It was the dream of the connected digital lifestyle future. A fridge that would remember your shopping list, tell you when you're running low on anything, and even contact the supermarket. So what happened?

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The Olympus PEN E-P1 may look like a throwback to retro photography, but it’s expensive and flawed. However, it's beautiful image quality renders almost impossible to dislike.

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New phones include a games focused-model and fashionable handsets that come with matching hi-fi headphones.

The strange, the antique and the downright geeky – we chronicle the 10 best (and worst) vintage tech advertisements of all time

With a new Ghostbusters game coming in 2009 and released by original '80s kings Atari, we pay homage to those games that honour the '80s best. Have the '80s become better with age or are just kidding ourselves?

The Harwell computer will become the oldest functioning electronic stored program device in the world if Bletchley Park boffins can raise the funds to get it fixed

While Apple has banned a C64 emulator on the iPhone, it seems you'll have no problem playing classic emulation ROMs like Maniac Mansion or Space Taxi if you own a Google Android phone.

PC Authority takes a trip down computer memory lane and discovers just how PC technology has evolved... and how Microsoft and IBM nearly destroyed each other.

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It looks eerily similar to the retro 1963 PEN, yet the Olympus EP-1 is bleeding edge. Meet one of the most interesting compact cameras you'll see this year

Remember Secret of Monkey Island? Here are some the hidden gems of the Web, from sites celebrating LucasArts adventure games, to ancient Ataris and long-lost hardware from your childhood.

Looking similar to a retro portable radio, the PictureMate has a touch of style to it that is backed up by the overall quality of the product. At a buck under $400 it won’t appeal to everyone, particularly seeing as it’s a dedicated photoprinter, requires its own specialist photo pack and restricts you to postcard sized prints.

Wii-style Virtual Console download service to offer retro Game Boy and Game Boy Advance titles

Ahead of its official unveiling tomorrow, pictures hit the net of Olympus' retro-looking, Micro Four Thirds-packing E-P1

Project Arcade, subtitled Build Your Own Arcade Machine, takes a shot at being the definitive guide to sticking a PC into a wooden cabinet for the single purpose of playing retro arcade games. It's a big task, and author John St. Clair almost gets there.

Think you know Microsoft software? Think again, as the Microsoft harnesses the term as a cute tag for its new clothing line.

Over 10,000 music stations via wireless - no turning on your PC, no fiddling with software. Is the ASUS AIR the reason to finally switch to Net radio?