Best smartphones for Christmas 2012
Has your trusty handset finally given up on you? Is it scratched up beyond all recognition? Treat your pockets to something new and shiny from our selection of hand-picked smartphones
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Bernar Venet Bugatti Veyron proves art can have four wheels
Feast your eyes on artist Bernar Venet’s stunningly painted Bugatti Veyron. Then realise you’ll never have the pleasure of driving one. Then weep
PhoneJoy gamepad turns your phone into a portable console
It’s not the first mobile game controller by any means, but a few nifty features make the PhoneJoy a Kickstarter project to look out for
BBC launches new Connected Red Button service
Aunty Beeb’s got an early Christmas present for Virgin Media customers to unwrap this week
Vectrex Regeneration iOS app takes us back to the 80s
Producers of retro apps have clearly exhausted all the successes of yesteryear – this app harks back to the failed 80s games console
Apple wireless charging patent hints at cable-less future
It may be a way off but Apple could be planning a wireless charging future for future products
Sony patent reveals DualShock and Move wand hybrid controller
Sony combines the trusty Dual Shock controller with the Move motion wand in a new patent
Best garden gadgets for Christmas 2012
Get on top of the garden in 2013 with these top tools (and, yes, at least one of them is a robot)
Turn your Retina Display into a CRT monitor with the Blinky text editor
Who needs pin-sharp resolution? The Blinky text editor revives the dubious pleasures of using an old CRT monitor on your shiny new Mac
Best camcorders for Christmas 2012
Dare you dream of making a Christmas movie that’ll be run in the TV schedules for decades to come? Here’s the kit to get you started
Super Mario Beads 3 is the best stop motion video we’ve ever seen
Words – for once – have failed us. Stop whatever you’re doing and click on through to a huge dollop of Mario goodness
Xbox 720 release date slated for Christmas 2013
Anyone want to guess what Santa’s going to be busy delivering next year?