This week on TechRadar we reported on a slip from Play.com which possibly revealed the Apple iPad's UK price. We also got confirmation of when the HTC legend will be appearing in the shops and heard rumours about the Xbox 360's planned makeover.
Google Street View was also in the headlines with news that its camera cars and bikes have now mapped over 95% of the UK's streets, but worries on privacy weren't far behind.
We also revealed the 10 fastest graphics cards in the world today, looked at some of the oddest arguments that have raged on Wikipedia's pages, and argued the case for and against DRM in games.
Read on for this week's most popular stories on TechRadar…
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Has the iPad UK price been revealed by Play.com?
Apple has decided to keep the UK pricing of the iPad under lock and key but that hasn't stopped one third-party retailer from possibly blurting out a price for the company's tablet computer.
Play.com has been listed on Google Products as selling the Apple iPad for the UK price of £499 for the 16GB version and a whopping £699 for the bigger 64GB version.
Google Street View rolled out to 95% of UK
Google has expanded its Street View universe in the UK, photographing around 95 per cent of the country.
You can now virtually go and take a gander at deepest, darkest Somerset, the sunny docks of Arbroath, Scotland and even the lovely seaside village of Exmouth, Devon if you so wish.
HTC Legend gets UK release date
The HTC Legend has been given a UK release date for later this month - despite not having any confirmed operator support.
Clove Technology is offering the HTC Legend for just £320 SIM-free (£376 including VAT), and the phone will be shipped on 23 March.
Microsoft cracks down on Xbox Live homophobia
If you have ever played against strangers on Xbox Live then you have most likely been exposed to a whole array of homophobic insults, regularly blasted out by frustrated teens on the gaming service.
And while it is difficult for Microsoft – and its millions of gaming customers on Live – to effectively police the service to weed out this widespread homophobia, the fact that the company has now announced a change to its Code of Conduct for the service, whereby you can describe your sexual orientation as gay, straight, bi, lesbian or transgender - is a major step in the right direction towards trying to inform and educate the many ignorant gamers out there.
Xbox 360 to get a different look?
The Xbox 360 may well be in line for a makeover, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
The games console has stayed pretty much the same since its launch, a few colour changes aside, but Ballmer has hinted that this may all be about to change.
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10 unusual but cool iPhone apps
It's criminal how utterly dependent you can become on your iPhone or iPod touch.
But it's not enough to simply rely on it for communication, entertainment and locating a decent pub... Oh no, now fiendish app developers have found even more ways to tie you to Apple's addictive device.
12 things to expect from Virgin Media's next-gen box
Although Virgin Media are remaining coy on the details of its forthcoming next-generation TiVo-enabled boxes, there are plenty of assumptions that can be made.
With the partnership signed and sealed and development well underway on an interface that brings the Virgin Media hardware and the TiVo user experience together, what can you expect to find on the next-generation cable set-top boxes?
Top 10 fastest graphics cards in the world today
For much of the last 10 years, the graphics card market has been a bit of a dull place to be.
Similarly to how Intel has been completely dominating the CPU market, Nvidia has led the way with GPUs. However, the last couple of years have been a lot more interesting.
ATI's 4000-series cards at the end of 2008 offered up almost the same power as the Nvidia GeForce's of the time, but for almost half the price. This put ATI back in contention.Since then, of course, ATI products supporting Windows 7's DirectX 11 have emerged as the fastest and best graphics cards the world has ever seen.
And that's where we are now – with ATI's Radeon HD 5970 sitting firmly on top.
10 of Wikipedia's wackiest arguments
The premise of Wikipedia is laudable. A knowledge depository written and edited by the people, for the people.
The glue that keeps the site together is an evolving set of policies and guidelines, but, these guidelines are open to much interpretation and debate.
The first game containing Ubisoft's massively controversial new digital rights system, which kicks players out of the game if they lose their internet connection for any reason, shipped last week.
Silent Hunter V is just the first of many planned titles to include this 'feature', though a recent revelation that it's already been cracked may throw a spanner in the works. Nonetheless, gamers hate it with righteous passion, while the publisher thinks it's safeguarding PC gaming. So who's right? Well, everyone.
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Samsung, the famed Korean jack-of-all-technologies, is having another go at mastering the Android phone scene, after making a bit of a mess of it with last year's original Galaxy.
Sony Ericsson has come out with another Symbian-based smartphone - but is still a case of headline specs and very little substance?
After the success of the HTC Hero, the Taiwanese firm is back again with the first of its duo of Android 2.1 phones, the HTC Legend. It's a fantastic handset, and may well be the best ever.
At just £150 (at launch), there's plenty to like about the A3100. It doesn't lack resolution, or image quality, and while the features list might not be a mile long, nothing important is missing.
The 47PFL9664H's excellent picture performance, fine array of features and stylish, high-end design make it a very impressive LCD TV. Perfect if you're looking for a top-notch large screen and have the money
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