HSDPA sufficient for you lot, says Vodafone RIM’s BlackBerry Storm will finally arrive in Vodafone s UK stores on 14 November, but fans wanting Wi-Fi would be wise to delay their purchase. Continued

Silicon Valley darling sold The low power chip company Transmeta has been sold to Novafora - the VC-backed “video processor” firm. Continued

Latest Guide to Greener Electronics report Nintendo and Microsoft have once again failed to find favour with eco-watcher Greenpeace, both scoring the lowest marks in the NGO’s latest Guide to Greener Electronics report. Continued

‘Leccy Tech Unlikely to be a Tesla Better Place CEO Shai Agassi has outlined his ideas for the electric car future, and the good news is that we all get free cars. Continued

Review Anyone for two GPUs and a full-gamut RGB display? Apple may have grabbed headlines for releasing its new MacBook Pro with two GPUs on board - one for casual, one for best - but Sony had already done so, with its Vaio Z11, launched in the summer and now available for review. Continued

Let the fight begin Kodak has filed a lawsuit against LG and Samsung in which it claims the duo have trampled over some of its digital camera patents. Continued

Updated Newspaper conjures data endorsement for mobile operators The civil rights group Liberty has rubbished a newspaper report that it has been approached by several UK mobile operators in an attempt to win its public support for their data protection policies. If such an approach had been made it would have been rejected on principle, Liberty told The Register. Continued

Orange has launched its Pay-Off contest and is inviting its customers to submit 10-15 second video clips of themselves either trying to prove that they’re the sexiest person alive (Face-off), are the best/craziest dancer (Dance-off), or are just plain weird… Continued

Following on from Orange’s new pre-pay tariff yesterday, 3 has announced a new pricing structure for its Pay As You Go customers, with calls now from 5p per minute - the cheapest any network any time call rate available from… Continued

When Nokia says it has teamed up with one of the UK’s most influential bands, I’m guessing not many of you out there would think of Travis. Well amazingly, that’s who they mean. Nokia has done a deal with Sony… Continued

Auction is on while O2 digs heels in Ofcom has issued another update on progress towards flogging off spectrum in the 2GHz band, this time stating that all the legal action should be finished off by February next year, allowing the regulator to put up the For Sale signs in March. Continued

Following on from Orange’s new pre-pay tariff yesterday, 3 has announced a new pricing structure for its Pay As You Go customers, with calls now from 5p per minute - the cheapest any network any time call rate available from… Continued

Tuned out What if you launched an IPTV service, and nobody cared? That’s the question that has apparently led Orange execs to ditch plans to offer broadband customers pay TV down their phone lines. Continued

T-Mobile has just launched the web’n'walk USB modem, which is compatible with both PC and Mac, offering broadband speeds of up to 1.8Mbps. And according to T-Mobile, it’s significantly cheaper than the similar device from Vodafone. On comparable 12-month price… Continued

Nearly half of Americans adults have heard of the iPhone, despite the fact it’s not even out yet, according to a survey. What’s more, 17 percent said they already wanted to buy one - something that will not doubt delight… Continued

Shift your arse, love, we’re trying to work here Since Kim Kardashian is now officially El Reg’s stand-in celebutard - assuming vital no-IT-angle-whatsoever duties whenever Paris Hilton drops off radar - we think it only right and proper to bring you news that the amateur grumble flick star had her not insubstantial derri re shifted off a Miami beach over the weekend after gatecrashing a Victoria’s Secret photoshoot. Continued

Review Give your iPod or games console specs appeal Today, we’re looking at - literally - the Vuzix AV230 XL headset, a set of video specs that create a picture that’s the equivalent of a 44in screen 2.7m away. Yet the goggles are small and light enough they’ll slip into your pocket, begging the question is that a 44in telly in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me? Continued

‘Leccy Tech Unlikely to be a Tesla Better Place CEO Shai Agassi has outlined his ideas for the electric car future, and the good news is that we all get free cars. Continued

Review Small form-factor, hefty price tag Sony has been pitching small, slim laptops at executives for years now, packing in as much functionality into as compact a chassis as it can and charging a premium for it. Why mess with a successful formula? So the new Vaio TT doesn’t. Continued

Orange is to stop bundling a free Eee PC and 3G modem with a two-year mobile broadband airtime package and bundle an HSDPA-integrated netbook instead. Continued

Silicon Valley darling sold The low power chip company Transmeta has been sold to Novafora - the VC-backed “video processor” firm. Continued

Review A great-looking printer that’s quick and quiet Laser printers aren t the most photogenic of kit and you d usually want to relegate one to an office or workroom. Samsung has given its latest offering a makeover, though. Continued

How much will punter spend on home entertainment now they’re not going out as much? Blu-ray Disc sales won’t meet previously enthusiastic predictions, a senior Sony staffer has warned. Continued

20 million handsets down in Q4 Nokia has updated its predictions on end-of-year sales, knocking 20 million handsets off its fourth quarter forecast for the industry and promising to get rid of all those expensive external contractors. Continued

Hoping to make it big in the flicks Continuing to distance itself from boring-old mobile phones, Nokia has announced plans to open a research lab in Hollywood packed with movie executives rather than those engineers the company so recently laid off in Finland. Continued

Review Film fans and game buffs, rejoice Creative’s X-Fi sound cards have been around for a while, but with the Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook we have the first ExpressCard 34 iteration of the breed. Continued

MacBook… or netbook? Apple should pull out the stops and release a 3G-enabled laptop for network operators panting to get their mitts on a MacBook with built in mobile broadband connectivity. Continued

Auction is on while O2 digs heels in Ofcom has issued another update on progress towards flogging off spectrum in the 2GHz band, this time stating that all the legal action should be finished off by February next year, allowing the regulator to put up the For Sale signs in March. Continued

Review Serious alternative to the you-know-what LG s successor to its Viewty focuses on imaging capabilities with a centrepiece eight-megapixel camera. Continued

Let the fight begin Kodak has filed a lawsuit against LG and Samsung in which it claims the duo have trampled over some of its digital camera patents. Continued

More than two a week If none of LG s talkers have yet taken your fancy then fear not, because the mobile maker’s inked plans to maintain its fast-paced phone production. Continued

Portable photography, pimped Sony has developed a 12.2-megapixel CMOS sensor for use in mobile phones, which will become available to mobile makers early next year. Continued

Bigger screens and keyboards for your phone Celio is convinced that some people don’t want to lug around a smartphone and a notebooks, so it s expanded its Redfly smartphone terminal range by two models. Continued