Not exactly a 'sleb you want to see toting the new iPhone days after it launched, Coleen McLoughlin has been blamed for slow sales in the UK, in urgent rumours spreading throughout the technology industry (made up by me).

Fanboys across the country are signing petitions, urging the D-lister to make like her fashion icon, Batman, and fly away to a distant land in that cape, so as to avoid any embarassing situations involving fingers being pointed, and the words "HA-HAH, YOU HAVE THE SAME PHONE AS WAYNE ROONEY'S MISSUS!" being uttered by Microsoft zealots.

(via The Sunday Mirror)

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Watching TV in the bathroom - the height of luxury. You may as well be eating truffles out of Evangeline Lilly's belly button, it is THAT MUCH FUN.

Usually the preserve of the rich and decadent, only the finest hotels and fanciest apartments give you the chance to watch Bruce Parry covered in animal poo from the superior comfort of a warm bath. But now you too can experience the dream of bath-based entertainment with the Digital Bathroom Television.

The price is a relatively non-decadent £940 for the cheapest 10.4" version, rocketing to a Formula One driver's birthday present to the mistress horror fee of £2876 for the full 32" extravaganza. It comes with a heated front to avoid condensation, so will also come in handy if you like to sit very very close to the screen.

It even has Freeview, so you can indulge in some late night TV quiz phone in action while enjoying a relaxing soap-down from the security of the only room in the house with a lock on the door. If you know what I mean.

(Via Born Rich)

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If there's one thing us fellas love more than football, it's gadgets! And with Jose Mourinho now leaving Chelsea and Stamford Bridge, he'll have a bit of time on his hands - plus a bit of spare cash no doubt with any payoff he may have got.

So, just in case he's sitting there at home today reading Tech Digest while watching the TV disect his and Roman Abramovitch's decision, here's our top five gizmos that the man in the funny coat might like. Five special ones for 'The Special One' I guess you could call it.

Kenpo iPod Jacket
All good football managers need a decent coat - not only does it keep them warm in the winter, it gives the papers something to write about and keeps the photographers busy flashing away. And if Jose wants to ditch that grey overcoat this winter, he could do worse than one of these casual iPod jackets from Kenpo.

Not only do they look pretty stylish, there's a hood to keep his shorn head warm and buttons in the sleeves to control the music player. Best of all, he could download the hilarious podcast from The Sun featuring Jose Mourinho impersonator Mario Rosenstock and remind himself of some fond memories! You can find it on the following page if you fancy a listen - just click below!

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It's logical enough that mobile operators 'recycle' phone numbers – hand out expired numbers to new customers. But what happens if you inherit the number of a celebrity? Thats' what happened to US college student Shira Barlow, who copped Paris Hilton's old digits when she bought a new mobile.

Since then, she's been getting a blizzard of calls – usually between 2am and 4am at the weekends – asking about nightclubs and parties in LA. However, when Paris recently went to jail, Shira also got calls offering their condolences. Did these people not realise inmates generally don't take their phones into prison with them?

Anyway, Shira plans to keep the number, but has unaccountably failed to use her good fortune to blag into any parties or swanky clubs. Yet.

(via I4U News)

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Love or loathe Formula One, there’s no doubt Lewis Hamilton is the best thing to happen to British sport since Wayne Rooney became the Premiership’s youngest scorer at the age of 16 and 360 days.

And with the British Grand Prix at Silverstone this weekend, Lewis should be looking to spend his hard-earned prize money on some great gadgets and top technology. So just in case he’s stuck for what to buy, here’s our Top 5 guide to some cool kit Lewis might want to take for a ride.

Becker Ferrari sat-nav (above)

Annoyingly for Lewis, he doesn't get to drive a Ferrari for a living - just a McLaren Mercedes. What a hard life. But he could always shell out for one of these Becker satellite-navigation systems branded up by the famous Italian firm.

But it’s well worth lapping up. It comes in Ferrari Corsa red or Daytona black and has a 4inch touchscreen and navigation for 37 European countries. That could well come in handy for Lewis to explore the sights when he finishes zooming around the local circuits.

Although he doesn't really need it during a race does he, it's not like he can take a wrong turn. Using an SD card, it also works as a picture viewer or music player. Out now, it costs around £300.

IT’S been a good weekend for FERRARI – a one/two in the French Grand Prix saw the team keep Brit favourite Lewis Hamilton at bay.

And recently the legendary car marque has been making in-roads into the gadget world, doing deals to get its logo and classic red colour on everything from laptops to speakers.

But does that make the technology any hotter than Michael Schumacher’s tyres or is such spurious branding really the pits?

Take a look at our top five Ferrari gizmos and decide for yourself.

Art.Engine speakers

They cost 18 grand but shoving the Ferrari logo on is sure to make them more attractive.

Which is useful, as they’re not that nice-looking.

Only 1000 of the tower systems have been made - sold in the UK through Sound Directions - and at 47inch tall, they are available in all the official Ferrari colours including Rosso Corsa and Nero.

It’d be more fun to give them an engine noise setting to annoy the neighbours!

HE'S the undisputed Queen of the celebrity bloggers but Perez Hilton is the first to admit he's a total technophobe.

In fact, he's only getting the internet in his flat next month when he moves - nearly THREE years after starting showbiz bible perezhilton.com.

But despite not being any good with gadgets, Perez told Tech Digest there is one gizmo he can't wait to get his hands on.

He said: "I really want an iPhone. They just look so cool."

Dame Shirley Bassey had a narrow escape this weekend, following her triumphant set at Glastonbury. No, she didn't eat one of the burgers. It's just another case of helicopter malfunctions repeating, I'm afraid.

The helicopter flying her home developed a fault, and had to crash-land in Surrey, clipping trees before coming to rest in someone's back garden. Don't worry folks: Dame Shirley was a trooper: "You could tell Dame Shirley had been through a terrible ordeal but she maintained her dignity," an eyewitness said.

What's the tech angle? Don't trust helicopters, obviously. Even the remote-controlled ones could take a man's head off at any second. Probably.

(via NME.com)

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Poor the Paris Hilton. She's been ordered back to jail by the nasty judge who sent her there in the first place, without a thought for her wealth health. And in prison, lest we forget, Paris won't have access to a mobile phone, and she sure as hell won't be sporting any diamonds. Unless she smuggled some in up her bottom, of course.

Anyway, talking of Paris Hilton, mobile phones and diamonds, now would be the time to remind you about Paris Hilton's Diamond Quest, a mobile phone game released last year that sees you swapping coloured gems around to please Paris. Buy a copy via the link below, and you'll help pay her legal fees. Sort of.

Paris Hilton's Diamond Quest

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She may be a MacBook Pro-toting jailbird, but at least Paris Hilton knows the way to earn big bucks - product placement all the way, baaaaby. That's hot, as she'd slur.

What I want to know from you eagle-eyed readers is what smartphone she's got clenched in those manky claws of hers. Whoever gives me the correct answer first will win a a Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970 Bluetooth Headset worth over £70. Read on below for how to enter...