pPosted by: Nik Taylor pAs if us gamers weren't busy enough with the zillion triple-A games that have been released over the past month, this week has seen another couple of big stories break. pFirst up, a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7777122.stm" target="_blank"PlayStation Home has finally launched/a (in open beta mode, at least). With the PS3 also home to big exclusives like LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2 and the upcoming Killzone 2, all it needs now is a decent price drop and it will be a major threat to X360 as the biggest selling 'serious' gamer's console. pThe other big story has been the launch in Japan of a a href="http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/resident-evil-5/933998p1.html" target="_blank"playable Resident Evil 5 demo/a on Xbox Live. Sure, it's only available in Japan, but resourceful gamers elsewhere have quickly found a way round that... pTalking of gaming, have you taken part in our a href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/article.aspx?cp-documentid=11159329" target="_blank"battle to find the best game of 2008/a? We're declaring the winner on Monday, so you've only got a couple of days to get voting. Once you've done that, take a look at this week's latest and greatest on Tamp;G: pa href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=11787589" target="_blank"img style="border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px" height=86 alt="AEB4F5893324FC29A41B48F1FB69DF[1]" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1p7AVw_q8G4CSmszjXZBO7_LehZDKEJHdk1E8YPhm7HtP29k8qJe_981yc6BZEHqWK?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a bra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=11787589" target="_blank"The top 10 digital cameras under £100/a p a href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/christmas/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=10002336"img style="border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px" height=86 alt="83D52D9137DB31974E327A8F8CC3[1]" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1p9P9Gujl0yoHD9U67X4iAwb0AVhNY7rMnd5B7pKu6Dsn5PHNTzCQcBMGdlBgrnFg3?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a bra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/christmas/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=10002336" target="_blank"Taste-free Christmas gadgets/a p a href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/article.aspx?cp-documentid=11745470" target="_blank"img style="border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px" height=86 alt="2C30947E88FE3A887A54D9E43791C[1]" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pd7dBErtryHMoP19hsAAQ5ltS1DmX9mTBJzUeJO5HtpRpjpCcFwDzKOr96JrRUbdo39z__xRBhM4lvFNFDHmsYw?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a bra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/article.aspx?cp-documentid=11745470" target="_blank"Do you still need a TV Licence?/a p a href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/christmas/article.aspx?cp-documentid=10002554"img style="border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px" height=86 alt="644ED3C6F371976D5088A3AC433B3E[1]" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pVV8SJA0xURh94DRg-8aN9OjIiuf6MC-1wleF1mNCxtIICGg_JyCBORj1yEZF47TM?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a bra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/christmas/article.aspx?cp-documentid=10002554" target="_blank"Avoid festive tech disasters/a pa href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=11622821" target="_blank"img style="border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px" height=86 alt="174C68F8826016E15FDA7AFBD6AD[1]" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1p4PJfH8WvBtnv26HRrrzwEUlyUpERt2Vm5zKvrNy6ypOl6oSL9CVr_fSqLKP3Eap3R3HxcJ9-ogBUz5v0n2Q5zg?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a bra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=11622821" target="_blank"Most-wanted gadgets this Christmas/a pstrongOther stuff we've liked.../strong pHow essential is a href="http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/11/the-top-15-xbox-360-case-mods/" target="_blank"a crocodile-skinned X360/a? pChristmas isn't complete until you own a a href="http://www.wickedcoolstuff.com/sta300015.html" target="_blank"Yoda dressed as Santa/a. pHad one too many cups of tea before your 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pPosted by: Jane Douglas pThis week I've been mostly fiddling with an stronga href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/reviewsandguides/mobileandportabledevices/article.aspx?cp-documentid=10764797"HTC Touch HD/a/strong, polishing off stronga href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/article.aspx?cp-documentID=10641179"Fallout 3/a/strong, stronga href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/article.aspx?cp-documentid=11165904"Mirror's Edge/a/strong, episode two of the stronga href="http://www.rainslick.com/"Penny Arcade game/a/strong and studiously contemplating which of the stronga href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/reviewsandguides/computing/"recent netbooks/a/strong to spend my cold, hard cash on. More on that last one next week. pNext up, the best of the channel over the last seven days: pa href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/article.aspx?cp-documentid=11252059"img style="border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px" height=86 alt="Gaming Goss: Different every time" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pC_nJM9ir5a5KmzYfAj38s-6DPB6SOMLgTb4ZMHjstZPS1ppdzmaR25B2Yx_toJhY?