Sonos, who revolutionised music listening with their smart wireless hi-fi systems, have done it again with the Playbar, a product that excels by being incredibly simple, unobtrusive, great sounding and affordable. Soundbars - one-box speaker systems designed to sit below a television - have usually involved fairly serious compromise when ...

2013 will be a big year for technology. Most of the big guns in consumer electronics have some major launches lined up, and a few surprises are no doubt in store too. Here we take a look at some of the new products we can expect to see in 2013 - some still just rumours, but others clearly the real deal; some desirable, and some just...weird. ...