David Fearon introduces 3D models and rendering

Welcome to the first zombie movie we’ve seen that’s actually any good. Left 4 Dead finally gets gaming away from the trigger-point mechanic: you have no idea if a dozen zombies are around the corner, or one, or none.

Brief reviews of new products, plus updates on items we've already featured.

High performance with a matching price tag.

They may look big and complicated, but a digital slr is just as easy to use and takes far better pictures than a pocket digicam

Canon’s SLR fails to make the enormous splash of its predecessors, but it’s still a great camera in its own right.

More expensive than its direct competition, but thanks to its brilliant features the D80 is money well spent.

Rarely has a new camera received as much attention as the EOS 300D, released amid a flurry of excitement among photographers and a massive marketing campaign. Why the fuss? Because it's a true 6.3-megapixel digital SLR for under $2,000 including lens. It sounds expensive in the context of the cameras in this month's digital cameras Labs, but the previous generation of several models in that test were nudging a grand when they were released.

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