Three is the magic number

Three-inch LCDs seem to be the feature-du-jour in ultra-compact cameras and two newcomers from Sony and Canon sport fine examples of these luscious large viewfinders. Sony's T30 and Canon's Ixus 65 are very alike and cost the same but there is a winner on points: read the full comparison in today's paper.

In games, Half-Life 2: Episode 1 (PC) takes up right where the stonking finale of HL2 left off and though it's more like an expansion pack than an entirely new game (as seems it was intended), the brilliance of the original shines through. Me and My Katamari brings the ball-rolling, object-collecting lunacy of the cult PS2 hits to PSP - the usual control/camera PSP issues apply. TalkMan is no game and aspires to be a translator with built-in voice recognition for the PSP. But its success is hit and miss, yet it's an interesting learning tool for picking up languages.