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Heads up, folks: If you're still looking to get a Pebble smartwatch, Amazon currently has them on sale for $120  — that's 20 percent off the full retail price. Best Buy does, too . We've no idea how long that price will last, and it's only good for the black or red colors. While you're at it, be sure to read through our Pebble roundtable for our take on the wearable. Thanks, Caleb!        

The Sony VPL-FHZ55 comes with some "world first" claims that deserve your attention. The first thing to notice, though, is that this is a weighty product, designed for semi-permanent installations in educational and corporate environments and - at 12kg - certainly not for carting between rooms. This is the first time we've seen a 3LCD projector - a projection chip technology popularized by Epson and Panasonic - get the lamp-less treatment, with Sony employing a blue laser light source. It's priced at around £7,000 (about US$11,490, AU$12,540) at launch and yet it could have been more expensive. The use of blue lasers keeps the cost of the VPL-FHZ55 down: red or green lasers would have pushed that price northwards. This is a serious projector: seriously bright and seriously long-lasting, and it's that last characteristic that's the reason for the VPL-FHZ55's existence. It's rated to keep on going for 20,000 hours, thereby avoiding the regular expense o...

Introduction The Gigabyte P25 is the new bread and butter in Gigabyte's lineup of gaming portables, cutting a nice line between the more sizeable 17-inch and it's slimline Ultrabook partner . Whereas those laptops have compromises, whether that's a larger screen or better portability, the P25 caters mainly for gamers who want the maximum amount of gaming performance, without having to lug an unnecessarily large chassis around with them. Mind you, at 2.8kg, the P25 isn't exactly what we'd call lightweight - nor is it particularly slim - but if you want decent graphics capabilities, something has to give. Thankfully, Gigabyte has done a decent job of reigning things in and maximising every inch of space. Are these the 20 best British games? The majority of competition in the gaming arena is from 17-inch laptops. The P25 has a 15.6-inch screen, so you're sacrificing a bit of screen real estate, but what you get is a much more portable chassis. It'll happily p...

In the past, Devolo have made some of our favourite powerline networking devices, such as the Devolo dLAN 500 AVtriple+ and the Devolo dLAN 500 AVplus . However, Devolo has noticed a problem with powerline networking devices, which is something it's tried to rectify with the branding and marketing of the new entry-level Devolo dLAN 500 WiFi Network Kit. Secure wireless network: top tips for secure Wi-Fi The problem is, not many people know what powerline networking is, or how it can help them improve their wireless connectivity throughout their house. Devolo's response to this is to rid the box the Devolo dLAN 500 WiFi Network Kit comes in, along with any marketing materials, of confusing jargon that means little to the majority of people. Instead, there are big, bold promises of easily improving the reach of your network and internet connection - both wired and wireless - throughout your house. Time will tell if this marketing push will pay off, but we can still check out th...