Hidden away on the corner of the PC World and Currys stand at the Gadget Show Live were a couple of demos of Windows 8. The more interesting of the two was running on a Samsung slate PC - essentially a tablet with a different name. Read on for a quick video preview.

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While I like the iPad for keeping me entertained on my train journey home with podcasts and games, I've questioned whether I can actually work on it as well as I can with a netbook. And that's not just an excuse to justify buying a new netbook either. I find the onscreen keyboard harder to type at and miss being able to adjust the angle of the screen. Of course using a netbook rather depends on having a seat. I didn't this morning but was able to write about 500 words on the iPad with one hand while standing.

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Mobile World Congress may sound like a nomadic version of the UN, but it's actually the mobile industry's premier get-together held annually in Barcelona. It's where new products are announced and companies make their deals, so it's as good a place as any to gauge the upcoming trends and fads in the dynamic and booming mobile industry. Here's a list of some the highlights for this writer.

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There's a huge amount of mobile technology on show at MWC in Barcelona. We've spent the last three days trying to track down the best of the best at MWC 2012. So, what did we pick?

We've picked out the best apps, phones and technology on show. Computeractive publisher Marc Hartog presented the awards and posed for some photos, which you can see below.

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There's a huge amount of technology on show at CES, some of it good, some of it bad. We've spent the last three days trying to track down the best of the best at CES 2012. So, what did we pick?

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As if there weren't enough Android tablets already available, Toshiba has decided to get in on the act. The AT200 is being shown for the first time here at IFA in Berlin and we managed to hunt one down for some hands-on time.

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