Acer gives Google Android another boost with new handsets

Next year looks set to be the one in which the battle for the heart of the mobile phone goes into overdrive. While Apple continues to sign deals with UK networks, though you still only have one place to buy an iPhone in the US, its rivals are rallying the troops for a smartphone shoot…

Aquavision unveils new range of bathroom TVs

If you have ever thought (seriously) about getting a TV set for your bathroom, then you'll know all about Aquavision. The company has been working quietly for some while perfecting its range of TV sets that sit in your bathroom yet are immune to water, condensation and random squirts from awkward to use conditioner bottles.…

Older women want tech toys for Christmas

Yep another survey this time from Logitech, the webcam maker, which has just asked a load of women over the age of 50 what they want for Christmas, and guess what they all want webcams! Well many do want webcams (to talk to their grandchildren obviously) but also other high tech goodies like widescreen TVs,…

37% of Brits give second hand Christmas presents and claim they are new

That's the shock findings of a recent survey of 1,000 people conducted by web analytics specialists Webtrends. Yep 37% of us will trawl through sites like eBay, puchase second hand gifts and, here's the naughty bit, claim that we purchased them new. We also like to keep tabs on what we are going to to…

Vodafone goes live with iPhone on January 14th

Vodafone has just gone live with its launch date for the iPhone. Its subscribers have not got long to wait as it hits the stores on January 14th. If you were waiting for a bargain basement iPhone you'll have to wait a bit longer. The Voda iPhone kicks off at £30 a month - £5…

Top Ten Desirable Gadgets for Girls

Sleek, powerful, creative ... these are the phones, laptops, games consoles and cameras that got me weak at the knees. I say for girls, boys can join in too. Click on the image below to start the gallery

Facebook adds a relationship anniversary reminder :/

I'm not a big fan of putting relationships on Facebook, primarily because having to change your relationship status after you break up just adds an extra painful/embarrassing layer to the traumatic end of a relationship. Let's move on. Back in the day, it used to be funny to say you were in open relationship with…

Student takes a typewriter to lectures

Those students know how to be funny. Apparently this young man was fed up with the clacking sound of other students' laptop keyboards in lectures and decided to protest by bringing in the ultimate clacking machine. A typewriter. Sadly the sound isn't great on this, but I think he was asked to leave for disturbing…

What do Jesus, daleks & Siamese cats have in common? they're all on awesome cakes

I know cakes aren't really gadgets. They're more like foodstuffs, but surely technical masterpieces like these cakes pictured below are worthy of admiration from geeks and normals alike. This is a Jesus cake. Great for friends who love Jesus. Is eating Jesus cake similar to the sacrament of Holy Communion? Your call... but if you…

We're interested in: Gravity, the conversation technology bringing forums into 2010

Gravity is a web service that aims to make conversations on the internet easier and better. It updates the elderly forum model and is comparable to services like Google Wave and Twitter. Set up by former MySpace execs, Gravity launched into private beta yesterday, and Techcrunch profiled the new service here. "We built Gravity because…