Apple have for a long time now been boasted as the pioneers of the superphone. Since 2007 we've watched as company after company have tried to recreate the big A's success with ever-so-slightly different variants of what's essentially just an iPhone. Along the way, Apple have taken various legal shots at the intellectual freeloaders, the most recent of which being Samsung for their "infringing [Galaxy] product line".

Well in an unexpected and quite frankly hilarious twist of events, it appears the two companies may have more plagiaristic history between them than we first expected. And no, Apple aren't going after Samsung's Series 9 for taking on the MacBook air, rather the following image surfaces online of a handset Samsung produced back in 2006 which challenges the iPhone's own originality all together.

Google have today announced and launched their latest social venture "+1". The new and fully integrated feature allows users to give websites a "public stamp of approval", viewable to friends who come across the result in search. Think of it as a kind of Facebook 'Like' for search results.

This is undoubtedly the big G's hardest push into social so far, and although 'the like button' is now well seeded within the internet community, Google's traffic monopoly sets them in good stead for the title of content sharing champion.

So, where do you sign up? Despite the hype, the function is only in 'experimental mode' and therefore resides under Google labs, the company's opt-in-only site where new and upcoming features are tested on consumer guinea pigs. Want to get in on the herd? Then read on...

The cataclysmically awesome and super popular iPad app - Pulse News, is about to get some serious Facebook lovin'! Pulse has been undoubtedly one of the top RSS reader apps to hit mobile devices so far, with it's elegantly simple multi-touch interface putting other news-grabbers to shame.

Well hoping to take this runaway success to the next level, Alphonso Labs are rolling out a socially flavoured update, bringing Facebook streams to the application.

Now here's another thing you never thought you'd see from Dell. Today marks the launched of the Inspiron Duo, a hybrid Netbook-come-Tablet desperate to find its way under a few christmas trees at just $545. In addition to it's 2GB of RAM and 1.5Ghz Atom Dual-core processor, the device benefits from up to 320GB of SATA glory making it one of the better equipped christmas netbooks on the market. The Inspiron Duo's real party peice comes from it's flippable 10.1-inch multi-touch display, which switches up it's full keyboard for one meaty tablet experience.

Obviously Dell didn't get the note from Apple saying moving-part storage in portables is dead, but then again with the rest of the hardware virtually the same for half the price of a baseline Air, you can't really complain. If the Inspiron Duo makes it onto your list to santa, you might want to link him up to Dell.com as you can grab one over there today.

On Monday, Apple rolled out their latest software update for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. iOS 4.2 brings a handful of new and useful features to the big A's mobile line-up, including over-the-air printing. AirPrint makes it easy to print e-mails, photos, web pages and documents straight from iOS to your WiFi-enabled printer. Although the functionality has been a long time coming, many feel the final software is crippled by it's limited compatibility with existing wireless printers. In fact, to date there are only 11 products on the market which work with AirPrint, all of which are from HP

So if you, like us, are perfectly happy with your current print-out setup, you might want to check out Printopia for the Mac, a superbly simple $10 application that restores some function to Apple's crippled AirPrint update. Read on for our video demo, verdict and download links...

To us, the Apple TV has always come across a crippled product. Whether this is due the lack of content, features or in it's latest rendition, storage, Steveo's self-confessed hobby project has never really captured much attention as 'just another set-top box'. However, another iOS device means another iOS Jailbreak, and this time round Fire Core are bringing web surfing and Last.fm to the big A's second generation little black box.

Judging by their video demos, these big-screen mods look pretty slick, and we'd hope so too as this ain't free software folks! $49 is the asking price for first-gen aTVs, with second generation prices yet to be announced. Read on for the all important show-off vids.

Now that on-line video is coming full-circle and back to the TV, it seems only fitting that video services such as YouTube are offering telly-friendly interfaces for users to browse content from the comfort of their sofas.

Well now, joining YouTube's Leanback service is Vimeo's Couch Mode. The simplified browser offers easy navigation of Vimeo.com uploads via it's minimalist 'Google TV optimised' UI, and is up-and-runnning now at Vimeo.com/CouchMode. Think of it like a simpler Leanback, but the stars of the show actually have talent! Because of the web app's heavy reliance on CSS3 and HTML5 technologies, the player only works in Chrome and Safari, as will remain the case until the other browsers put some effort into stepping up to the new web standards.

Our impressions: Beautiful? Yes. Buggy? Without a doubt. Worth a demo? Most definitely.