We love our gadgets, we all do, but as the competition continues to get tougher and tougher, companies have to make better and better gadgets to stay not just relevant, but in business.

Here are nine companies that are going to find 2012 tough....

As if by magic HMV's On Demand service has popped up out of no where. The domain hmvondemand.com has gone live, bringing with it a selection of movies to stream priced in at £3.75.

There is a surprisingly decent selection of video on offer...

HMV and Ministry of Sound have teamed up in order to bring you, the lucky customer, a deal which could see you taking away a £5 gift ecard  with any purchase of Ministry of Sound's new headphone range.

The deal will be launching in 88 stores...

HMV has agreed the sale of its Waterstone's bookstore business to Russian billionaire Alexander Mamut for £53 million under increasing pressure by online retail rivals such as Amazon, Play and iTunes.

With debts of around £170 million, and...

Where can I get an iPad 2? That’s the question on more lips than any other as the latest Apple tablet hits the shelves. It’s a valid query. Ever since word came of higher than expected sales figures in the US, it’s been pretty clear...

HMV Oxford Street, London is to sell the first Nintendo 3DS console at 0.01am on 25 March, and is the venue chosen for the official UK launch event. However, another 99 HMV stores countrywide will also open at midnight on 24 March, ready to sell the...

Collector's editions of the next instalment of Call of Duty Black Ops from Activision have gone on pre-order in the UK on Friday, months ahead of the official release date.

Activision has "de-classified details", regarding the Collector’s...

Is this the start of a price war?

HMV are now offering the top 40 singles downloads for just 40p a pop. That's a massive saving on iTunes and many other legal download sites, so is this when downloading becomes the way that most people get...

After nearly 90 years on the high street, HMV is to add a digital element to its music retailing with the opening of a new online MP3 store.

The service, HMVdigital, will be powered by digital specialist 7digital, who HMV bought a 50 per cent...

HMV looks to be trialling video games insurance in some of its retail stores, offering consumers the option of protecting their purchases for £1 for a year.

Customers who plump for the offer will get the assurance of a replacement disk if their...

A good old festive price war appears to be erupting over the Xbox 360, and as a result, both HMV and Game have cut the price of the Arcade variant of the console to an attractive £110.

That's a full £20 off the £130 that the console was selling...

Following the news that O2 has lost its operator exclusive on the iPhone, Carphone Warehouse has suffered a similar fate with its retail exclusive.

Phones4U has announced that it will be selling the Apple iPhone range from both Orange and...

The Sony PSP has been out less than a week, but already retailers are slashing the prices of the PSP Go in the UK.

Amazon.co.uk, Play.com, HMV and GAME have cut 11% off the RRP taking the price of the console from its original £225 down to...

We've brought you news of "Headphonies" before, but now the diminutive speakers are heading to the UK with a limited run of certain designs due to be available online.

3-inch portable speakers that claim to "combine art, music and innovation...

Elonex is to launch what it says is the world's first TV games dock, the iGAME FAMILY, that plays non-app iPod content as well as apes the Nintendo Wii.

Designed in the UK, the iGAME is described as a "convergence product that takes the...