Obama presents the queen with an iPod

We already know Barack Obama is the most tech savvy president to have ever stepped foot in the White House, but this just confirms it. On his official visit to Buck House last night, he came bearing a gift for our majesty the Queen. That gift was an Apple iPod, packed full of video of…

Shiny Review: Nikon Coolpix L100

Dan and digital SLR's go together like gin and tonic, so it goes without saying then, that Dan quite likes his digital SLR's. This time round he gets hands on with Nikon's Coolpix L100, the super wide super zoom compact camera. With its great range of settings and features the end verdict means he's pretty…

The Tampon USB drive takes care of your data flow (sorry)

Last week, the shiny tech team recently got the impressions of our ears taken, so we could each get our very own tailor made headphones which Zara equated to having a tampon stuffed in the ear. While the majority of us don't know what that feels like (I would hope) Zara was convinced. Oh, and…

Trendy laptops alert – shame they're just concepts

The barrage of black/metallic laptops is starting to wane somewhat. Who says laptop users want their computing equipment housed in a boringly bog-standard chassis'. It doesn't say anything about you, does it - other than that you are perhaps a bit boring yourself. What about injecting some pizaz into your laptops outer shell? That was…

The world's smallest HD camcorder: Sony TG7VE

You're not anyone in this town unless you have your own full HD pocket cam. Well, that's not entirely true, but I'm sure that's what all the people with compact HD cameras are saying. Forget it being the year of the Cow, this is truly the year of the HD camcorder. So far, Xacti, Toshiba…

Toshiba PetBook K9 – the laptop for the more intelligent K9

The remnants of April Fools Day seem to be trickling into the day after, but it's unlikely this would have been mistaken for a genuinely veritable product - it's laptops for dogs from Toshiba for crying out loud. The dog wouldn't be able to read what's on the screen let alone navigate its features. But…

Shiny Video: A first look at Blackberry App World

The Blackberry Store took its first steps into the real world last week but the general public were none the wiser and all the people that were in the know could do was sign up and register their details. However, when the clock struck midnight last night (or is that this morning?) Blackberry's app store…

Gadget Show Live 2009: All tickets are gone, kaput, sold out

Remember that nail bitingly exciting news we brought you at the beginning of the year, detailing our official partnership with those nerdlingers over at The Gadget Show Live, to be held on April 17th-19th, at the Birmingham NEC Arena? Well, if you were thinking 'I'd love to meet the Shiny Shiny and Tech Digest tech…

April Fools: What did you fall for?

Now the April Fools Day buzz has settled down and the persistent gaggery has gradually waned, it's time to reveal if you were April Fooled. Unfortunately, we live in a time when almost anything is possible so I must admit, I was taken in, by one story in particular. I won't say which one, realised…

Burberry to enter mobile phone territory?

As high end as its line of products are, Burberry's signature chequered pattern has become synonymous with Burberry fakery (i.e. knock -off gear), tracksuit toting chav-like people and Danielle Westbrook. Could the leaked pictures of a Burberry mobile be the brand's attempt to score back a few high class points? Well if it's the handset…