Next time you go travelling across Europe, think about packing some software. European Travel Companion provides you with eight handy CD-ROMs to improve your language skills and help you find your way around the leading cities.

If you are heading for Paris, the Great Cities of Europe discs let you quickly call up maps of the streets and discover useful local information about tipping at restaurants, bank opening hours and airport contact details. The information is concise and e..

This is a cheerful and unique stacking toy from BRIOs classical infant preschool wooden and soft toy collection. Designed to stimulate children through play, this soft, yet hardwearing toy made of a velveteen fabric is fun and versatile. Stack them up, pull them, shake them and throw them around. This toy means lots of fun for the preschooler.

It is made up of a base, a central holder which is detachable and three rings. Each ring has a different activity, the small ring has a bell, the middl..

LEGO Baby toys are designed to stimulate the body, mind and emotional skills. The Shape & Colour Sorter certainly fills its potential, as it is both brilliant and versatile. Hardwearing, with washable soft toys, it is aimed at babies of nine months and over. With each block and soft toy having a different colour and sound, the toy helps to teach colour recognition, sorting, storytelling, and stimulates social skills.

Open the door on a block and inside is a little soft animal; a round frog t..

Baby All Gone is a happy looking doll, with a soft, squishy body but more solid legs, arms and head. She has shiny blonde hair, big blue eyes and a lovely pink dress bearing a print of her favourite fruits--cherries.

Baby All Gone comes with a "real" milk bottle and a jar of "cherries". First the milk bottle needs to be filled: simply hold the milk preparation can against the top of the bottle and it will magically fill in with "real" milk. When the bottle is pressed into the babys mouth, the..

Aimed as an introduction to the overall LEGO concept of open-ended, imaginative play, the Light and Sound Stacker has all the elements needed to explore the basic concepts of "put together/take apart", but is also updated with the latest technology to build an understanding of cause and effect as well. Place a brick on this butterflys bright green body and his antennae light up and one of three soft chimes sounds.

The set is geared for babies aged 9 months and over who are just beginning to ..

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..