Geek neighbours: Under-rated video game characters and jumbo jet hostels

The lovely Susi may have left us for waters that have an orange tinted hue, but the internet cares not for our internal chaos and continues spewing out gadget information. And what's the most interesting tidbits we've gleaned from the web workings this week? -Crave reveals the eight most under rated video games characters ever,…

GE unleashes a slew of digital cameras

GE isn't one of those camera brands that is as distinguished and well known as some of its popular megapixel toting pals, but it's been trying to put itself on the map by producing a range of quality compacts, that not only boast a heap of great specs, but at seriously affordable prices too. Well,…

Hearst to enter the eBook market with a Kindle killer

Typical. We have a drought in the eBook world for ages, then two announcements come at once. We've just told you about the revamped BeBook coming to our shores soon, and now it seems it will have a little more competition, with new of an eBook created my magazine publishers Hearst. The current economy hasn't…

It's a Wrappz: funky skins for your laptop

Is your laptop cover losing that brand new edge and new laptop smell? Is that shiny/glossy/metallic cover that once adorned your laptop cover with pride, now subjected to knocks, scratches, or perhaps the occasional plummet to the floor, as your duty to protect it from harm gets less important, the older it gets? Is it…

The Wii Nunchuck goes wireless

Wired peripherals do tend to fall on the rather annoying side of things, don't they? Throw tangled wirage, perhaps the odd wire-related buckle and unattractive wire-ymess into the equation and wired gadgets/peripherals/whatever are right up there with cash points with £20s instead of £10s, people talking loudly on their mobiles on public transport or standing…

Net TV will render the internet futile

Well it will for internet TV anyway (and no, this probably won't involve porn). A plan to bring iPlayer-esque services to goggle boxes means the middle man, which in this case refers to the internetz, will no longer be needed. The BBC-backed proposals to produce online set-top boxes are currently under scrutiny from the BBC…

Is Sony planning a PSP phone?

The Playstation rumours are doing the rounds again - only this time the buzz isn't surrounding the latest iteration of Playstation handhelds, this rumour is more concerned with a piece of mobile phone equipment. The man in charge, Playstation boss Kas Hirai, has been instructed to situate the Playstation Network (PSN) into a bundle of…