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 I know Mondays can drag, especially when it's the first one back after a break, but this one has been more protracted than most - 32 hours, in fact. My flight from Gatwick left at about noon on Monday, and after a full ten hours sitting ...

Morning. Happy New Year and all that.Bit confused today, not least because by the time you hit the big bongs and the Auld Lang Syne, we were already having breakfast.The slight sake hangover didn't help, and neither did the memory of a four-hour ...

With 3D movies hitting cinemas, and the new screens, broadcasts and games arriving as early as 2010, we ask if TV is really about to enter another dimension 3D is fast becoming one of the buzz words of 2009: thanks to Hollywood's ...

O2's exclusive contract with Apple for the iPhone is coming to an end in a little over a week, with Orange set to be the second provider available from November 10th. Vodafone will be joining the party in 'early 2010', so it's no surprise that ...

(Caution: the following may cause dizziness)Like it or not, 3D TV is coming, and soon. The CEATEC 2009 show has 3D firmly on the front-burner – a burner 30% more energy efficient than last year's, of course... – with even those companies not ...

Just in case you think I went a bit OTT when I asked whether last week's Apple launch was more hype than hardware, click the pic... 

During our trip to Europe's biggest consumer electronics show (IFA) last week, we had a chance to listen to the latest developments in the Blu-ray market with representatives from Disney, Sony and Amazon all present. Together, they head the ...

I suppose by now I should be used to every utterance from the people in the Infinite Loop being hailed as the Second Coming. But even by the usual standards of a lot of hoopla about not very much, Apple's latest world-shaking announcements of ...

LED backlights, emerging markets and eco-considerations are fuelling a boom-time for Korea's leaders of the global LCD TV market.LG expects a near-50% increase in its sales next year, while Samsung says it's on course to sell two million ...

So, the 2009 IFA show has been awash with 3D demonstrations from big names including LG, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony. The Blu-ray Disc Association is promising 3D standards will be set by the end of the year. And some of the big movers and ...