This week, video of the new HTC Desire HD surfaced, Microsoft hit back at Apple with ads explaining why "Macs might spoil your fun" and Tesco announced what it is calling the UK's cheapest mobile phone contract, at £6 a month.
We also added new apps to our round-up of the best free iPhone apps and updated our look at how the PlayStation 4 article with new rumours.
Read on for this week's top stories…
Top five news stories
HTC Desire HD shown off in video
HTC has never been particularly good at keeping things under wraps, but photos and videos of the new 'HTC Desire HD' show another level of leaking ability.
The pictures, from Chinese site Uwants, of the new device were the first to drop, showing a handset that looks very much like a hybrid of the HTC HD2 and the HTC Evo (which was only released in the US).
Microsoft hits back at Apple with PC vs Mac page
Microsoft has put up a PC vs Mac page, with the software giant defending Windows PCs against Apple's increasingly popular computers.
With Apple's computer sales buoyant, Microsoft appears to have decided to throw down the gauntlet to its rival, despite the huge success of Windows 7.
Microsoft's Kinect gets dissected
With Microsoft's Kinect ready to make its appearance for Christmas, T3 has been flown out to the US to take a lengthy look at how the technology works.
Three in-depth features from the gadget maestros take in the sensor, the motor and the way the voice recognition works.
Was Papermaster binned by Apple way before Antennagate?
Mark Papermaster, the senior executive that Apple worked so hard to pry from the 25-year grip of former employer IBM, is leaving the company after only two years in charge of the iPod and iPhone engineering teams.
Inevitably, there's speculation that he's been fired because of the iPhone 4's much-publicised aerial problems. But it may not be that simple.
Tesco offering £6 a month mobile contract
Tesco has launched what it is calling the UK's cheapest mobile phone contract, offering unlimited texts and 100 minutes for £6 per month.
The supermarket giant is offering a one-month SIM, so no huge contract length and, as you might expect, you also get the added bonus of Clubcard points.
Top five in-depth articles
There are now well over 200,000 apps available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and, surprisingly, many of the best are free.
The following list showcases our pick of the 30 best free iPhone apps, and includes iPhone applications for social networking, travel, news, photography, productivity and more.
PlayStation 4 - everything you need to know about the PS4
If Microsoft is secretly readying its next Xbox to succeed the Xbox 360, then surely Sony must be working on a PlayStation 4?
Speculation has been rife that the next console battle will be fought around 2011-2012.
This is when Crytek's CEO Cevat Yerli and industry analyst Colin Sebastian believed that a potential Xbox 720 and PS4 could appear. But does the market really need another generation of hardware?
Unlocking your iPhone can be a bit of a nightmare and it depends what network you're on and whether you're still in contract.
Once you've been informed by your network that your iPhone has been unlocked, you'll need to pop in your new SIM card and connect your device to iTunes to complete the process of the unlock – you can't just do it on the handset alone. iTunes will then confirm the unlocking of your handset.
10 unboxing videos to make you go WTF?
You've bought something? Good for you! Well done. You earned it. Remember to fill in the warranty card and send it off the manufacturer, just in case. And charge it up properly the first time, else you might knacker the battery.
What you shouldn't now do is film a video of yourself struggling to open the packaging and expressing interest in the fact you get a charger with it. Yet people do. People do all the time, thanks to the unboxing video having become a phenomenon, with boxes excitedly sliced open on film as if the user is the first person to see inside the miniature Tutankhamen's tomb a stressed Chinese factory worker sealed up several weeks earlier.
The 10 most influential computers in history
Some people view the digital revolution as being just a little over 50 years old – but the fact is, today's most powerful computers are the result of decades, centuries and even millennia of development.
At the beginning of the story, you could argue, we humans counted with our fingers, and from that clumsy process the Intel Core i7 was eventually born.
Top five reviews
Expectations were high for the HDR-FOX T2 and after feeling frustrated and let down by most other Freeview+ HD boxes it comes as something of a relief to be able to say that Humax has come up with the goods.
With the Nokia C7 looking like it'll pack Symbian S^3 when released, and MeeGo on the horizon, the Nokia C6 looks like it could be something of a swan song for Symbian S60 on the Nokia's smartphones.
The world's biggest commercial OLED screen arrives at a not-so-whopping 15-inches. It's a beautiful telly, but canyou justify spending £1,700 on one?
The Stream is the best smartphone we've ever seen from Acer. The hardware is well-designed and there is a lot of good stuff under the hood. But there are also many negatives.
A budget of £400 typically buys you a 26 or 32-inch LCD TV from one of major manufacturers. All credit to Hannspree, then, which has managed to deliver a fully blown 42-in, full HD set at this price.
Also reviewed this week
AV Accessories
TrickleStar TV TrickleSaver review
Coosis HD Universal Converter (Scart/HDMI) review
Desktops
YoYoTech Warbird 750 SE review
Chillblast Fusion Magnum review
Digital TV recorders
Graphics cards
Hard disk drives
Iomega eGo Mac Edition 1TB review
Memory
Crucial Ballistix 4GB DDR3 1600MHz review
Mobile phone accessories
IK Multimedia AmpliTube iRig review
Motherboards
EVGA Superclocked GTX 465 review
Networking
Galaxy Link Tsunami Wi-Fi Booster review
Printers
Epson Stylus Photo R2880 review
Canon PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II review
Storage
TVs
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