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Product reviews: Gaming laptops

Test Bench: Holiday Mobiles

Why risk taking your expensive gadgetry on the beach when affordable and capable phones can replace most of it?

Product reviews: Top five digital SLRs for novices

Trading up from a digital compact camera to a digital SLR lets you be more creative. Daniel Lezano picks five that are perfect for newbies

Product reviews: MP3 speakers

Stand-alone speaker systems lend hi-fi quality to portable tunes. David Price listens to five of the best

Ready when you are Mr Clooney

The new generation of pocket-size video cameras are a good starting point for budding film directors

Product reviews: Multitools

Need a hand with that DIY job? Dave Pollard gets to grips with five multitools with pliers

Product reviews: Home cinema systems

The latest systems have fewer, smaller speakers than previous kits. We immerse ourselves in the action on five of the best

Product reviews: Compact photo printers

The latest compact photo printers promise lab quality. Stuart Andrews puts five to the test with his skiing holiday snaps

Product reviews: Voip mobile phones

There have never been so many ways to make low-cost and even free calls over the internet using Voip technology

Product reviews: Internet and DAB radios

Hybrid radios can receive thousands of internet stations as well as FM and in some cases digital. We listen to five of the best

They won't steel these wheels

Ride it, take it on the train and dodge the thieves by storing it indoors. We test the best folding bikes and finds one for every purpose

Test Bench: Flat-screen TVs

With 32-inch flat-screen TVs, LCD is the only game in town. We test six of the best

Test Bench: In-ear earphones

Thanks to a design that blocks out the outside world, in-ear earphones give you a richer musical experience

Test Bench: Surfboard reviews

The pros may use nippy shortboards, but longer boards are perfect for British summer waves. Steve England of Carve magazine picks five corkers

Test Bench: Torches

Dave Pollard drowns, drops and dissects six of the toughest torches on the market and still they keep shining

Test Bench: Flash-based laptops

Solid-state notebooks use electronic memory rather than a disk drive, making them lighter and faster to start up

Compact camera reviews

Six innocuous cameras, each packing a high-tech secret. But are the hidden powers worth seeking?

Test Bench: Electronic translators

Translator are smaller than phrasebooks, contains several languages and can speak them for you. We fire tongue-twisters at six

Test bench: iPhone vs touchscreen rivals

Touchscreen mobiles are growing in popularity, thanks to Apple’s iPhone. Here we preview the new 3G version alongside five rivals

Test bench: Movies on demand

With digital film downloads growing in popularity, we pit six systems against a rental DVD from a local shop