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Daily Tech Deal: Discounts on laptops at Tesco.com
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 7 October 2009 13:00 GMT
In light of the Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy saying that the worst of the recession is over for the UK economy - reporting a 1% rise in pre-tax profit for the company in the first half of the financial year - our tech deal today points you in the direction of...
Tesco to offer "digital copy" movies and networked extras
"Vitual DVD" team up with Microsoft 9 September 2009 12:49 GMT
Tesco is to offer "digital copy" versions of movies, with the launch of "virtual DVDs", due to be on sale this autumn.

The retail giant has teamed up with Microsoft on the tech side of things, with the extras, due to be played on PCs and Macs, powered by Microsoft's...
Virgin Media offers "ultimate" flat rate monthly mobile tariff
Follows Tesco into murky "unlimited" waters 30 July 2009 10:07 GMT
Following news this week that Tesco Mobile is offering what was then the UK's first "unlimited" mobile tariff, fellow MVNO Virgin Media has now announced it is to offer the "ultimate 'unlimited' tariff".

Virgin Media is offering unlimited text, talk and internet...
Tesco Mobile offers "unlimited" £30 per month tariff
Talk and text as much as you want 29 July 2009 11:30 GMT
Tesco Mobile has unveiled a brand new "credit crunch-beating 'Unlimited' tariff", that it says allows people to talk and text as much as they want "without worrying about their monthly phone bills".

The SIM-only, pay-monthly deal, gives people unlimited minutes,...
Tesco launches shopping API
Check butternut squash stock remotely 14 July 2009 16:56 GMT
Tesco has announced that it's offering an API for its shopping service, meaning that in the future you won't necessarily have to visit Tesco.com, or wander into a shop, to buy the retail giant's wares.

For those that like technical detail, it's SOAP-based, but...
Tesco to offer Sonim's Land Rover S1 rugged phone
Calls it "indestructible" 10 July 2009 9:31 GMT
Retail giant Tesco has announced that it's going to be selling Sonim's ruggeder-than-thou Land Rover S1 phone, in an attempt to help out the one-third of young people that the company claims break their phone on holiday.

Dropping it on the floor and into the...
Daily Tech Deal: TomTom ONE IQ Routes edition
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 8 July 2009 13:00 GMT
These days more and more people are turning to the wonders of satellite navigation to enable them to find their way around the country, and like many an innovation once you jump on board and start using it you'll wonder how you ever managed without it.

If you're...
Daily Tech Deal: 42-inch Technika LCD for under £500
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 22 June 2009 13:00 GMT
Today's tech deal, and the first of five this week, bargain-hunters should note, brings you news of a Tesco TV price reduction.

The retail giant has reduced its Technika LCD42-910 by £200, apparently making it the cheapest in its category at £499.97.
Tesco: Build your own mobile broadband laptop bundle
"Free" laptops and netbooks on offer 3 June 2009 16:33 GMT
Tesco has jumped into the mobile broadband market with the launch of its offerings at what it says are "market leading prices".

Customers can now pick up free laptops and netbooks at www.tescocontractmobilephones.com as part of a "build your own" mobile broadband...
Daily Tech Deal: Tesco offer Blu-rays for under £10
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 28 May 2009 13:00 GMT
If you've just splashed out for that new Blu-ray player then stocking up on a few Blu-ray discs at full price could get a bit costly.

But never fear, the tech deal has spotted that Tesco are selling a few cut-price efforts on their website.

They...
Daily Tech Deal: Sanyo 7MP camera for £45
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 27 May 2009 13:00 GMT
If you're looking for a super-cheap compact digi-cam, either for yourself or others, then Tesco is currently offering such a device with a £45 price tag.

The Sanyo VPC5770 digital camera is a point-and-shoot model with a decent feature set, perhaps ideal for...
Daily Tech Deal: LG KS360 with free £10 top up
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 18 May 2009 13:00 GMT
To start the week off we have the popular-with-tweens-and-teens LG KS360 mobile phone.

Available from Tesco Direct for £79.97 on PAYG, this appears to be a pretty competitive price for the handset especially as it comes with £10 free top-up.

Designed...
Tesco pulls Facebook groups ads
A repeat of the advertising against undesirable content shocker 14 May 2009 15:34 GMT
You could be forgiven for thinking you were reading headlines from August 2007 when this issue first flared up, but it seems another big company has realised some of its adverts on Facebook are being shown next to undesirable material.

