Towards the end of last year we posted concerning the somewhat garish Sonim XP1 JCB ToughPhone, a cell phone thats been designed to keep functioning in the harshest of environments, and now, in a bid to prove just how indestructible their ToughPhone really is, Sonim have thrown down the gauntlet …

With HD-DVD increasingly looking set to become the Betamax of our high definition age, Microsoft have announced a reduction in price of their Xbox HD-DVD player in what few would argue is a desperate, and somewhat transparent bid by MS to clear as many units as possible before the HD-DVD …

Whilst trawling the net looking for material we came across these limited edition canvas posters known as Posters for Relaxation by Michael Sholk of Laboratorium Conceptual Design that made us smile – if only on account of their overtly geeky somewhat tongue-in-cheek nature.

Following on from the news concerning LG’s new LG-KF510 ultra slim slider cell phone and Sony Ericsson’s new G-Series G700i and G900i cell phones Samsung are poised to release full details concerning their new Soul cell phone – featuring ‘Magic Touch’ contextual touchscreen – at next week’s Mobile World Congress …

Another day, another digital photo frame (or so it seems) but what distinguishes the newly announced Mustek PF-E700 from the hoards of digital photo frames currently available – and hence makes it worth mentioning here – is the fact that Mustek’s PF-E700 takes a somewhat differing approach to competing digital …

If you spend a great deal of time in your garden hosting parties, larking about in the pool or just arguing with the neighbours over the fence and are looking for an outdoors, weather proof speaker solution (so you can argue to the strains of a little heavy rock, perhaps) …

If rumours presently circulating the interweb as to be believed – and we see no reason as to why they would prove unfounded – Sony Ericsson see poised to drop a new range of G-Series cell phones, consisting of two models – the G700i and G900i - on or around …

Well, another year passes as I reach 24 (and some) years yet again and if such a wholly (un)momentous occasion isn’t just cause for an oh so infrequent personal post I really don’t know what is – so it’s Happy Birthday to me as I wait with baited breath hoping …