Brits get easier way to personalise T-shirts with CafePress UK launch

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Anyone who’s been hanging around the Internet for a while will probably have come across CafePress, a US-based site that allows T-shirts and various other gift/novelty items to be personalised and shipped.

Nice idea, except for the appalling pound-to-dollar exchange rate at the moment, plus the added cost and delay of importing gear from the States.

Fear not! CafePress has launched its UK web site which should make it less of a hassle to get your designs to the UK and Europe…

GALLERY: IXUS and PowerShot compact upgrades from Canon

It seems rather like HD video recording has become what makes a compact camera high spec this week which is a bit of shame given that it has little to do with taking photos. Nevertheless, even the mighty Canon has succumbed to the apparent desires of the public by announcing a relatively expensive range of Ixus models in excess of £250 in which only two feature wide angle lenses.

Mercifully, the PowerShot series holds the side up with more under the hood…

TD Tips: What's the worst Christmas present you could receive?

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Buying Christmas presents has become a very easy thing since the dawn of the fabulous Tech Digest Top 100 Gifts of 2008 countdown. But if you want to be some kind of maverick about the whole thing and go off book, then before you go making any grave tech errors heed our warning on today’s TD Tips.

As always with this feature, I canvass the opinions of our four writers and today the question is: what is the worst tech present you could receive this Christmas. The rules are…

Top 100 Christmas Presents 2008: 20 to 16

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Welcome to the top 20. The end is in sight. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter. Let’s hope it doesn’t turn out to be a horde of luminescent zombies. That’s not as unlikely as it sounds, if you believe Valve. Click the hordes of slavering zombies below to begin.

100-96 | 95-91 | 90-86 | 85-81 | 80-76 | 75-71 | 70-66 | 65-61 | 60-55 | 54-51 | 50-46 | 45-41 | 40-36 | 35-31 | 30-26

Top 100 Christmas Presents 2008: 25 to 21

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As we rocket into the top 25, I wanted to ask you lot a question. What’s been your favourite gift in the lineup so far? Personally speaking, mine’s the incredibly Blik decals. I would *love* those for Christmas, though I wouldn’t be able to put them up in my rented flat, sadly. What’s your favourite? Let us know in the comments below. Click on the image of the unlikely looking present below.

100-96 | 95-91 | 90-86 | 85-81 | 80-76 | 75-71 | 70-66 | 65-61 | 60-55 | 54-51 | 50-46 | 45-41 | 40-36 | 35-31 | 30-26

Top 100 Christmas Presents 2008: 35 to 31

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Having breached the top 40 yesterday, we’re now in the gift equivalent of the pop charts. From Cliff Richard (the Birdwatching camera), via S Club Juniors (Play & Freeze Ice Cream Maker) to Kanye West (Nooka Glow-in-the-dark Watch). Click on the eBook reader (Coldplay) below to begin today’s countdown.

100-96 | 95-91 | 90-86 | 85-81 | 80-76 | 75-71 | 70-66 | 65-61 | 60-55 | 54-51 | 50-46 | 45-41 | 40-36