Intel has excitedly chucked out a whole bunch of details about its new Atom mobile processor that will soon be turning up inside Windows 8-powered tablets. The good news is that the new silicon will allow for skinny, powerful slates with long battery life. Intel’s newest Atom chip — known to its closest friends as …

The iPhone 4S had one of our favourite phone cameras of last year, providing shots that would give even some dedicated compact digital cameras a run for their money. Apple claims the iPhone 5’s snapper has even better tech, so let’s pit it against its closest smart phone rivals — the HTC One X and the Samsung Galaxy S3 — …

While phone fans revel in playing top trumps over screen resolutions and processor braininess, spec sheet point scoring counts for little if your phone’s fiddly to use and finicky with the basics — emailing, sharing photos and mapping your route across town. The iPhone 5, which includes a longer screen and increased processing power, and its Android challengers — the …

Pure might be better known for its range of digital radios but it’s turning its attention to the set-top box market and going after Lord Sugar’s YouView. The Avalon 300R is a set-top box that gives you access to to all the Freeview channels, as well as BBC’s iPlayer and YouTube. The 300R isn’t the first box of its kind …

If you like the look of Lord Alan Sugar’s better-late-than-never on-demand TV service but don’t fancy laying down a cool £299 for the YouView box, then BT might have a solution for you. It’s offering the box for free when you sign up to one of its Infinity broadband packages. The cheapest BT Infinity package is £18 per month — …

Are you forever checking your destination on your desktop computer then trotting off with your phone, only to realise you don’t have the address stored to guide you there? Google’s putting an end to that by letting Android Maps on your phone sync your searches with your desktop. The update means that when you’ve typed a search query into Google …

Sony’s Bond-endorsed Xperia T smart phone is speeding its way to our shops, but for the truly dedicated secret agents, O2 is offering exclusive Bond extras for you to enjoy while sipping a Martini in your Monte Carlo penthouse. The Xperia T replaces the Xperia S as Sony’s flagship smart phone. Its 4.6-inch screen offers a resolution of 720×1,280-pixels, which …

The iPhone 5 is here, boasting a taller 4-inch screen, a slimmer design, a more powerful processor and, of course, the latest iOS 6 software. There’s a lot to get excited about — not least the fact that it will be the first phone to tap into the new, speedy 4G network. So if you hope to snuggle one in …

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 5 vs Galaxy S3 vs Lumia 920 3:36 After months of wild speculation, Apple has finally taken the covers off the iPhone 5. The early response from our readers is that Apple hasn’t done enough to impress, but let’s take a look at how it squares up to its competitors. I’ve pitted it against Samsung’s …

The iPhone 5 has only just been announced and already a mass of you cheeky CNET UK readers have been expressing your disappointment with Apple’s latest offering and your preference for Samsung’s flagship blower, the Galaxy S3. Hundreds of readers flocked to a poll on our most excellent Facebook page last night during the official unveiling of the phone. We …