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a brstronga href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/article.aspx?cp-documentid=11252059"Gaming Goss: Different every time/a/strong pa href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=11277584"img style="border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px" height=86 alt="The world's most expensive kit" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pas6Bkrs6OMZpqoVB9n-ukhcqvank0nVG6EcIQ-5SZqGrlMZvOtyW-75sIairgkn9?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a brstronga href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=11277584"The world's most expensive kit/a/strong pa href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=11346717"img style="border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px" height=86 alt="Is tech ruining relationships?" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1p0AV6H1_K1KxI0UUg3rKAIay-Uy-0JSVFX2H8gAZ9mMdXerBdp8eJV0S4UIus0tFn?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a brstronga href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=11346717"Is tech ruining relationships?/a/strongimg src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=5477825663072194460page=RSS%3a+This+week+in+T%26Greferrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263amp;NA=1149amp;PI=73329amp;RF=amp;DI=3919amp;PS=85545amp;TP=msnuktech.spaces.live.comamp;GT1=msnuktech"

pPosted by: Nik Taylor pI recently spent a couple of weeks merrily snapping away with Nikon’s new S60 point-and-shoot. If you’re after a gadget that gets you noticed, this is a no-brainer. Every time I got the camera out of my pocket, someone wanted to take a closer look. It’s a striking piece of kit. pa href="http://vsdxmg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p85xhRHIa09X8fF9kyUkmxNuLfpkktNRTvzgJI1S08vQuxl3LbKLP27GMYvHC0yydLDxqrUiVemE?PARTNER=WRITER"img style="border-top-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;margin:5px 5px 0px 0px;border-right-width:0px" height=125 alt="Nikon S60 (image © Nikon)" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pWrMDguKJzLhCPRH1H0NrOmGiuSZiZiKOruZzP4jkDkdW6OiqCYD6WGpbL1VqkFNJ?PARTNER=WRITER" width=165 border=0   a href="http://vsdxmg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pyiWLN9l-_P8_fx-w_xSOx1cHisSKY5nxStDRcSeA9mpXIpg8NwD4fCe9RLNTTsQLCCnwEKagnYyh1_76LKVrUA?PARTNER=WRITER"img style="border-top-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;margin:0px 5px 0px 0px;border-right-width:0px" height=130 alt="Nikon S60 (image © Nikon)" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pIDC2WxPgEKueQ2LKL-sFoL4rGePbC2MBSu1Os5dajZIK7zMzH4ROSbYOUP3s6C7w?PARTNER=WRITER" width=172 border=0/a/a pThe main reason is the massive, 3.5-inch touchscreen that fills the entire rear of the camera. The front is similarly minimalist as well, so the whole thing looks very sleek. There are only two actual buttons on the camera, and both are housed on the top. One turns the thing on and off, the other takes pictures. pEvery other function is accessed through the touchscreen. So it needs to be a good one and, thankfully, the S60’s is. My fingers struggle to work with tiny buttons, but I had few problems tapping my way through the S60’s menus. pYou get the usual bonuses of having a touchscreen – for instance you can scroll through the pictures by merely sliding your fingers across the screen. I particularly like the focus feature. As you line up a shot with the screen, a quick tap on the relevant area tells the camera where to focus. It's handy if you don't want the camera to auto-focus on the most obvious item in the shot. pBut that's probably about as involved as you'll need to get in the picture-taking process. This is a camera firmly aimed at the casual snapper. Even the standard point-and-shoot features are tucked away in the menu system. pMegapixel junkies will be delighted to note that the S60 is packing 10 of those, while it also has a 5x optical zoom. pAll the pictures below were taken on the S60, using its automatic settings. pa href="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1p61rsuRXTWLECBLivhqKTDQU02SA2VkJffCg3vn9uIcWg-xj9ll0OAY946-upeJCUDLbQadnPFpzJM9Texn82wA?PARTNER=WRITER"img style="border-top-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-right-width:0px" height=244 