High-profile short films from around the world are now getting made on DSLR cameras, thanks to rapidly improving sensors and prices. Judge for yourself, with these five videos made with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

If there was ever an example of a great concept inadequately executed, it was the VR helmet. Hollywood might of loved it - but everyday punters saw otherwise.

A gorgeous new controller makes this the best Sonos system ever – just take note of that high price.

The internet's most famous meme has now turned up on Australian iPhones, infecting vulnerable jailbroken phones with the 80s pop star's image - proving that not all malware is humourless.

Forget the corporate tie, BlackBerry has teamed up with Boost to aim the smartphone at celebrity-mad teens with a pre-paid offer

A father and son team have completed an arduous 3000km journey across Australia on an ex-'postie' motorcycle, all for the sake of proving that the impossible can be done with expensive Polish alcohol

Some of the wildest, weirdest and most useful gadgets and gizmos for kids - or big kids at heart

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.