Now that our compacts come with wide angle, stabilization and a large screen, have they attained perfection? Of course not! The challenges to come centre on screen resolution, sensitivity in low lighting and of course the autofocus, still trailing the levels of performance given by digital SLRs.

It's not worth going any smaller as you won't save any money. Today's 22'' monitors start at a hundred pounds and go up and up from there. The latest twist: 1920 x 1080 pixels joining the 1680 x 1050 pixels.

Design is something all manufacturers pay a great deal of attention to. Beyond functionality, the consumer also demands a product that pleases them aesthetically. Is beautiful and original also useful and practical?

Following the recent disappearance of Sony, Navman and ViaMichelin, only a handful of brands are left currently competing on the GPS market--but that doesn't stop them from offering a whole range of models.

With capacities rising all the time, the cost of hard drive storage keeps on falling. Today, every gigabyte you buy costs only a matter of cents--but that doesn't mean that all of today's hard disk drives are a steal ...