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BabelQuest are a mobile marketing firm based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

An interim first quarter report from BabelQuest indicates a significant increase in business volumes going to the company.

Leading bathroom and wetroom products supplier Bathroom2u has added to its range of high quality Deva taps with the sale of Deva Artesian taps.

A two-day Nanotechnology Seminar organised by Oxford Instruments at IISc Bangalore, India, last week attracted over 200 attendees from both academia and industry, from all over India.

Google has teamed up with NASA to buy the world's second commercial quantum computer.

BabelQuest are a mobile marketing firm based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

An interim first quarter report from BabelQuest indicates a significant increase in business volumes going to the company.

Billed as the "no-nonsense Android phone", the Sony Xperia E is a phone that certainly lives up to its modest hype. It's an entry-level smartphone covering the basics well.

The Motorola RAZR HD is a superslim yet ultra-strong Android phone with a 4.7 inch HD screen, outstanding battery performance and 4G compatibility.

Whereas the Galaxy S3 was all about the hardware, the S4 is much more about software. That's partly because the S3 already did "enough" with its 4.8 inch HD display and quadcore processor.

The Galaxy Note 8.0 was announced by Samsung at MWC 2013 in February and is due for release this Spring. No price has yet been announced. Join us in our first "hands-off" review of the new tablet.

HTC's flagship phone for 2013 has an aluminium unibody and a 4.7 inch Full HD 1080p display. A radical UltraPixel camera promises better quality images, and the Zoe camera feature turns your shots into mini music videos.

Sony have produced some nice Android phones in the past year, but it's been a while since they launched a genuine superphone. But clear the decks - the last word in Xperia smartphones is here.

The first Windows Phone 8 smartphones were very expensive, so it's great to see a very affordable option opening up the new OS to a wider user base.

The BlackBerry Z10 is a pure touchscreen phone running the new BlackBerry 10 operating system With a 4.2 inch HD display, a powerful virtual keyboard and user interface, it's a great phone for power users, especially with 4G.

BlackBerry 10 is a touch-based operating system, but it also supports a range of phones with physical QWERTY keyboards, which is the company's key historical strength and what it is best known for.

The LG BP520 is a good value Blu-Ray player with Smart TV, 3D playback and optional Wi-Fi.

The LG BP420 is good value Blu-Ray player with Smart TV and 3D playback.

The Samsung BD-E6100 is a superb Blu-Ray player that does pretty much everything you could ask, yet costs little more than £100.

The entry-level Samsung BD-E5300 Blu-Ray player is a real bargain!

A stylish Freesat receiver with the new free time catch-up TV service, plus outstanding connectivity and a big 1TB disk for recording.

Humax's YouView box gets an upgrade with a premium silver finish and 1TB of recording space.

The HDR-Fox T2 is a competent Freeview receiver with great recording and networking capabilities, but it isn't the friendliest system we've tested.

YouView is an extension to the popular Freeview digital broadcasting system, adding additional content via the internet. The Humax DTR-T1000 is the first YouView box on the market.

HTC's Windows Phone 8S delivers the joys of Windows Phone 8 at a budget mid-range price.

The Nook HD beats the Amazon Kindle HD in screen resolution, but we prefer Amazon's content to Barnes & Noble's at present.

The Vodafone Smart Tab 2 is an entry-level 7 inch tablet running Android Ice Cream Sandwich and offering the benefit of 3G HSPA connectivity in addition to Wi-Fi for true portability.

This 51 inch plasma screen is an extremely compelling proposition due to its outstanding picture quality, Smart TV functions and high-end looks.

LG's flagship plasma TV isn't noticeably better than its cheaper models and fails to justify its premium price.

Of all LG's plasma range, this 50 inch model seems to offer the best trade off in terms of price vs features, although it won't completely satisfy film buffs when it comes to picture quality.

The Viera TX-P50VT50B must be the ultimate TV, with almost perfect 2D and 3D performance, and with an enormous 50 inch screen.

The Viera TX-P50ST50B represents exceptional value for money. A 50 inch plasma screen with outstanding 2D and 3D performance, plus Smart TV and good sound, and all for around £1000.

Panasonic's flagship 42 inch LED TV is a good all-round performer, but it's not the best and we can't find a reason to recommend spending all that money.

This Sony 40 inch TV offers Smart TV functionality at a competitive price, but is let down by poor picture and sound quality.

The ultimate LED TV from Samsung, with a mind-blowing 55 inch screen, excellent picture quality, and enough features and gadgets to satisfy anyone.

The ultimate Android tablet, with the fastest processor and highest resolution display available. It's missing 3G and a memory card slot, but it's the best you can buy for the price.

The Kindle Paperwhite is Amazon's most advanced e-reader with a higher resolution, higher contrast touchscreen, a built-in light and double the battery life.

Out of the big three games companies, Nintendo is the only one to release a brand new console in time for Christmas 2012. Should you be adding it to Santa's list?

Leading bathroom and wetroom products supplier Bathroom2u has added to its range of high quality Deva taps with the sale of Deva Artesian taps.

A two-day Nanotechnology Seminar organised by Oxford Instruments at IISc Bangalore, India, last week attracted over 200 attendees from both academia and industry, from all over India.

The Smart II is an entry-level Android smart phone made by Alcatel and exclusive to Vodafone.

It's that time of year again. Every Christmas brings a new incarnation of the Google Nexus phone. The 2011 version was the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and this time it's LG's turn with the Nexus 4.

The Galaxy S3 is Samsung's top-selling phone of 2012, but for some people it's just too big or too expensive. If you're one of those people, the Galaxy S3 Mini could be the answer.

Research in Motion (RIM) has announced that the new release of its operating system, BlackBerry 10, will be unveiled at a launch event on January 30th 2013.

Everything Everywhere (EE) offers the first 4G mobile network in the UK.

The Nokia Lumia 920 may have received the lion's share of press coverage, but it's little brother, the 820 offers most of the same features for a lot less money.

Technology review site S21 has announced its Phone of the Year 2012 poll.

The HTC Desire X is a mid-range Android smartphone that updates the popular Desire S.

HTC's "best phone ever" - the HTC One X - launched in April 2012 and 7 months later it's on the scrap heap. It's been replaced by the HTC One XL (a 4G version) and now the HTC One X+ (a souped-up 3G version).

The Windows Phone 8X is HTC's flagship WP8 smartphone. It's been two whole years since WP7 launched, and the 8X is priced right at the top of the market, so there was a very high expectation in advance of its release. Can it meet those expectations?

A new technology recently unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2012) changes the experience of window shopping forever. It is called the Smart Window by Samsung and garnered the innovation award this year at CES.

The Xperia J is a mid-range Android phone from Sony. In just 6 months, Sony has released a total of 8 Android phones, all called Xperia, so how does the peculiarly named "J" fit into the range and what is its unique selling point?

The new 4th-gen iPad looks exactly the same as the 3rd-gen iPad but with a new-style Lightning connector. It also has a faster A6X processor instead of the older A5X and a HD FaceTime video camera.

The Microsoft Surface for Windows RT. It's new. It's different. But what exactly is it? We're not certain that it's really a tablet. It looks suspiciously like a laptop. We're going to assume that it's a laptop unless it can prove otherwise.