Amazon's UK MP3 store quietly launched

It's been rumoured for a fair while here in the UK, but Amazon seems to have finally launched their UK MP3 store under a cloak of darkness. And we're not sure why - with brand new albums from the likes of Girls Aloud, Take That and Kings of Leon for £3, it's worth shouting about.…

Dr Who now available on iTunes

From today you can get your David Tennant fix on the bus, in the bath or under the covers. You can now get the first season on iTunes (actually, that was Ecclestone) and then each week for the next four weeks a subsequent season will be released. Each episode will cost £1.89, or you can…

What's that? Mac users encouraged to get anti virus software?

But I thought Macs were impervious to all things virus related? I thought if you were a Mac, you could be safe in the knowledge you were not only superior in your graphic design capabilities, your choice in eyeware and laptop aesthetics, but your virus protection too. So does that mean not everything in the…

Nokia launches the N97 Superphone

The N97 has been announced today at Nokia World, and the overwhelming response seems to be 'that's next year's upgrade sorted'. It boasts (and yes, there's a fair amount of boasting going on) a 3.5-inch touchscreen as well as a QWERTY keyboard and a mammoth 32GB of memory, which can be expanded to 48GB through…

Shiny Review: Asus Bamboo U6V

Duncan has checked out the bizarre bamboo-covered notebook from Asus, the U6V. It's not under spec'd, carrying an HDMI input, a Core Two Duo processor, 4GB of RAM and a dedicated graphics card. It also delivers on the green specs, as well. But such goodness doesn't come cheap - the cheapest we found was £968…

Black Friday coming to the UK, courtesy of Apple

Do you know what Black Friday is? No? Then you're probably British. It's traditionally the day US retailers hold big sales to kick the Christmas shopping into gear, but isn't something we partake in over here. Apparently, it was originally called that in reference to the traffic it created on the roads - who knew?…

Shiny Poll: What's going to sell out Xmas 2008?

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without stock issues for the hottest tech around. We've seen the epic unavailability of the Wii a couple of years ago, but this year promises to bring its own fair share of problems, as companies are already making vague rumblings about production lines and component part supplies. So, what's your prediction…