Japan plans to beam 3D holograms of the 2022 World Cup to stadiums around the world, so you can watch the greatest players on Earth running around your home team’s very own pitch. Should the Japanese host the 2022 competition, each game will be filmed by 200 high-definition 3D cameras positioned all around the pitch. …

Acer is putting the pedal to the metal with the AT58 series of televisions devised by car designer Pininfarina. The Italian outfit, best known for styling Ferraris, has teamed up with Acer for the company’s first foray into the world of tellies. The 23-inch, 27-inch, 32-inch and 42-inch models are 1080p high-definition backlit LED 1080p tellies. The series offers 50Hz refresh rate, …

All the single ladies (all the single ladies), put your hands up for the Alcatel OT-808. It isn’t the first Qwerty clamshell mobile phone we’ve ever seen, but is possibly the first to be square rather than rectangular. In fact, it looks almost exactly like a make-up compact. That’s probably what Alcatel had in mind, because the OT-808 is “designed …

Here comes the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8, just a day after we covered the new Nokia X5 and X6. Who said there’s no originality left in the world of mobile phones? Names aside, there’s very little similarity between Nokia’s squared-off youth phone and the new offering from Sony Ericsson. The 3G X8 sports a 76mm (3-inch) capacitive touchscreen with customisable …

Tabletmania is getting out of hand in the run-up to Christmas — now Dixons has entered the fray with two Android slates. The technology retailer is loading the Advent Vega and the Advent Amico with Android 2.1 to take on the Apple iPad. The Advent Amico is the budget model, costing just £130. It boasts a 7-inch touchscreen — the …

It was another bumper week for 3D at techfest trade show IFA. LG launched a 3D OLED TV, and Samsung punted the world’s largest 3D LED TV. There were 3D projectors from Sony and LG, Panasonic announced a release date for its HDC-SDT750 3D camcorder, and Sony even had a 3D Vaio laptop prototype. Sadly, all require special glasses to get …

Root-tee-tootle-tee-toot! It’s time for… bah-bah-bah-baaahhh! Ridiculous tablet news! The latest entries to the budget end of the burgeoning tablet computer market are 7-inch models from Disgo and Morgan, and could lighten your wallet by as little as £85. The Morgan 7-inch Google Android Tablet with Touchscreen Technology — catchy name — costs just £85. For that less-than-princely sum you get …

Skype has finally brought its full-fat VoIP goodness to Android. The popular service has officially launched an app for phones running Android 2.1 and higher, including the HTC Desire — but it doesn’t work on the Samsung Galaxy S. Skype details appear in your contacts book so you can see whether your friends are available and call them right from your address …

Windows tablet PCs could be in shops before Christmas, according to Steve Ballmer. The Microsoft muckamuck told London students that the company has “done work on a Windows tablet, and you’ll see slates with Windows on from this Christmas.” Ballmer dropped the hint in a presentation on cloud computing right here in Blighty at the London School of Economics. The …

Toshiba is racing to be the first to throw out the 3D glasses, with plans to launch the glasses-free Regza 12GL1 and 20GL1 3D televisions before the end of the year. The 12GL1 will measure 20-inches from corner-to-corner, with the 20GL1 measuring 20-inches across. They use parallax technology to offer 3D without the aid of glasses, by dividing the picture …