Mp3s

Review

Toss-up: Android streaming apps

Adam Turner Rather than leave your movies and TV shows locked away, you can stream them from your Android gadgets to screens around your home.

HomeTech

Three-way shootout: mini sound systems

Sony MHCEC7091.

Sight and Sound Rod Easdown turns the volume up and reviews a trio of mini-systems.

Review

Toss-up: Wi-Fi extenders and music streamers

wi fi

Adam Turner Wi-Fi extenders fix wireless black spots, but these two also stream music.

Sight & Sound

Cross the deep Blu-ray sea

Laser BD1000.

Sight and Sound If you want to play American Blu-rays, you'll need to exercise dogged persistence.

Games

Virtual reality, goggles and all, attempts return

Oculus VR's headset.

Derrik Lang It's back. The virtual reality headset, the gizmo that was supposed to seamlessly transport wearers to three-dimensional virtual worlds, has made a remarkable return at this year's Game Developers...

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HomeTech

The Blu-ray compromise

Oppo BDP-105.

Sight and Sound Buying a Blu-ray player is not an easy business, and it's likely to become more difficult as ultra-high definition comes on stream.

Smart TVs

Attentive viewing

Smart tv

Have smart TVs finally come of age? Jenneth Orantia investigates 2013's most intelligent offerings.

Shootout

Samsung Galaxy S4 v the rest

galaxy s4

Jenneth Orantia Samsung has left nary a stone unturned in its latest flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, but is it enough to stave off the fierce competition?

Review

Transformer AiO P1801: Weird 'Windroid' better in theory than fact

The Transformer AiO P1801

Reviewed by Rich Jaroslovsky The Windows and Android operating systems have had one thing in common: Both are designed to work on many different kinds of hardware.

Wearables

Time is ripe for smartwatches, analysts say

iWatch concept

Rob Lever Amid much speculation on the future of the "smartwatch", the consensus is growing: the time is right.

Macman

It's only a matter of time

iwatch

Macman Will an Apple wristwatch be the next big thing we did not know we craved until we saw it?

Gadgets

Gadget graveyard

Gadgets

Adam Turner The world of gadgets has had more than its fair share of epic fails.

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Apple

Apple iWatch could be more profitable than TV

iwatch

Peter Burrows and Olga Kharif Apple's wristwatch-style device, still in development, may prove more profitable than a television.

Dick Tracy

Smart watches gain interest and popularity

Pebble

Martha Mendoza With hands truly free, smart watch wearers can read texts, see who is calling them, scan Twitter or Facebook feeds - and even tell the time.

Digital radio

The sweet sounds of revolution

young woman listening to music wearing headphones

Adam Turner The internet hasn't killed the radio star, instead it has opened up a whole new audience online.

Sight and sound

Monster screens excite TV sellers

Sharp LC90LE740X television

Rod Easdown Oversize televisions are the bright spot of a struggling industry.

Internet TV

TV pilots turn to net, not networks

Arrested

Brian Stelter Companies are creating new networks for television through broadband pipes and giving rise to new rivalries.

Music

Apple, Beats discuss music streaming service

Poornima Gupta and Ronald Grover Apple has held talks with Beats on a potential partnership involving Beats' planned music-streaming service, sources say.

Review

Toss-up: online movie rental services

popcorn

Adam Turner Rather than buy yet another set-top box, you might be able to watch movies online directly via your TV or Blu-ray player.

Travel

Flying high, high-tech

Travel

Adam Turner Whether you're planning to trek around the world or to simply lie on the beach, it pays to throw the right gadgets in your travel bag.