Like any self-respecting geek, I can quote just about any scene from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”–complete with a pretty spot-on English accent. Needless to say, it ranks among my all-time favorite films–and that’s why the new Monty Python: The Holy Book of Days app for iPad is such a treat. It’s like a …

Apple For a flat monthly fee of $24.95, online try-before-you-buy electronics site Ybuy will let you get your hands on the latest technology for 30 days without having to commit to its full purchase price. You select one device at a time to test from an extensive catalog of everything from consumer electronics to gadgets for your home and kitchen. …

Now playing: Watch this: Unboxing the Apple iPad (third-generation) 1:29 Editor’s Note: Read CNET’s full Apple iPad review here. The new iPad may first go on sale at 12:01am Friday here in our corner of the world, but CNET’s Singapore-based team managed to snag Apple’s third-generation iPad 4G at midnight their time, before staying up until the wee hours reviewing …

Another day, another leaked photo of the Samsung Galaxy S3. Could this be the face of the follow-up to the insanely popular Samsung Galaxy S2? Ffffffffffff. That’s the sound of me bursting your bubble. This picture is about as convincing as a sunglasses-wearing polar bear at a grizzlies-only party. In plainer lingo, it’s as fake as an estate agent’s handshake. …

If you’re getting the new iPad on launch day tomorrow, you probably can’t wait to see the new Retina Display. Having seen it first hand, I can tell you it looks beautiful, but the only problem is there aren’t very many third-party apps available yet to take advantage of all those extra pixels. As I wrote earlier this week, it …

Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich vs Gingerbread 3:20 The wait is almost over! Samsung has started rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich to the Galaxy S2 — with Poles and Swedes among the first Europeans to get the update. Lucky them. The S2 ICS rollout isn’t due to reach Blighty til 19 March, but we couldn’t bear …

Cisco Systems has signed a $5 billion deal to buy set-top box software developer NDS, the companies said today. NDS, based in the U.K., sells its software platform along with a combined service platform to video service providers. The products allow video providers to deliver a service that easily lets people view, search, and navigate video content at anytime from …

The bad news keeps coming for LightSquared. Sprint Nextel plans to terminate its 15-year contract with the foundering wireless broadband effort on Friday and return $65 million in prepayments. The deal’s cancellation–first reported by the Wall Street Journal–would leave LightSquared without a major partner for its effort to build a national wireless broadband network using satellite spectrum. Sprint confirmed the …

The BBC is finally flinging open Auntie’s basement. Classic TV and radio shows from the BBC archives are to go on sale online in a plan codenamed Project Barcelona. BBC boss Mark Thompson confirmed the plans, which we reported last week. Classic BBC programmes will be yours to download for a “relatively modest” fee, including many shows that have not …

Pioneer delivered a great line-up of AV receivers in 2011, highlighted by the VSX-1021-K. That model was one of the first non-Apple products to offer AirPlay compatibility–the ability to stream any audio from iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touch models. CNET awarded the Pioneer four stars, with only the Denon AVR-1912 besting it in the $500 AV receiver line-up last year. …