In a world first, we've managed to get our hands on a review unit of Sony's stunningly thin ultraportable. Most surprisingly, it sports the newest Atom chip from Intel - the Z550 2.0GHz and GMA 500 graphics.

So, the last big name has fallen. HP gave out in April 2008, and both Dell and Toshiba's resistance crumbled by the autumn. But it's taken Sony until the middle of 2009 to produce what it confesses to be a netbook, the VAIO Mini W Series.

It’s gorgeous, but it can’t match Sony’s own Z-Series for sheer ultraportable excellence.

The Sony HDR-XR200VE mini cam uses gyros to provide image stabilisation, and has an inbuilt GPS receiver

A stunning piece of design matched with excellent battery life, but with an Atom inside the price is surely too high

The A330 is a competent, fully featured and easy to use DSLR, but a backward step in some respects.

Sony’s Z-Series is an ultraportable to aspire to, even if there are a couple of areas where it could improve.

It may be lovely, but Sony’s under-powered P-series costs too much and features features poor battery life.

It’s missing a couple of key features, but nevertheless, Vegas Pro is highly sophisticated and quick to use for serious video editors.

Costly and fiddly to use, despite a decent keyboard and high-resolution screen.

Hot on the toes of Panasonic, Sony has just released their new Bravia HD TV range including a 5-star energy efficient WE5 series and the 200Hz MotionFlow Z5500 series.

From Betamax to Amiga, here's a list of those IT innovations that fell under the bulldozer. Some were cruelly robbed of their advantage, others threw it away with bad management

Soon to be launched Vidzone works via the Sony Playstation menu and offer users a high quality YouTube alternative for finding music. Given YouTube's massive popularity, will people really care enough?

With few specs released, the Sony Vaio X series remains a tech mystery, as industry commentators struggle to decide if the ultra-thin, ultra light notebook is a winner

Sony launched a host of new products today, including new Sony camera, TV and notebook models. Most surprising of all are the crocodile skin CS series notebooks

Sony 3D TV to go into mass production next year – brace yourselves for an extra dimension to home theatre

Do you remember Windows ME, the Sinclair C5, Zip disks or the Apple III? Early adopters usually pride themselves with getting the finest tech products first, but sometimes being first isn’t always best.

Thanks to finger-friendly Windows 7, Sony will be offering touchscreen laptops overseas from October this year

Sony's newest Bravia range include the world's thinnest LCD, the Bravia ZX1. Sony also launch their newest Picture Frame models and wireless Bravia televisions for 2009. We list the new range of Sony models here.

Sony sells five types of "Full HD" televisions with HDMI inputs and integrated high definition TV tuners - the XBR, Z, W, E, and V series. So which is best for you?