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Archos announces quintet of Android tablets Archos has announced the five new Android tablets it will be displaying at IFA this year. The range starts with the Archos 28 internet tablets- a budget offering with a 2.8-inch screen that costs £99 and will be available in September, with 4GB and 8 GB storage. Next up [...]

Canon announces XF105 and XF100 camcorders Canon has announced two new additions to its high-end camcorder, with the XF105 and XF100 apparently the smallest models ever to include the broadcast quality MPEG-2 Full HD recording codec. Canon has designed the two camcorders, which are aimed at the professional and prosumer markets, to offer what it [...]

Review: BlackBerry Curve 3G The BlackBerry Curve 3G looks like yet another BlackBerry handset. Its full QWERTY keyboard sits below a 2.4-inch screen, with the 2-megapixel camera on the reverse. Offering 3G connectivity as well as Wi-Fi, the handset promises fast internet browsing while apps and themes can be easily downloaded from the BlackBerry App [...]

Packard Bell to show EasyNote LX86, Maestro range Packard Bell has outlined the new products it will show off at IFA 2010, including the EasyNote LX86 laptop, Maestro LED HD monitor/TVs and a PB Go mobile hard drive. Packard Bell is beginning to move away from the judgements of the past, and it is hoping [...]

Review: Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T. 7 The first Cyborg mouse we looked at, over two years ago, was quite well received despite the irrelevance of the motorised adjustable length. Despite this pointless gimmick it was a functional, multi-buttoned rodent, though not in the same class as the Sidewinders or G9s. The R.A.T. though is a [...]

Corsair HS1 gaming headset unveiled Corsair has announced the Gaming Audio Series HS1 USB headset, with the memory giant taking its first step into audio. It’s been a big few weeks for gaming peripherals, with the usual suspects finding new players arriving in the marketplace. The Corsair Gaming Audio Series HS1 features noise-isolation, multi-channel audio [...]

Review: CyberPower Liquid i7 Charybdis Sat inside this fairly non-descript, squat little case is one monster of a PC. Seriously, I’ve never wanted a pre-built computer more. Kudos to CyberPower, then, for bringing us a rig for under £2,000 that puts everything else we’ve tested previously to shame. And that’s including machines costing well over [...]

Google’s Schmidt to provide closing IFA 2010 keynote Google’ CEO Eric Schmidt will provide the closing keynote for the IFA conference in Berlin, further testament to the increasing power of the European electronics show. IFA 2010 is perhaps the most influential consumer electronics offering outside of CES, and has become a key launchpad for many [...]

In Depth: How to buy the right CPU Whether you’re buying a new PC, or upgrading an old one, perhaps with a new motherboard, then your choice of processor will be critical. But there’s a lot to consider. Will you opt for AMD, or Intel, for instance? How much performance do you really need? How [...]

When does a compromise stop being a compromise and become an all-out policy reversal? In 2007 the iPhone was fresh and set to dominate the nonexistent “lifephone” market by single handedly creating the category. On June 29th of that year, the mobile market was forced to bow to a new…

This week, Google and Verizon joined forces in a sweeping proposal to regulate net neutrality legislature in the U.S. government. Their joint suggestions encourage lawmakers to draft legislation that supports the consumer and makes the Internet a free and open place to innovate, develop, and experience. Needless to say, the…