alt=DSCN7867 src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pBBaLf79zh9-n0ZLHOOwBOrjaaKcENrwB1axAZ8fb1JHfMo1DyEzxFXmi4L9D7mH0nBAUg26sJr39JGBg3jMVrw?PARTNER=WRITER" width=184 border=0/a  pThe results I got were mixed. What I loved was the colour reproduction, when taking pictures in good light. Photos taken in daylight are vivid and full of life and vibrant colours. pa href="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1paQ0ObNHACAmd8nMs7eu5Lnr111ZCEC6NSaTr8JKnyVizmaYaue3QB_zol7xOglgaKBdBFBT_pIrVMQY2T2Vcdw?PARTNER=WRITER"img style="border-top-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-right-width:0px" height=244 alt=DSCN7942 src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1p5MoUxQdJd2phNzV3KLW_zsIqk73kVQUzYcZxmc2v1u7hFdh13rx5nXAq7M4lDFUt?PARTNER=WRITER" width=184 border=0/a pEven in dark situations, the camera does well to pick out colours. There are some gripes, however. Blow up your pics to 100% on your computer and you’ll notice graininess that could be an issue if you plan to print your images at large sizes. pa href="http://vsdxmg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1plGX-eJfSOWnHErP4YqtjYhGXfSS_Gh33TUL-WVhqiVdF2TzcSe3t2PJQLtejFJb1oJ06IP0JXHE?PARTNER=WRITER"img style="border-top-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-right-width:0px" height=184 alt=DSCN7906 src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1p2l4Xm9FvDNoubOrYRqnb5EgG0Jg-U6zd5EPs_5yUExg5U673-Ijt3lBXBkkAED2a?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a pAlso, the built-in image stabilisation does little to deal with photos taken without flash in low light. Unless you use a tripod in these situations, you’re still going to get a blurry shots. p a href="http://vsdxmg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1peUsvkxis0vE08FTaF75_mYRwC80cyszPSydSh81tPOzgxJSvHhHx-8bM8e0pzln5-Z8dkMgBvok?PARTNER=WRITER"img style="border-top-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-right-width:0px" height=184 alt=DSCN7876 src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1p2PE_v6qKYqpC4ydzeH7HS8TFR86Sir7Pm_wgG46Y_E_NcGP3DIFCb2-sQHnuncag?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a pI was a little disappointed with the video camera function. Though playback is decent when viewed on the camera, when you move the file onto your computer you’ll find it looks grainy. The microphone is a bit of a problem too. It's easily obstructed while filming, muffling the sound you get. This video was taken while standing next to an eight-foot tall speaker stack, yet the music is barely audible. p div style="padding-right:0px;display:inline;padding-left:0px;float:none;padding-bottom:0px;margin:0px;width:313px;padding-top:0px"div/div/div p pIf you’re in the market for a simple point-and-shoot camera that looks the business, bear the S60 in mind. It takes bright, colourful pictures that are plenty good enough for printing at normal photo size. However, if you’re on the lookout for something more versatile, don’t be swayed just because this has a touchscreen. The Nikon S60 is available online for around £250.img src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=5477825663072194460page=RSS%3a+On+test%3a+Nikon+S60+camerareferrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263amp;NA=1149amp;PI=73329amp;RF=amp;DI=3919amp;PS=85545amp;TP=msnuktech.spaces.live.comamp;GT1=msnuktech"

pPosted by: Nik Taylor pEarlier this week, we posted an article on a href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=10865856" target="_blank"the best mobile phones you can get for free/a. Among our picks are a couple of handsets packing 8-megapixel cameras. Pretty impressive, eh? Well, maybe not, as it turns out they're soon going to get blown away. Sony has just announced a href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=10953392" target="_blank"a 12-megapixel sensor/a it's developed just for camera-phones. pWhich is where Tech amp; Gadgets puts on its best backstreet Brooklyn accent and shouts, quot;Enough, already!quot; pI've argued before on the site that a href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8354191" target="_blank"megapixels don't matter/a once you get beyond five or six. But it seems no other feature gets a look in when flogging either phones or standalone cameras. We could focus on the quality of the lens, or whether the sensor is actually any good, but no, hang on, this one's got an extra megapixel. It must be great! pProgress is all well and good, of course, but wouldn't it be a good idea if camera-phone makers concentrated on making handsets that could take really great pictures, rather than so-so snaps in super high-res? pstrongemElsewhere on the site this week:br/em/strongbra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/article.aspx?cp-documentid=10902370" target="_blank"Test-driving Fiat's eco:Drive gizmo/abra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/article.aspx?cp-documentid=10902370" target="_blank"img style="border-top-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-right-width:0px" height=86 alt="2ADD5333E814C7F32E4EE0EBA1E25[1]" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pe09rm_qbX9v-6F0M-6ihMeQq0U2qNsjAZWj7aNwfb3_wrS4yNiAHatfkzjqsKVje?