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After months of delays Sony's Playstation 3 finally goes on sale in UK stores a week earlier than expected.  Such a drawn out wait has only caused increased amounts of excitement among gamers, who have been losing sleep - literally.

Sony has officially unveiled the PSP ‘education initiative’ at a London launch a few hours ago.  Sony bosses believe the time is right to go back to school, giving those under-attaining boys something to get excited about. 

Samsung, the Digital Media monster had crowds gathering at Cebit 2007, in anticipation of the ready-to-launch Q1P, the first Ultra-Mobile PC to qualify for Windows Vista certification. CES 2006 saw the launch of the truly mobile Samsung Q1 and before long the UMPC had a power-boosting upgrade to the even meaner Q1P.

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When regular smartphones or PDAs get a bit fiddly, business peeps are in search of something equally as portable but with a bigger workspace.  That's why Unbeatable went in search of an answer, and we were well impressed when we arrive at the answer - the ‘Flybook’. Stay back, stay back, there's enough for everyone.

Intel has taken the phrase ‘multitasking’ to a whole new level today after announcing news of their trillion-calculations-per-second super chip.  Intel’s Teraflop Research chip is no larger than a normal chip, but according to Intel’s CEO, Justin Rattner the super chip can do the same task that took 10,000 processors in 1997.

Sony’s gaming spokesperson describes Nintendo Wii fans as mere amateurs compared to PS3’s hardcore, committed gamers, but they still only send 222,000 to the UK.   Many Wii-owners may take offence to the latest comments made by Sony’s spokesperson Dave Karraker, he said: Wii could be considered an impulse buy more than anything else, but we believe the PS3 will be the console to attract hardcore, committed gamers, while Wii will do little beyond satisfying new and causal players.

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<P><B><FONT size=2>Gadgetry goodness is in abundance this year so we've produced this guide to ensure you are the first to know about the must-have, state-of-the-art technology for 2007. </FONT></B></P><P><B><FONT size=2>Read on, then go ahead and impress your mates with your knowledge of the best new gear that your hard earned cash can buy!</FONT></B></P>

Who Needs Vista Anyway? If less is more, it is hard to accept that we have to fork out the equivalent of the average monthly mortgage repayment to give our computer’s operating system a make-over.

Sony has finally announced the UK launch of their flagship next-generation games console, the Playstation 3. Since the launch of the Playstation 2, gamers have been made to wait for 6 years in anticipation of Sony’s gaming trilogy finally becoming complete.

Microsoft is sticking to its guns in defence of the digital rights management system integrated into the flagship operating system, Vista, despite being under fire from experts.    Microsoft’s plan to protect high definition movies and music against acts of piracy, via Digital Rights Management (DRM) and their Vista Copy Protection System, has been rejected by experts who believe it could have the opposite effect.

Notebook devices are designed to make life easier with their portability, extended battery life, and quick and responsive processes, and with its new auxiliary display feature, the Asus W5Fe makes life that little bit more effortless.

Hitachi is preparing themselves for the release of the long awaited Terabyte which to the Average Joe is the next step up from the Megabyte with its trillion bytes. It goes without saying that this is major news for companies and businesses that demand data storage, which inevitably continues to grow.

Just like Rudolph this Christmas, Microsoft refuse to be left out of all the HD DVD player games. By launching the Xbox HD DVD player for just £130, Microsoft are playing with the HD big boys.

Hauppauge Digital, the leader in PC TV technology, has announced the world’s first triple tuner TV card, the WinTV HVR-3000. This new TV card will allow owners to receive any free-to-air TV, digital satellite or analogue TV (including cable) on their PC.