More phones and tablets are set to get Intel inside. The chipbuilder has announced a new technology called Silvermont that promises to triple the speed of your smart phone or tablet. The new Silvermont microarchitecture is an update to Intel’s Atom mobile processors, intended to challenge rival Qualcomm’s dominance of the smart phone and tablet …

If you’re worried about what your gadget habit is doing to the planet and your fellow humans in troubled parts of the world, then next week you could get your hands on a fairer phone: the Fairphone. The socially-conscious Fairphone is an Android smart phone, conceived as having less of an impact on the environment and the people who build …

It’s a big day for Samsung: as the brand new and hotly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S4 arrives in shops, the Korean company has reported record profits. Already the world’s biggest manufacturer of phones, Samsung made a record £4.2bn profit in the last three months. That success is due in large part to Samsung’s phenomenally successful Galaxy range of smart phones, …

Core blimey! On the day the Samsung Galaxy S4 hits shops and the Korean company announces record profits, a new wallet-friendly phone apparently called the Galaxy Core has leaked. If reports from Russian blog Hi-Tech are to be believed, the Core sports a 4.3-inch screen, with a resolution of 800×480 pixels. Underneath is some roundly average but perfectly serviceable technology: …

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is here at last! You can take your pick of shops and phone networks to snap up the new Android smart phone powerhouse, as every major network and retailer sells the S4 — but which one should get your cash? O2, EE, Orange, T-Mobile, Three, Vodafone, Virgin Media and Tesco Mobile are all selling the S4. …

BT is looking to join forces with a mobile phone network to build a 4G network of its own — maybe even teaming up with old buddy O2 to take on EE, Vodafone and other mobile rivals. “It makes sense for us to explore the new opportunities that 4G presents,” says BT, talking to the FT. BT is calling for …

Knock knock. Who’s there? The Samsung Galaxy S4! Who isn’t there? Security feature Samsung Knox, which has been delayed. Knox is the security software that separates your work stuff from your personal stuff on your phone. It was planned to come built in to the S4, but plans have changed: the New York Times reports that Knox has been knocked …

You’ve just dropped £600 on your new Samsung Galaxy S4 — and you’ve just dropped it in your toilet. Gosh-blimey, you think, I wish that thing was waterproof. Fortunately Samsung is way ahead of you, and is reportedly planning a waterproof and dust-proof version of the S4. Speaking at a launch for the S4, Samsung said the tough phone would …

Sony is launching the first films aimed specifically at 4K TVs. Ghostbusters, Taxi Driver and not one but two Spider-Man movies are appearing as Blu-ray films “Optimized for 4K Ultra HD TVs” — but before you rush out and drop £35,000 on a new TV, they aren’t really 4K. The packaging screams 4K, but the discs contain 1080p versions of …

“Hear my voice… Alexander Graham Bell.” With these words, the inventor of the telephone speaks to us across more than a century, as new technology finally unlocks a fragile early recording. The voice of Alexander Graham Bell was recorded on a wax and cardboard disc on 15 April 1885 in Washington DC. But the ageing disc can no longer withstand …