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Daily Tech Deal: Samsung ES19 digital camera from Currys

To get the tech deals up and running this week we have the Samsung ES19 digital camera from Currys, who has seen fit to price the product at £69.99.

For your 70 notes you get a pretty straightforward specifications list, but one that should be fine for no nonsense...

Bowers and Wilkins announce P5 headphones

High-end Hi-Fi manufacturer Bowers & Wilkins has announced its first ever pair of headphones. The snappily-named  P5 Mobile Hi-Fi Headphone (singular) offers metal and New Zealand sheep-leather earpads, noise isolation and a microphone for iPhone compatibility.

Bowers...

VIDEO: Firefox celebrates 5th birthday

Mozilla's internet broswer Firefox celebrates its 5th birthday today. "Five years ago today, Mozilla launched Firefox 1.0 with belief that, as the most significant social and technological development of our time, the Internet is a public resource that must remain open...

Xbox Wireless-n adaptor on sale now?

Remember the 802.11n Wi-Fi adaptor for the Xbox 360, which appeared in an FCC filing in the States back in September? Well, it appears that it's real and it's on shelves in Asda, if the above picture from Engadget is accurate.

The pic puts the price at £50, slightly...

VIDEO OF THE DAY - Sesame Street

Sesame Street is 40 years old.

That's a lot of songs and lot of of silly voices, but that's also a lot of very happy kids who learnt to spell and count thanks to the furry fuzzballs and their infectious personalities.

Happy Birthday all of you.

If...

O2 to let customers unlock iPhones

O2 has confirmed it will be allowing customers to unlock their iPhones to work on different networks after they have served their full contract term for a "small fee".

On the 2-year anniversary of the iPhone going on sale in the UK, O2 has confirmed the news to...

Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 - gaming hardware

2009 has been something of a glass ceiling for gamers. Yes, the software has continued to come and in more inventive ways than ever, but it's been pretty much the same kinds of consoles available on the shelves. At the same time, at E3 this summer, we saw some of the...

Apple to launch worldmode 2.8-inch iPhone nano

That Apple will launch an iPhone nano, a smaller possibly less-featured version of its popular iPhone is a rumour that has not gone away, but new reports from sources in the Taiwan handset supply chain have recently reignited talk of such a device.

In a nutshell,...

MP Tom Watson forms gamers' pressure group

UK Labour MP Tom Watson has formed a political pressure group called "Gamers' Voice", designed to "discuss how UK video gamers can find their voice in newspapers and government". The MP announced the creation of the group, which currently manifests itself on Facebook,...

Opera features giant 40ft Microsoft Surface-esque stage

When you think of opera being performed on the stage in an opera house the last thing you think of is an interactive experience powered by software algorithms, infra-red cameras and state-of-the-art technology, yet in an attempt to lure in a younger, more tech savvy audience...

VIDEO: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 gets glossy promo vid

We brought you news from the launch, a hands-on gallery and a serious look at the phone's features, but can offer a glimpse of how Sony Ericsson will be marketing the new Xperia X10 with this new video.

The glossy promo - beautiful people in glamourous locales...

WarMouse offers 18-button OOMouse

A company called WarMouse has seen the problem of trying to remember a million shortcuts in applications like OpenOffice, Photoshop and some videogames, and is attempting to solve it by building a slightly ridiculous 18-button mouse with analog joystick and 512k of onboard...

Nokia issues charger recall

Nokia has issued a product recall for certain Nokia-branded chargers made by third-party manufacturer BYD, offering free replacements to consumers affected.

The charger exchange program encompasses the AC-3E and AC-3U models, manufactured between June 15 2009...

LinkedIn testing a new site design

LinkedIn has announced it is testing a new "site navigation experience" that will show up for certain users.

The new design sees a "global navigation bar" at the top of the page that provides what's said to be convenient access to all LinkedIn services while...

Google apps getting more Wave-y interface?

Could all of Google's web applications be getting an interface refresh that would make them more like Google Wave? Screenshots published by Engadget appear to suggest that may be that case, though it's not clear how far the changes are away.

In Wave, it's possible...

Shazam launches new paid-for "Encore" iPhone app

Shazam has announced the launch of the previously promised "premium" version of its iPhone app called Shazam Encore.

A paid-for download, as opposed to the previous free offering, Shazam is promising new functionality including improved speed performance.

iPhone gets Rick Astley virus

It seems like viruses for the iPhone are on the increase, following the discovery of a security hole by a Dutch hacker. A worm has popped up that appears to be infecting jailbroken handsets in Australia.

The Ikee worm doesn't do anything terribly malicious - it...

VIDEO: Verizon stays on the offensive with new anti-iPhone ad

Despite a motion currently registered with the US courts that Verizon stop "misleading" US consumers about AT&T's coverage, Verizon has released another advert slamming its rival's 3G network.

Relegating the iPhone to the "island of misfit toys" thanks to the...

WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Speech Soccer

If you’re a footy fan, then it’s fair to say you might have spent a fair amount of time this weekend shouting at a TV screen somewhere, am I right?

Let’s face it: the refs don’t know what they’re doing, the players are overpaid and...

Sonos Controller iPhone/iPod app gets twitter update

Sonos has releases an update to its iPhone and iPod touch app bringing it in line with the new Sonos Software 3.1 update released recently for the music systems dedicated controller and computer software. 

The new update, which is now available in the Apple app...

Boxee sets date for beta, promises new features

Boxee has confirmed that is will be coming out of Alpha and going into Beta on 7 December before a full launch in January at CES.

Boxee, who describes themselves as the "first social media centre playing media from your computer and other devices in your home...

Canon 7D firmware update rids you of the ghost in the machine

Canon has released a new firmware update that fixes a know issue with its top of the range Canon EOS 7D DSLR camera launched back in

The new firmware update, version 1.1.0, corrects a recently discovered problem of remnants of the previous photo being visible...

Adobe Photoshop for mobile Android edition launched

Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone app has come to the Android platform the company has announced.

Following on from the launch of the iPhone app in the US in October, the company has rolled out the "Free" app on the Google OS.

The Android application...

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...

Weekly news roundup ; HTC HD2, Motorola Droid, Dell Adamo XPS and more

Want to know what's been hot in the world of technology and gadgets?

What a difference a week makes, and here to keep you informed of all the changes, announcements launches and general goings on is Pocket-lint's weekly news roundup. It's a pretty phone-heavy...