting-up-and-facing-the-day routine a little less arduous is the morning cup of tea or coffee. Clearly you never want to rush the making of a cup of tea, however coffee...

It's not every day that you open the door to your toilet to watch it automatically opening its door for you, but then it's not every day you find yourself staying at the Waldorf Astoria in Shanghai.

Being a journalist can be a pretty good...

Electric fan heaters are two a dozen, cheap as chips, and pretty much resigned to the shelves of DIY shops around the globe. They are an "in case of emergency" or "it’s too bloody cold" purchase.

Not so, says Sir James Dyson. Dyson and...

We’ve had vacuum cleaners, we’ve had hand dryers, we’ve even had cool air fans, but now Dyson is hoping to heat our homes with a new room heater announced in the UK on Thursday.

"Goodbye cold corners. Hello Hot" says Dyson...