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a brbra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/article.aspx?cp-documentid=10751791" target="_blank"Gaming for junior/abra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/article.aspx?cp-documentid=10751791" target="_blank"img style="border-top-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-right-width:0px" height=86 alt="ABC113A2C22BB9D827AAD84E4515[1]" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1p1ETKMe8DMdzPbbp-iQ5BfBc2zA2TnPwmeD0pOoy7gm4_nbo6qyf2HgcrLBn3Z4bv?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a brbra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/article.aspx?cp-documentid=10912130" target="_blank"Widening the World of Warcraft/abra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/article.aspx?cp-documentid=10912130" target="_blank"img style="border-top-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-right-width:0px" height=86 alt="C4BDE053BFE0F8387FB7E0CA986DD9[1]" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1psJfQCuzwzewVfUCNtvodJSt43YNByXqiDX3N530EGSdYPRRkrqc5XLblyTuWvLrg?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a  brbra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=10934243" target="_blank"Gadget hotlist/abra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=10934243" target="_blank"img style="border-top-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-right-width:0px" height=86 alt="A3E5EFDA748520A08158A8BEDC1B9[1]" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pRxH-7_87yjCeQVfbxyxVwRfYDTwM1lLSisQhNlkUz0XTvfKIP87QZKtiNKKrLowt?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a  brbra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/article.aspx?cp-documentid=10840605" target="_blank"Sony's game-changer/abra href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/article.aspx?cp-documentid=10840605" target="_blank"img style="border-top-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-right-width:0px" height=86 alt="8DB763EADCE5DE1BFA65451DECABD[1]" src="http://byfiles.storage.msn.com/y1pEe87Ir8tDEpg9UligTVarQh7HuKBPO-0MDlULy-QJPh4rIi32db6FfsWBFzjXE7i?PARTNER=WRITER" width=244 border=0/a brbrstrongemMore links from out in the wide blue yonder.../em/strong pForget lawsuits - a href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/valve-tricked-h.html" target="_blank"this is the way/a for games developers to deal with hackers.brbrIf God had a a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1764710" target="_blank"Facebook page/a. pGot your copy of the new Call of Duty yet? 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pPosted by: Jane Douglas pFrom one stronga href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=10862007"Facebook friends/a/strong scam to another, and this time an equal opportunity social networking scam that goes after users of the likes of myspace and bebo as well. pResearchers at internet security firm Trend Micro traced an e-mail harvesting scam from these popular social networking sites through to gabblebase.com and then on to shady types in Las Vegas and China. pThe scam begins with a message sent to a user's Facebook wall, asking: quot;Did you know that your profile pic is all over gabblebase.com?quot; pWhen you visit gabblebase, the site asks for your name, friend's name and an e-mail address - for collecting and selling on, of course. pRik Ferguson of Trend Micro describes this scam as quot;the well-known marketing campaign approach [of e-mail harvesting] where a product or service is offered free of charge on the provision of a valid email address (and perhaps you'd like to recommend five or ten friends too!). blockquote pquot;This picture scam is a variant on that theme, where people are misled into believing that photos of them or belonging to them have been uploaded onto a public website. In order to see those pictures they are asked to enter their e-mail address. /blockquote blockquote pquot;Worryingly, as they step though the process to gain access to these non-existent photos, users are also asked to create a password. This neat little social engineering trick is relying on users’ habit of using common passwords - now the cybercriminal has your email and your password. It's pay day.quot; /blockquote pSo for anyone who doesn't already know not to hand their e-mail address out all over the internet (or use the same passwords on all their accounts): consider yourself warned. img src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=5477825663072194460page=RSS%3a+Social+networkers%3a+beware+Gabblebasereferrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263amp;NA=1149amp;PI=73329amp;RF=amp;DI=3919amp;PS=85545amp;TP=msnuktech.spaces.live.comamp;GT1=msnuktech"