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The New Year may now be a couple of weeks behind us and Christmas a seemingly distant memory, however the quandary of what to do with unwanted gifts may still be playing on your mind. However a company called Odelay may be just what you are looking for. As a bonus, they are also giving away a shiny new iPad 2

'When Santa gets it wrong, Odelay gets it right'

Stuck with a pile of unwanted Christmas gifts? Last year’s unwanted gifts totalled a staggering £650 million however this year, Odelay, the UK’s newest online marketplace, may provide the answer to what to do with that pile and help spread the joy of Christmas further.

Odelay, is a free online, friend-based UK classified ads site and marketplace for people to sell, buy and swap consumer goods. co-founded by Heath Kane and Jordan Hammond. The site, similar to Ebay, but without any added costs, allows customers to upload products for others to purchase or swap.

Until the end of January, all customers will automatically be entered into a prize draw to win an Apple iPad2 when they post a free ad on the site. The more items posted the greater your chances of winning.

The co-founders have created a new site allowing you to also relive the joy of 'swapshop' as well as selling, especially for those Xmas 'leftovers' with a simple festive message - 'don’t sack Santa, just think of Odelay as your little helper. It's free to list, free to sell, no time limits and no hidden catches'.

The site allows buyers to search by price and distance to find the ideal treat. It is also easy to share classified ads with friends through Facebook, Twitter and Google+ creating a fun, reliable and trusted trading circle – a place to find, sell and share happiness.

Odelay will be developing in the next few months to bring thousands of items online, encouraging users to spread their happiness further by donating to charities.

Odelay is quick to becoming the new interactive and social way to shop. No more need to feel deflated about your unwanted or wasted gifts –for a quick swap go to Odelay.

With the dust completely settled on the New Year celebrations, the tech year has only just begun. Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is now underway in Las Vegas.

Every year thousands of tech journalists descend on the Nevada city to see the latest developments and gadgets. This year looks set to be a good year and you can find some of the key announcements right here!

I would just like to take a moment to wish everyone a Happy New Year and all the best for 2012.

In a move that echoes a similar move from Apple pulling out of Macworld, Microsoft has announced that 2012 will be the last year the Redmond based company will be participating in the trade show.

Citing a number of reasons that are similar to those offered by Apple, Microsoft is another major player from the computing industry to pull out of the trade show circuit. Such a move will undoubtedly be a big blow to CES, however as CES covers more than just computing it is unlikely to signal the end of the annual trade show.

Books have been around for centuries, but until recently the way we have read books has changed very little in all that time. Initially the labour intensive copying methods (by hand) meant only the wealthy could afford books. All that changed in the 19th century however, with the invention of the printing press. This massive reduction in the time it took to produce a copy of a book led to a lower cost per book. Lower cost led to higher demand and soon everyone was reading.

The printing press, though more advanced these days, still forms the mainstay of the book industry. That is until the last couple of years, when e-book readers started to filter through to the market. The initial high cost of the e-book readers made them more of a niche product, a toy if you will for early adopters. All this was about to change however.

iTunes Match, the new music matching service from Apple has gone live internationally. The service costs £21.99 per year and allows users to match their non iTunes MP3s with iTunes versions, allowing for access via iTunes in the Cloud.

I'm sure you've all noticed that there hasn't been an update to the site for a week or so, my apologies for this. I took a much needed time out to recharge my batteries ready for more work on this site.

I want to thank everyone for their patience and assure you that more news, comments, analysis and reviews are on the way!

Henry 

I'm a sucker for classic games and classic gameplay. Take Doom for instance, a game I've never been able to stop playing since its first release. But games come in all shapes and sizes and the classic side scroller is no exception. The concept is simple, dodge the obstacles. Jetpack Joyride borrows it's concept from games like iCopter, but adds a few twists. Substitute a helicopter for a guy with a jetpack and throw in a few vehicles and powerups and you have have a surefire winner don't you?