Luke Westaway

LG’s Media Link explained, and our poll suggests traditional TV is dead

We’ll be the first to admit we’re not always the kings and queens of organisation. Our desks look like a pig went crazy in PC World, and our filing system leaves much to be desired. So we’re rather intrigued by LG’s Media Link tech, which helps organise all your videos, and which LG will be …

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Toshiba’s glasses

One of the coolest things we saw at CES in Las Vegas earlier this year were the prototype glasses-free 3D tellies from Toshiba (that’s one in the photo above). Now Tosh has confirmed it intends to bring its no-spec tech to the UK within the next 12 months. We’ve already seen some of these glasses-free 3D panels, and we’re left …

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Toshiba Regza WL and YL TVs bring face recognition and 3D conversion

It might sound like a nickname for a grizzled Cockney boxer, but Toshiba’s Regza line of TVs should be taken seriously (though actually we’d take the boxer pretty seriously too). Toshiba’s been showing off its new WL- and YL-series LED TVs, and they look like top Tosh tellies. They’ll be the first TVs to hit the UK with Toshiba’s ‘Cevo’ …

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CNET UK to rebrand as Angry Birds UK

Today we’re pleased to announce an exciting new direction for our humble website — very soon CNET UK will officially rebrand as Angry Birds UK, your number one portal to all things Angry Birds, including Angry Birds reviews, news, features and videos, as well as Angry Birds opinion, exclusive scoops and polls. You spoke, and we listened. Traffic monitoring on …

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Nokia T7 leaked, hopefully neither a tablet, nor a Terminator

Fire up the rumour mill: it’s time to make speculation bread! A new Nokia device has been leaked in Ovi Publisher Tools — a piece of software for app developers on Nokia’s Ovi Store. The new device is called the T7-00, or more likely the T7 at launch. From the leak, spotted by unwiredview.com, it’s possible to glean that the …

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iPad 2 3G prices: Best iPad 2 3G deals compared

So you fancy snagging yerself an iPad 2 with Wi-Fi and 3G? Smart move — 3G lets you cruise the Web when you’re nowhere near a Wi-Fi connection, making your tablet truly mobile. We’ve rounded up the best iPad 2 contract deals from the four major UK networks and corralled them for some for table-comparing, deal-roundupping, tarriff-totalling action! At the …

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iPad 2 price is less than Xoom and first iPad, in shops 5pm Friday

The iPad 2 will go on sale this Friday at 5pm in stores, and at 1am if you’re ordering online, and surprisingly will be about £30 cheaper than the first iPad was when it launched, starting at £399. The lower pricing will likely tip many potential buyers who were undecided over the edge, making the first day hectic. It also …

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4G plans for the UK take shape as Ofcom details new spectrum auction

It looks like the UK is finally going to level up to 4G mobile data speeds — communications watchdog Ofcom is set to auction off chunks of the spectrum to UK phone networks in 2012. The parts of the spectrum up for auction will provide capacity for fourth-generation data connections, allowing for connection speed of up to 100Mbps to your …

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Play vs Sony NGP in portable PlayStation punch

We were psyched when we learned Sony Ericsson was making a PlayStation Phone running Android. Not only could this be the gaming phone we’ve always wanted, it could make up for the lingering disappointment of the PSP, with its dearth of decent games and thumb-cramping controls. But then confusion struck. Sony announced a new PSP, mere weeks before the PlayStation …

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Jonathan Ive rumoured to be returning to UK, potentially leaving Apple

Jonathan Ive, the Apple designer behind the iPod, iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro, is rumoured to be planning a return to his native land of the UK. The Sunday Times reports (paywall link) that Ive is yearning for the green, green grass of home, but that he’s at “loggerheads” with the Apple board, who don’t want him to leave. The …

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