It’s like something out of a movie, but it’s true: a New Orleans man was left praising God - and presumably Motorola’s quality assurance department - when a bullet headed straight for his heart was blocked by a RAZR, thus saving him from a likely death.

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So you thought Pioneer’s Kuro plasmas and Philips’ LED Lux LCD delivered the blackest black levels? Not according to Panasonic, which says its new 65-inch monster plasma screen boasts the world’s highest native contrast ratio of 60,000:1.

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We’ve managed to get our mitts on a Philips 42PFL9803 LCD television, one of the very first HDTVs to feature LED backlighting. Our first impressions: it’s a cracker that challenges - and maybe beats - Pioneer’s Kuro televisions in the contrast ratio stakes.

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Want a web surfin’, video playin’, touchscreen havin’ device that has a much bigger screen than an iPod touch? Then get ready to be happy, because the Archos 7 is finally on sale.

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It’s lunchtime once more, so stop whatever you’re doing, grab yourself a bite and settle down with the morning’s top stories - and there have been some good ‘uns.

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iPhone users rejoice! Apple has released a massive new update for the Messiah mobile, taking the firmware to version 2.2 and offering - at long last - over-the-air podcast downloads direct from iTunes. That means you can, yep, download podcasts when you’re out and about, via both Wi-Fi and 3G; there’s no need to download [...]

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Humax has announced that its long-awaited FOXSAT-HDR set-top box, which allows viewers to both watch and record high definition Freesat chanels, will finally go on sale from 22nd November.

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iPod docks are everywhere, but most are cheap, nasty and unoriginal. You can’t say that about the latest offering from high end hi-fi makers Marantz - the IS301 Wireless iPod Dock is, well, wireless. And an iPod dock, clearly.

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