As surely as leaves fall in autumn, successful cute 3D platform adventures get their sequels. Croc 2 is the follow-up to Croc: Legend of the Gobbos , and its just as pretty, gently taxing and involving as its predecessor. As Croc embarks on a search for his long-lost parents, he soon finds himself up against the minions of Baron Dante (his adversary from the first game) before discovering that the Baron has risen from the grave and is out for Crocs blood.

Like most sequels, C..

The Sony DCR-TRV130 Digital8 Camcorder provides a good introduction to the world of digital video, being an easy-to-use and capable entry level digital camcorder. Despite being Sonys "best value" Digital8 camcorder, the TRV130 has a list of features that would fill this review on its own.

The Digital8 format uses standard 8 mm tapes to store digital video rather than the more expensive MiniDV format. You can fit up to 90 minutes on a single tape in LP mode. The TRV130 is respectably compact a..

The Sony DSC-P9 builds on the success of earlier models from Sony such as the DSC-P1 and DSC-P5. The DSC-P9 adds a high performance four-megapixel CCD and combines it with an excellent quality 3x optical zoom lens. The chief selling point of the DSC-P9 has to be its diminutive size--this really is among the smallest feature-rich digital cameras on the market at just 113x53x36 mm.

First impressions are very positive with only Canons IXUS range coming close to the "want one now" factor. The met..

The Sony DSC-P1 digital camera epitomises everything that you would associate with Sony products; a combination of style, build quality, technical proficiency and desirable features. The compact chassis, in its two-tone silver and blue finish, looks attractive and has a good feel to it--substantial without being overly weighty. It sits comfortably in your hand and the controls are all logically laid out, with a sensible menu structure implemented on the LCD viewfinder.

The camera has a 3.3 Me..

The Canon EOS D30 is a high-end digital camera that will appeal to professional, semi-professional and serious amateur photographers who need the immediacy of digital photography together with the ability to produce high quality prints up to A3 size.

As its name implies, the D30 is based on Canons conventional (film) EOS 30 camera body and it has most of the functions you would expect from a top quality camera. There are also one or two useful extras on the 30s, such as the integrated dioptr..