Toshiba is bringing a new tablet to the UK. The snappily named AT300 is a 10.1-inch slate powered by a quad-core Tegra 3 processor, and running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The AT300 is a follow-up to the AT200 from earlier this year, a tablet that didn’t particularly impress us. Can the AT300 fare …

China is in the big leagues when it comes to cell phone use. According to The Next Web, the Chinese government has officially announced that it now has more than 1 billion mobile phone users. For comparison, the U.S. looks measly with just more than 330 million users, according to numbers from the CTIA wireless association. The Chinese Ministry of …

U.S. residents salivating for the Samsung Galaxy S III’s Android Ice Cream Sandwich won’t get a chance to buy Samsung’s flagship phone until “summer,” but you can get a taste of the global version of the device, which CNET’s crack U.K. team has just reviewed in full. Not only did CNET reviewer Natasha Lomas call the Galaxy S III the …

So much for the power of Motorola’s patents. Google, which spent $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola and its patents in a deal that closed Tuesday, has suffered a major legal defeat at the hands of Microsoft, which successfully argued to a German court that Motorola has violated a patent related to text messaging. The ruling means Microsoft can enforce a …

Barack Obama might be the head of state, but smartphones and tablets increasingly rule the world — and the White House says the feds need to embrace that reality. The president yesterday issued a directive to make key government services accessible through the mobile devices toted by much of the citizenry, and charged the federal CIO with developing a plan …

The Samsung Galaxy S3 is less than a week away — but if you can’t wait that long you can now get the S3 experience on the best phone of 2011, the Samsung Galaxy S2. An S3 fan is giving you a sneek peek at the S3’s software, allowing you to try the new and improved version of TouchWiz on …

Deutsche Telekom isn’t keen on repeating last year’s failed attempt to wed its T-Mobile USA unit to AT&T, or any other carrier, for that matter. A complete sale of T-Mobile is unlikely as Deutsche Telekom focuses on turning the business around and ensuring it is a self-funding venture, Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann told shareholders today, according to a Bloomberg …

Big-screen OLED TV technology has taken years to come to market, and LG’s 55EM9600 won CNET’s Best of CES award in January, so among technology enthusiasts, it’s safe to classify anticipation for the 4mm-thin television as “high.” CNET’s Asia’s TV reviewer Philip Wong got the opportunity to spend some hands-on time with an early version of the set yesterday in …

While Australia’s free-to-air networks insist on showing shows from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s on our high-definition channels, the International Communications Union (ITU) has met to begin nutting out the standards governing 4K and 8K broadcasts. Although some manufacturers and broadcasters have been experimenting with 4K devices — like the recent prototype 4K projector by NHK and JVC — critical …

While we liked the Transformer Prime, some people did take issue with its wireless performance, and GPS became such an issue that Asus officially removed it from the specs. (Credit: Asus) Announced today, Asus is offering a free GPS extension kit in the form of a dongle. Owners of a Prime can apply for their free kit here, and will …