If you have a Thunderbolt equipped Mac, this little box of tricks offers up some handy ways of connecting it to other peripherals.

Get touch gestures in Windows 8 regardless of your hardware, with this external touchpad.

Use this digital pen to write notes on a pad of paper, then wirelessly send your notes to your PC.

The X-Rite Colormunki Display calibrates monitors and projectors, and comes complete with a friendly software package which contains step-by-step guides and video tutorials.

The StarTech 2 Port USB VGA KVM Switch with File Transfer and PIP is a KVM switch, which stands for Keyboard, Video and Mouse.

The idea of writing on a piece of paper for it then to appear on your Mac as ready-to-edit text is intriguing. That goes especially for anyone who has taken notes and had to type them up when they're next sat at their Mac.

StarTech.com returns with another snappily-named, though pretty useful, product. The StarTech USB 3.0 to HDMI/DVI External Video Card Multi Monitor Adapter is a basic external graphics card that transforms a USB 3.0 port into an HDMI or DVI output, enabling you to add a second monitor, or even an HD TV, to expand the desktop of your PC or laptop.

A mouthful of a name but a useful adaptor for gaining an HDMI port

A pen that brings touchscreen features to your laptop

The Livescribe Echo Smartpen brings note-taking into the 21st century

Add extra monitors to your PC through its USB ports

This stylish monitor stand is also a desk tidy and a USB hub

With sleek looks, more controls and 'DirectLink' with your software, does the Axiom rock hard?

Trackpad technology brings multi-touch gestures to your desktop Mac

Surely this will satisfy your need for USB ports?

An easy way to move from PC to Mac? In theory, yes…

We have a shining vision of the gaming future. It involves genuinely 3D graphics that are indiscernible from real life, tactile force feedback suits that simulate pressure and temperature and, very importantly, the removal of clunky manual control in favour of the power of thought alone.

It’s fitting that it’s a German company bringing the spirit of Faszination (YouTube it) to PC racing enthusiasts. Fanatec’s new wheel is an impressive replica of the cockpit of a modern Porsche 911.

Numark’s iDJ2 takes over from the iDJ, the first iPod mixing console to cross our tech radar back in 2005

If two PCs have to run through one monitor and you intend to use one keyboard and mouse, your choices are limited to how you proceed. That's why we've taken a look at ATEN's two-port switch, which provides stellar performance in a unit that won't look out of place in your home.

Plugging a monitor into your PC via USB, daisy-chaining your panels to provide a grand vista of screeny goodness, sounds like the stuff of dreams.

Adding a docking station to your laptop is not a new idea, but this is the first ExpressCard solution we've seen. Using this card means you'll get a faster throughput, so peripherals will link to your laptop easier and faster, for better overall performance.

The Pico is a miniature computer that does all of the work of your security software, so that your PC doesn't have to. It sounds like an extravagant luxury to have a whole computer dedicated to security work, but the Yoggie is the size of a USB stick.

Most people never see a naked hard disk; for the majority, they sit happily inside computers or external enclosures, and that's where they'll stay.

It's only been in the last few years that the PC industry has started to recognise that it really ought to have a conscience about how much energy it is wasting. CPU manufacturers are fighting wars on how efficient their chips are and PSU companies especially are at least trying to be seen to fight the good fight.