The Pogoplug lets you share files from your home or office all across the web to yourself or a group you nominate. You're working in the office, but that vital file that you need to complete the PowerPoint presentation with which you're going to anaesthetise the board this afternoon is at home! Oh no! What can you do? If you've hooked yourself up with Pogoplug, no problem: simply go to its site and you'll be able to log in and pull down the file directly from your home network.

It won't wake you up and won't charge while it's syncing. And other annoyances. My iPad arrived yesterday afternoon via a friend in the US, and yes, it largely lives up to the hype: it's shiny, elegantly realised and above all potentially very useful. Well, apart from a few wrinkles, which range from a mere raise of the eyebrows to an exasperated WTF?

It won't wake you up and won't charge while it's syncing. And other annoyances.

My iPad arrived yesterday afternoon via a friend in the US, and yes, it largely lives up to the hype: it's shiny, elegantly realised and above all potentially very useful. Well, apart from a few wrinkles, which range from a mere raise of the eyebrows to an exasperated WTF?

Film director Christopher Smith devours new gadgets but he won't download films as he's a sucker for DVDs