Young teen’s game tops iTunes free app chart

A game designed by a young teenager from Utah has recently topped The iTunes free app chart after being out for only 3 weeks. The 14 year old Robert Nay created.. more

Kinect hack brings Microsoft to the operating table

A group of graduate engineering students at Washington University are now using the Microsoft Kinect device to control and guide surgical robots. The Xbox360 Kinect has seen so many hacks these.. more

LG G-Slate bound for the UK?

It seems that the LG G-Slate, which has been announced for the American market, might be coming to the UK as well. Pocket Lint has been chatting to LG marketing man.. more

HTC 7 Pro and Gratia coming next month

The HTC 7 Pro and HTC Gratia smartphones are due to arrive in the UK in February. The HTC 7 Pro was supposed to come out last month, but slipped. The handset boasts a slide-and-tilt 3.6 inch WVGA display and full Qwerty keyboard, along with.. more

Nokia X7 US launch cancelled

Nokia may still be leading the pack when it comes to smartphones, but it’s a lead which is in danger of slipping further. With the meteoric rise of Android, Symbian is looking an increasingly sickly operating system, and the company’s reliance on the OS is.. more

Ofcom wants cheaper broadband for rural areas

Ofcom’s latest brainchild is a proposal for BT Wholesale to reduce what it charges ISPs in areas of the UK where the company is the sole provider of wholesale broadband. In other words, areas where local loop unbundling hasn’t been implemented. These are mainly rural.. more

Microsoft solves Windows Phone 7 phantom data issue

Microsoft has been successful in its investigation of the phantom data issue which has plagued Windows Phone 7 users, and apparently a third party is to blame. If you missed the original story, the phantom data in question isn’t the ghosts of dead applications haunting.. more

Apple lists all-time top iPhone and iPad apps

Apple has revealed the top iPhone and iPad apps which have sold the most throughout the respective devices’ history. When it comes to paid-for iPhone apps, the number one was the simple platform game Doodle Jump, not what we expected to see at the top... more

Playboy iPad app will be uncensored

It seems that Apple might have relaxed its stance on nudity on the company’s app store, at least according to Hugh Hefner. Hef let the world know, via his Twitter account, that a Playboy app is on its way, and it will be uncensored. He.. more

Official Nintendo 3DS launch date: March 25th

Nintendo held a press conference today where it announced the official release date for the 3DS handheld in the UK. And the date to mark on your calendar is March 25th, not the 18th as some had previously suggested. No price was confirmed for the.. more