Gold! Always believe in your soul, and so on. Hard on the heels of the new gold iPhone 5S comes a golden version of the HTC One. Revealed by Phandroid in leaked photos, the gold HTC One joins the original silver and black versions, a lesser-spotted blue model, and a big red One. The new iPhone …

Roll up! Roll up! Getcher snazzy new iPhone ‘ere! Apple’s opened pre-orders for its garish new iPhone 5C today here in the UK, and the many-coloured mobile can be yours for £469. The 5C actually goes on sale a week today, 20 September, when you’ll be able to pick one up from an Apple Store at 8am — or save …

They may thank the Lord they’re Welsh, but denizens of Cardiff are more likely than anywhere else in the UK to get their phone nicked, according to new figures from mobile insurers Protect Your Bubble. The data is based on over 40,000 claims nationwide. More than a third (36 per cent) of claims in Cardiff are for theft, Protect Your …

Why so Sirius? More details are emerging of the rumoured Nokia Windows 8 tablet, codenamed Sirius. The Nokia Sirius is tipped to be a 10.1-inch slate running Microsoft’s latest Windows 8 software. It’s expected to pack a quad-core Qualcomm 8974 processor with 2GB of RAM under a high definition 1080p screen. WinSuperSite reports that the 4G Sirius slate, pictured above …

If you watch a lot of movies and can deal with the hassles of setting up five or more speakers, plus a subwoofer, go ahead and buy an AV receiver. We’ve reviewed a bunch of the latest models here on CNET, just pick the one that best suits your needs. Then again, if you listen to more music than watch …

There aren’t enough scoundrels in your life — but that’s about to change, as two of the galaxy’s most lovable rogues, Han Solo and Boba Fett, get their own origin stories told on the silver screen. As well as three full-blown Star Wars sequels, a handful of spin-off movies are being made, and these will be origin stories for some …

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has weighed in on the company’s Sept. 11 tribute tweet — which some found offensive — offering another apology. In a blog post on Thursday, Stephenson offered a personal apology, acknowledging that the image used in the post “fell woefully short of honoring the lives lost on that tragic day.” AT&T set off a mini-controversy on …

What looks to be Amazon’s next 7-inch tablet has been glimpsed, in a series of leaked snaps. The pictures, which hint at a major redesign for the Kindle Fire HD tablet, appeared at BGR and clearly show a more angular, Batmobile-esque look, complete with new buttons. An 8.9-inch sequel is also in the works, and will look ‘almost identical’ to the 7-inch …

Nokia will unwrap its Lumia 1520 smartphone on September 26. At least that’s the latest intel from known leaker @evleaks in a tweet posted Wednesday evening. Though @evleaks didn’t say where it got the scoop, the account has been on the money in the past at revealing such information. Other pieces of the puzzle also point to an upcoming launch …

Apple might have been the first major smartphone maker to deliver 64-bit architecture in its smartphone’s processor, but Samsung doesn’t intend to be too far behind. Speaking to Korea Times in an interview published Wednesday, Samsung Mobile co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun said that the next-generation Galaxy smartphones will come with 64-bit processors. Shin didn’t say exactly when the Samsung handsets will …

Those of you searching for a tablet that can act as your sous-chef will now find one from Sony. The Sony Xperia Tablet Z Kitchen Edition promises to help you prepare tonight’s dinner with the aid of recipes, shopping lists, and even a meat thermometer. Plopped onto its foldable stand, the tablet is designed to rest on your kitchen counter …

Smartphones — and the iPhone in particular — are the Swiss Army knives of tech. With each new version, they absorb more and more functionality from “dedicated” devices — everything from point-and-shoot cameras, camcorders, portable gaming systems, dedicated GPS devices, e-book readers, and PDAs, just to name a few. And now, with the introduction of the iPhone 5S, another product …

The picture gets somewhat clearer for the rumored Nexus 5 smartphone as newly discovered FCC documents provide a glimpse at a fully assembled device that could very well be the next Nexus. These echo earlier findings about the LG Nexus 4 successor. Related Nexus 5 rumors LG Nexus 5 surfaces in FCC docs? Nexus 5 rumor mill churns out word …

If you use Apple’s iMessages service to communicate with friends and colleagues, then you might regularly open the program either in iOS or OS X to compose your message. Apple offers some sharing services that interface with Messages, which if supported in the program you are currently using, can be taken advantage of to send a basic message to any …

Tech show IFA has got off to a cracking start. On day one, Samsung unveiled its long-awaited Galaxy Gear smart watch, alongside the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 10.1. Sony went all wet and wild with its waterproof Xperia Z1 smartie, while Asus showed off some natty new notebook-cum-laptop-cum-tablets. Join me as I take a look back at day …