IP, phone home

Internet phones are great but many people aren't prepared to sacrifice their existing landline handset and are loathe to keep two call-making devices lying around the house. Enter the Siemens C450 IP, a dual-mode handset which works just like a conventional landline handset but also hooks into your internet connection to provide cheap/free calls (note: not with Skype, sadly).

It requires that you have a spare ethernet port on your router/wireless modem and its design is a bit clunky but at €130 it's worth checking out. Read the full Siemens C450 IP review in today's paper.

In games, Viva Pinata is Microsoft's attempt to prove the Xbox 360 is good for more than shooters and racers. A kids' game bearing the hallmarks of Pokemon and Animal Crossing, Pinata is engrossing, open-ended and gorgeous.

Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded is yet another anthology of greatest hits, this time for the PSP and, typically, housing classics rubbing shoulders with dross. Singstar Legends may just be the fabbest version yet of the PS2 karaoke game - the hot tunes almost make up for the lack of innovation in the ageing title.

Finally, Marvel Ultimate Alliance (X360, etc) serves up a dream scenario for comic fans - the chance to play a host of the famous superheroes but the sprawling brawler may be less appealing to non-fans.