Hello Kitty has Big City Dreams for the Nintendo DS

Things have been a little dry on the Hello Kitty front so I'm happy to see she's embarking on a new adventure by moving to the big city to follow her dreams. Hello Kitty Big City Dreams is all about Hello Kitty fun and exploration, so expect loads of cute and loveable friends, frilliness, an…

Samuel L Jackson loves Knomo bags

As far as laptop bags and cases go, Knomo's line of luxurious chic-tastic laptop gear with the Chanel-esque quilting is right up there with the best. Clearly aware of this little home truth, Samuel L Jackson, yes the Samuel L Jackson, evidently a man of taste, popped into Knomo's central London offices recently to check…

Samsung SGH-B130 phone for a fiver at Carphone Warehouse

This is either going to go one of two ways - the phone's a piece of cheap plastic-y tat that can only be used a few times after which it starts to deteriorate and lose all of its functions, or it's going to be one of those tantalising offers that are too good to be…

The infra red hairbrush looks like it'll do some damage

This is the infra red hairbrush for head massaging, hair and scalp stimulation, and err... hot hair. Other than sounding and looking like it'll cause your hair to combust and your scalp to burn, the IR hairbrush has a purpose that's twofold. I'm not entirely sure why you'd want to heat your hair up while…

Mobile phones are in for a 12.25 megapixel treat

I'm sure you've been told or have heard at some point in your life (probably by guys endowed with unimpressive packages) it's not the size that matters, it's how you use it... or is it the motion in the ocean? Well it's something along those lines, but that's all irrelevant anyway - the Exmor CMOS…

EA Sports Active challenges the Wii Fit

There's a new fitness game in town, courtesy of EA Sports (it's in the game) - EA Sports Active. The game doesn't make use of the Wii Balance Board, but it makes full use of the Wii remote and scary sounding Nunchuck for control. There's also a rubber strap and rubber resistance band which all…

Guitar Rock Tour power slides onto the iPhone

It's been a long time coming but the guitar strumming game better known as Guitar Rock Tour has finally made it onto the iPhone. The mobile alternative to Activision's popular rock god wannabe game let's you bang on the drums, strum the guitar or play tunes on the go. Your gaming technique will obviously differ…

Shiny Gallery: The best concepts gadgets we wished were real

Concepts are brilliant aren't they? They open our minds to a realm of possibilities and the gadgety dreams of geeks across the world. How we wish the greatest concept designs would make it into production to satisfy our inner geek. Some ideas are ridiculously more far-fetched than others causing it to reside in the 'never-gonna-happen'…

Shiny preview: Apricot Picobook Pro

Apricot entered the UMPC market for the first time in around 10 years in September, exciting Zara who remembers the Apricot brand well. Its aim... to challenge the likes of Asus, Advent and other netbook brands with their big comeback. Find out what Zara thinks and whether it's up for the challenge in the video…

Put your iPhone in its element… quite literally

In the words of the PR person who sent me the info on these personalised iPhone cases, the Element iPhone cases "are just too awesome". They're super-impact resistant and gamer friendly with a grippable (rubberised or titanium grip mounts - that's almost indestructible) and soft texture to give you piece of mind that your precious…