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A week with: Garmin Edge 810 bike satnav
Price: ÂŁ379.99 Screen: 2.6-inch touchscreen Battery life: 17 hours Maps: Built in mapping and Ordinance Survey compatible Connectivity: Automatic Bluetooth syncin What is it? A satnav for your bike. Well actually, it's more of a weatherproof computer for
Motoring review: Citroën DS3 Cabrio
Price: from ÂŁ15,045 (ÂŁ19,680 as tested) Engine capacity: 1.6-litre petrol Power output (bhp @ rpm): 155 @ 6,000 Top speed (mph): 132 0-62 mph (seconds): 8.2 Fuel economy (mpg): 47.9 CO2 emissions (g/km): 137 There are a couple of schools of thought as to
Cyber Culture: VPNs are a virtual haven in a censored world (and a handy way to watch American television)
If there's one person who's unlikely to tweet today about what a terrible week he's having, it's the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "Social media is the worst menace to society," he said a few days ago, infuriated at the way...
Fury as Jeremy Hunt halts reform of children’s heart units
It has taken a dozen years, involved one of the worst scandals in the NHS’s history and involved five reports. But today, a national plan to concentrate children’s heart surgery in fewer centres for safety reasons was halted and its architects sent back
A drag for the makers of e-cigarettes? Crackdown will treat them as a drug
Miracle cure for smoking or saviour of the tobacco industry, next big thing or fleeting celebrity fad - the electronic cigarette divides opinion, but its status in the UK has just become much clearer. For the first time e-cigarettes are to be regulated a
Q&A: How do e-cigarettes work?
For the first time e-cigarettes are to be regulated as medicines – meaning they will have to meet strict safety standards or be banned. How do they work? E-cigarettes are battery-powered and contain liquid nicotine. As you inhale on the device, the nicot
Video: when Gadget Grant - and a headcam – took on the Fort William mountain bike range
We sent Gadget Grant (aka Grant Gibson, the Herald & Times digital innovation manager) to Fort William's famous mountain bike range to try out a new headcam, the GoPro Hero 3.
It's in-app-ropriate! Nature reserve tells visitors to stop using birdsong apps
Mobile phones have become an unexpected threat to birds because apps mimicking their song divert them from the business of nesting. Dorset Wildlife Trust is launching an online campaign to raise awareness after several incidents on Brownsea Island in Poo
E-cigarettes to be licenced and treated as 'medicines' for first time in UK
Electronic cigarettes are to be regulated as medicines for the first time in the UK – meaning they will have to meet strict safety standards or be banned. The nicotine-containing products, which have become increasingly popular around the world with 1.3m
Jeremy Hunt halts controversial closures of children's heart units
It has taken a dozen years, involved one of the worst scandals in the NHS’s history and involved five reports. But finally, a national plan to concentrate children’s heart surgery in fewer centres for safety reasons was halted and its architects sent bac
Jeremy Hunt halts Leeds, Leicester and London child heart unit closures
Plans to close three children's heart surgery units were today suspended by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Mr Hunt said that plans to close the units in Leeds, Leicester and west London were to be put on hold after an independent review suggested that the
PS4 vs Xbox One: Who comes out on top as Sony and Microsoft go head-to-head at E3 games expo 2013?
So. Dust has settled, hands have been shown, and metaphors have staled into cliché. Both Sony and Microsoft have revealed their eighth-generation consoles and fan-boys on both sides are proclaiming victory in comment sections around the net. Whilst the g
In pictures: A closer look at Sony's PS4 console and games at the E3 expo
Unveiled at E3 last night, Sony's new PS4 looks sleek and dangerous. Sony are promising more than 140 titles in the works, but even judging by those on display last night, the PS4 does look like a gamer's dream come true. Have a look through our gallery
Jeremy Hunt halts child heart unit closures
Plans to close three children's heart surgery units were today suspended by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Mr Hunt said that plans to close the units in Leeds, Leicester and west London were to be put on hold after an independent review suggested that the
A vision of post-apocalypse Britain? Eerie computer-generated images reveal how UK landmarks could crumble...
Gone are the neat flowerbeds, the clipped verges and the elaborate decor. After years of neglect, the once glorious Buckingham Palace is now little more than a shell; a crumbling royal residence that looks more like a long-abandoned medieval ruin than th
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