Philips Essence 42" LCD – wall-mountable TV for the lazy, weak & rich

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Philips has released another LCD that I can’t afford. They’re not alone in the practice. Most television manufacturers bring out sets I can only dribble over with reassuring regulatory.

This particular untouchable boasts 100Hz technology and lightening fast 2ms response time to keep your evening of Coronation Street free from juddery, blurred images. Oh and the contrast ratio’s 66,000:1. Peanuts really…

HDD Clock – what time is it? It's geek o'clock!

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For some reason I have it in my head that clocks are rather redundant. I don’t think I own one any more? Do you? I’m not talking about microwaves or stereos or radios and such with clocks in them but dedicated clocks with their only raison d’etre to tell the time.

I haven’t really wanted one for a while but this HDD Clock has changed my mind. Why? Well, because it’s bloody safe, that’s why…