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CNET UK > Crave > Gadgets

How to survive a zombie attack using consumer electronics

Like it or not, zombies are coming and probably sooner than you think. Good news though -- we all have tech in our homes that can be used to defeat them, so let's find out how Read more

24 November 2009, 10:19 | Tags: Comet, Onkyo, Palm, Yamaha, Onkyo TX-NR906

CNET UK > Crave > Digital Cameras

Gimmicks are the new megapixels: The new generation of unusual digital cameras

In the last year we've seen cameras with projectors, 3D, Wi-Fi, GPS, swappable lenses, extra screens and new sensors. The megapixel race is over -- all hail the gimmick Read more

30 November 2009, 16:44 | Tags: Canon, Casio, Fujifilm, Kodak, Nikon

CNET UK > Reviews > Laptops

7.5

Sony Vaio VGN-FW41E/H review

You'll have to fork out a sizeable wad of cash for it, but, if you do, the 16.4-inch Vaio VGN-FW41E/H desktop-replacement laptop will reward you with a swish design, good all-round performance and a large, high-resolution screen. It's an impressive lump of laptop Read more

26 August 2009, 15:32 | Tags: Sony, Sony Vaio VGN-FW41E/H, HDMI, consumer electronics, battery life

CNET UK > Reviews > Televisions

9.1

Samsung PS50A756 review

Samsung has improved its plasma TV range this year -- a real achievement considering how good the previous range was. And this PS50A756 is a truly fantastic TV, with bright, beautiful colours, sharp detail and good sound quality. Then there are the infinite features, which put this TV at the top of its class Read more

13 October 2008, 17:06 | Tags: Samsung, Samsung PS50A756, standard definition, consumer electronics, streaming video

CNET UK > Crave > MP3 Players

We're craving touchscreens and flash memory at CES 2008

With CES 2008 just around the corner, it's time to drag Mystic Meg out of her fiery cage and force her to help us predict what we're going to see at the world's largest consumer electronics show Read more

19 December 2007, 11:41 | Tags: Apple, Archos, Creative, iPhone, iPod

CNET UK > Crave > Gadgets

Photos: The evolution of gadgets at IFA

Come with us on a tour of tech trends at the German electronics show, and revel in photos of the first consumer VHS camera, brick-sized mobile phones, old-school video games and kitschy Euro booth babes. Sehr gut! Read more

4 September 2009, 09:36 | Tags: consumer electronics, VHS, Berlin, IFA, Gadgets

CNET UK > Crave > Laptops

Rilakkuma netbook: The best computers have bears on them

Sometimes, being incredibly hungover means you're still hammered from the night before. Add a netbook with a picture of a mammal on it, and you begin to ask yourself, are you still dreaming? Read more

14 August 2009, 11:07 | Tags: CBS Interactive, Windows XP, Wikipedia, wiki, consumer electronics

CNET UK > Crave > Televisions

Toshiba Regza 42RV635: Quite possibly the TV you've been waiting for

If you want a sensibly priced, 42-inch LCD that does what it's told and shows your favourite TV shows and HD movies without a big song-and-dance, this is the very telly for you Read more

3 August 2009, 11:49 | Tags: Toshiba, Toshiba Regza 42RV635DB, CRT, VGA, consumer electronics

CNET UK > Crave > Home Cinema

Sony announces successor to Blu-ray, gives away PSP2 plans by accident

CNET UK has been lucky enough to have got an exclusive chat with Sony UK about the company's Blu-ray replacement, and it let slip about the next-generation PSP at the same time Read more

1 April 2009, 10:06 | Tags: Sony, PlayStation, PSP, DVDs, Blu-ray players