Is there a future for standalone satnavs from TomTom and others, following the decision by Nokia to give away world maps and navigation free?
03 March 2010

You'll be hearing a lot more about webinars, which offer the opportunity to “attend” a conference without leaving home or the office. This is good and bad.
02 March 2010

A few puzzles came out of Panasonic's press and trade convention in Munich last week, where 3D was pushed as the next big thing with the slogan "Step into a 3D World".
24 February 2010

Be careful what you wish for. I’ve often wished for at least three hands. One to hold a torch while delving behind an AV stack, and two more to plug and unplug cables; or one to hold a torch, one to hold a magnifying glass, and two to get a button cell into its tiny dark and shady slot inside a digital watch.
10 February 2010

02 February 2010

Dealers with well-stocked showrooms and knowledgeable staff are always at the mercy of pond-life customers who waste time asking questions and requesting demos - only to go off and mail order from an internet site where the goods are a few per cent cheaper.
02 February 2010

Thanks to a sharp-eyed dealer for spotting a wonderful listing on eBay, from a literary genius called Brillo with 98.8% positive feedback. It read:
27 January 2010

A friend of mine has a job that takes him to the local recycling centre. Computers are handled separately, hopefully to avoid identity theft from data left on hard drives. But recently there has been a marked increase in the number of PDAs, phones and iPods being junked.
20 January 2010

So the Great Gordon is to give 270,000 free laptops and broadband connections to the poor.
13 January 2010