Dref-AB on the rampage.

DRam and handset profits offset Flash and LCD slump.

Solid state drives from 32GB to 128GB on the way.

One-off patent licence payment helps keep media player firm afloat.

Phase-change memory promises to replace Flash and DRam.

External hard disks are a great way to add storage. We test 13, from sub-$130 portable drives to mighty terabyte desktop units.

16Gb Nand memory co-developed with SanDisk.

For Sony, the advent of MP3 must have been a particular irritation. After all, well before MP3 achieved any popularity Sony had released its own perceptual encoding/compression system for digital audio: ATRAC.

Speculation rife as profit margins hit four-year low.

40 per cent drop in 12 months.

The Finns’ new hat-trick of XpressMusic phones are primed and ready for downloading duty

New range of drives coming in 2009, including a world-first 512GB solid state unit from Toshiba.

Now has biggest market share in thin client market.

More storage and a bigger screen address the main issues that arose with the original, but the price has risen too.

With new, supercharged battery life, the new iPods offer superb design and performance. But compatibility caveats remain.

Nokia has outed the 6700 slide and 7230, two colourful sliders aimed at social networkers on a budget

DJ Ditty killed after 11 months.

Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 can be upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.5.

N96 'multimedia computer' expected to cost €550.

Toshiba's PDA strategy is clear: business users should opt for the larger, more flexible e750 (above), while consumers are catered for by the e350. After all, this has all the features most people need in a sleek package that won't break the bank.