A few years ago it was...
Tesco till tech fails
Pocket-lint staff affected by checkout glitch 11 May 2009 16:27 GMT
This morning, during a routine IT infrastructure upgrade, Tesco's till system went belly-up leaving queues of unhappy shoppers snaking around its stores.

As a result, 67 of Tesco's 2184 UK stores had to close. Luckily, the self-service checkouts were immune...
Daily Tech Deal: Buy a TV from Tesco and get free Sky+ HD box
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 22 April 2009 13:00 GMT
Today's tech deal is a good one for anyone in the market for a new telly who also fancies a bit of Sky's high-def television beamed into their living room.

A Tesco exclusive deal, if you buy any TV from Tesco's online "Direct" store you'll get free Sky+HD box...
Daily Tech Deal: Gear4 Duo speaker - half price!
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 16 April 2009 13:00 GMT
If you're in the market for an iPod dock and want a decent compromise between sound and portability then today's tech deal may be able to help.

The Gear4 Duo speakers feature a neat and apparently "unique" design in that they combine a subwoofer with two detachable...
Daily Tech Deal: Twilight on DVD and Blu-ray
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 6 April 2009 13:00 GMT
We have a big DVD and Blu-ray release for today's tech deal in the form of "Twilight", the big box office hit now released for the home cinema market.

Twilight is based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer and follows the story of the "ultimate forbidden love affair"...
VIDEO: Tech week in view 01-02-09
The week's big stories chewed over 1 February 2009 22:19 GMT
Join Pocket-lint's Stuart Miles as he takes a contemplative look back at recent headline news stories in the world of technology and gadgets.

Miles muses the Apple's 25 years selling computers, Tesco selling the wrong Dell computers, Nokia and RIM beating the...
Tesco's Dell Mini 10 really just Dell Mini 9
Customers getting common-or-garden 9-inch version instead 25 January 2009 21:55 GMT
Shoppers snapping up Dell's Mini 10 netbook from Tesco are reporting receiving a nasty surprise when the new netbook arrives in the post.

Although yet to be officially offered by Dell, Tesco seemed to have jumped the gun and listed the new 10-inch netbook...
Dell Inspiron Mini 10 available from Tesco
10-inch netbook on sale for £349 23 January 2009 13:20 GMT
Dell's Inspiron Mini 10 netbook, announced at CES earlier this month, has quietly gone on sale on Tesco's online store.

The 10-inch WSVGA-screened netbook middles off Dell's current range, coming between the 8.9-inch 9 and the 12-inch Mini 12.

The...
Daily Tech Deal: Tesco "Price Blitz"
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 14 January 2009 13:00 GMT
Today your tech related deal comes from Tesco who is offering up to 70% off the price of CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray and games.

A few of the choice titles include The Golden Compass on DVD for £4.97, Prince of Persia for the Xbox 360 at £23.97 and Hellboy 2: The Golden...
Tesco Digital signs Sony and Warner
For TV and film downloads 13 November 2008 16:15 GMT
We've reported on Tesco's plans to expand its Tesco Digital online service to include film and television, and it seems the some major partnerships have now been agreed.

Sony Pictures Television International and Warner Bros. have signed up as launch partners...
MP3-compatible campaign and logo launches
Online music industry's new initiative 4 November 2008 12:11 GMT
Seven of the UK's music download retailers have launched a campaign that identifies music in the MP3 format.

Angled "to help consumers make the most of the growing availability of music in the universally compatible MP3 format", the campaign will get a logo...
Tesco offers 12-inch Dell Inspiron "web browser"
Unannounced Z530 leaked by supermarket 12 September 2008 14:12 GMT
Tesco appears to have leaked a new netbook from Dell, offering the machine on an "email me when it's in stock" basis for its supposed availability around 6 October.

Running Linux "Ubunto", the Dell Inspiron Z530 is described by the supermarket as a 12-inch...
Tesco to expand iTunes rival with film and TV
More content due for "Tesco Digital" for Christmas 11 September 2008 14:51 GMT
The promised expansion of content for Tesco's online "Digital" offering should be live before Christmas, the NMA reports.

When Tesco announced "Tesco Digital" earlier this year, the supermarket said it was "just the beginning" of a wider Tesco Digital strategy...