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Sandisk Extreme II 240GB
Sandisk Extreme II 240GB review
SSDs

Excellent read and write speeds and a reasonable price per gigabyte make this a Best Buy

£223 inc VAT
Pro Softnet IDrive
Pro Softnet IDrive review
Software

Cheap and easy to use, this remains one of our favourite online backup services, but you 'only' get 150GB of backup space

£33 inc VAT
Kingston MobileLite Wireless
Kingston MobileLite Wireless review
External hard drives

Not a bad wireless storage reader, but it’s not as polished as the competition

£41 inc VAT
Carbonite
Carbonite Home
Software

Carbonite’s great if you just need a simple online backup service for one PC but it doesn’t provide many extra features

£40 inc VAT
Sony NC85 Noise-Cancelling Earphones
Sony XBA-NC85 review
Headphones

Eradicating the battery pack is a step forward, but the NC85s are incredibly expensive

£375 inc VAT
SOS online backup main interface
SOS Online Backup Home & Home Office review
Software

Fairly expensive, with an aging client, but we like the web interface and local backup capabilities

£60 inc VAT
Samsung F8500
Samsung 64″ F8500 Series 8 Smart 3D Full HD Plasma TV review
TVs

Samsung's best plasma TV to date makes an impression, but it's very expensive

£2700 inc VAT
Sony VAIO Fit
Sony VAIO Fit review
Laptops

A great value laptop with dedicated graphics, but its screen and keyboard just hold it back from an award

£949 inc VAT
Huawei Ascend P2
Huawei Ascend P2
Mobile phones

A good-looking smartphone and a great screen, but the P2 has some performance niggles

£339 inc VAT
Pikmin 3
Pikmin 3 review
Gaming

Cute, charming and full of character, but not quite the Pikmin evolution fans might have hoped for

£32 inc VAT