Duracell Powermat WiCC could bring wireless charging to all smartphones Duracell has a solution for bringing wireless power to mobile devices and it’s wafer-thin and credit card-shaped Wireless charging has been a recurrent theme in the tech world for quite some time – and while we’ve seen wireless charging solutions from the likes ofPowermatand Case-mate, the wireless charging revolution has failed to take off and go truly mainstream. Duracell may have hit the nail on the head, though, with its Powermat WiCC charging card....

E3 2012 – Xbox highlights Microsoft shows off new Halo, Gears of War, Forza, Call of Duty and Airplay-style mobile gaming app in packed E3 press conference We might not have a new Xbox to look forward to but Microsoft’s E3 press conference proved that there’s plenty of life in the 360 yet. Kicking off with a live-actionHalo 4trailer that was so heavy on Hollywood-level CGI it could’ve passed for Avatar 2, we then had our first glimpse of Master Chief’s return to action with a short but intense gunfight in dense forest against enemies not seen in the Halo universe before....

Early Apple designs show seeds of change Designer Hartmut Esslinger shows off 1980s Apple concepts – including designs inspired by “what Sony would do it if built computers” Apple’s always been known for the design of its kit – and while today’s Apple designs are conjured up by Sir Jonathan Ive, back in the 1980s, it was Hartmut Esslinger’s Frog Design which created the Snow White design language that came to define Apple products....

Early iPhone design was inspired by Sony Pictures of Apple’s early iPhone and iPad prototypes and designs give us a glimpse into what could have been… Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website. Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge....

Edgar Wright’s guide to getting over writer’s block Crowdsourced IE9 comic Brandon Generator made it onto our Cool List – creator Edgar Wright shares his tips on how to get the creative juices flowing Edgar Wright’s interactive web comicBrandon Generatormade it onto ourCool List 2012with its clever premise: the titular hero (voiced by Julian Barratt) has writer’s block and we – the IE9 wielding audience – have to come to his rescue with photos, storyline ideas and inspirational voicemail messages....

EE 4G drifts into nine more UK towns High-speed LTE is rolled out to provincial centres including Hemel Hempstead and Southend-on-Sea If you’ve been waiting for EE to bring 4G to your town, read on – because the company today announced that its high-speed LTE network has sauntered into nine more English towns. The burgs in question are Amersham, Bolton, Chelmsford, Hemel Hempstead, Southend-on-Sea, Stockport, Sunderland, Sutton Coldfield and Wolverhampton. Added to the towns and cities that already part of the network, this means about 45 percent of the UK populace have access to 4G LTE....

Exclusive – iPhone 5 to be released on September 21st An anonymous tipster spills the beans on Apple’s much-anticipated next-gen iPhone. Top up the salt shakers and dive on through for all the juicy details An anonymous tipster who claims to be a previous Vodafone employee with insider knowledge has revealed a plethora of iPhone 5 details to Stuff, including the confirmation of its previously speculatedSeptember 21st release date. In addition, our source also claims that white and black iPhone 5 models will be sporting smaller 9-pin dock connectors,supporting past dock connector rumoursbut not quite matching up with the previously speculated8-pin connector....