DISCOVER A CAR THAT PARKS ITSELF: THE NEW KIA CEE'D

More enjoyable than your everyday drive; flex steer allows you to choose between normal, comfort and sport settings depending on the road conditions or your mood. You'll find more clever technology in the new Kia cee'd. Fuel consumption figures in mpg (I/100km) for the new Kia cee'd 5-dr hatchback...

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10 REASONS TO BUY SAMSUNG SERIES 3 CHROMEBOX

    Google tags in the Korean giant for another Chrome OS double team, this time on a Mac Mini-esque ultra-svelte PC offering low-cost, cloud-based home computing.  1. CHROME IN THE HOME This is the firrst desktop device to run Chrome, Google's stripped-down, cloud-based OS 2....

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Wii U KICKS OFF GAMING'S NEW ERA

    While Xbox 720 and PS4 are keeping us waiting, the E3 expo wafted plenty of new hardware under our noses. We grabbed it with both, battle-scarred hands...     A year since T3 was flown out to LA to play a prototype and a full four years since the console was first conceived,...

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NEW PEUGEOT 208: LET YOUR BODY DRIVE

    Designed to be so light and ergonomic that driving is instinctive. Ample elbow room and a sporty steering wheel make manoeuvring effortless. And the improved economy and tower CO2 emissions will never compromise enjoyment. Put yourself in the driving seat of the new Peugeot 208 and...

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THREE HOT WATCHES: TIME FOR ACTION

    Three professional grade watches for petrol heads, gear heads and all other "heads" in search of chunktastic wrist bling. Graham Silverstone Stowe GMT With only 500 in the series, this boasts an automatic column-wheel chronography for increased accuracy. It's motor-racing themed —hence...

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The LEAP: HIGH ON E-MOTION

    The Leap brings next-gen, Kinect-beating gesture control to a computer near you...     Microsoft's Kinect has seen Xbox and PC users flapping their arms around en masse since 2010, but its usefulness beyond inexplicable fitness things for ladies and bedroom modders has been...

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Microsoft Windows Phone 8 released

    Completing the upcoming Windows assault starting line-up alongside Surface, the eighth iteration of MS's phone OS bring integrated Skype calls, more dynamic homescreen tiles and the NFC-enabled Wallet Hub to challenge iOS and Android.     Expect a fleet of new, higher-specced...

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Sony Xperia Go: THE BEAR GRYLLS OF BLOWERS

    This rugged looking fellow is Sony's first foray into "lifestyle-beating" handsets. The IP7- compliant handset's 3.5-inch screen is wrought from purest, scratch-resistant mineral glass and can track even moistened fingers. Inside there's a decidedly macho-sounding "NovaThor" 1GHz...

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Western Digital My Net N900 Router

    With no fewer than seven Gigabit ethernet ports and up to 900Mbps dual-band wireless connectivity, the N900 router (no modem here) is for garners, HD streamers and other Megabit-chomping bandwidth hogs. Cunning, if curiously spelled, FasTrack Plus tech automatically detects and prioritises...

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Sharp Aquos LC-90LE745U: behold the Megatelly

    LG's 55in OLED TV may be a wafer-thin slice of the future, but how many chances do you get to show off how light a television it is? Sharp's latest set Isn't as high-tech — though it still has 3D, smart services and an 8,000,000:1 contrast ratio — but it does have one advantage....

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Bang & Olufsen Playmaker: maybe it's a toaster

    As games go, there is none older or more popular than What-The-Hell-is-That. The ancients played it when they saw a meteor or unusual frog, the first scientists played it with early telescopes, and now we're playing it with Whatever-The-Hell-This_Thing is. A router? A smoke alarm?...

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Plane sight: Spyhawk

    Remote control planes are fun, but when flying one there's always that moment when your little plane is really high in the air, and it becomes a speck, and you realise that you, too, are just a tiny, temporary speck in an unimaginably huge, uncaring universe, Not if you're flying the...

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DenonAH-NCW500: PUMP UP THE VOLVO-UME

    Alltoo often when a gadgufacturer tries to make products 'retro' they end up looking like Sputnik satellites with a sideline in panini-making. But Denon has crafted a pair of high-end, noise-cancelling headphones that hark back to the true golden age of transport — Dad's car, c.1987....

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Hot stuff mix: Sony KDL-46HX853, Xbox 360, Sony BDV-N590, Sky + HD

Sony KDL-46HX853 Sony has got off to a flier with its 2012 TVs, so it seems churlish not to stay 'on brand': the HX853 combines stylish looks and superb pictures. Xbox 360 No PS3? Well, you've got Sony Music and Video Unlimited and a Blu-ray player on the cinema system, so fire-up Xbox Live...

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Hot stuff: Google Nexus 7 reviews

SPECIFICATION 1 FINISH The grippy, textured finish offers a comfy, secure hold. Perhaps "premium" isn't quite the word here, but it's not unpleasant 2 CAMERA The 1.2-meg front-facing camera caters for Skype video chats and multi-user Google+ Hangouts 3 SCREEN The resolution is 1280x800...

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Aspid GT-21 Invictus: THE FAST AND THE CURIOUS

    Sleek, menacing, desirable. But enough about Luke Peters' ed's letter photograph, this limited-edition supercar has an ultra-lightweight, 80kg "spaceframe" chassis, which can be bulleted to 62mph in under three seconds, and thence to 189mph, like a Batmobile being dropped off a cliff...

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NEW NOISE: Sony F800 Walkman

The 80s is having a revival right now, so what better time to "hang in a buffalo stance," listening to Yazoo on a Walkman? This one packs Android, Wi-Fi and a 3.5-inch touchscreen rather than a three-band graphic equaliser, and stores music on 8GB, 16GB or 32GB of RAM rather than stretchy cassette...

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