It's not often that a technology story surprises me, but this one from the BBC news website opened my eyes today.

It seems we are really on the way to seeing moving images in our newspapers.  Well at least, its happening in the US, so look out for it over here before we know it.   Video-in-print advertising is to appear in Entertainment Weekly.  A slimline screen around the size of a mobile phone display, that can contain as much as 40 minutes of video is being launched in the US magazine out on 18th September.

Check out the full BBC coverage here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8211209.stm

Here at Gadgetspeak we are great fans of good technology and the Orbit MP3 speaker is definately one of our favourites from last year. So we're really pleased to see that Altec Lansing have announced the European launch of the New Orbit™ iMT237 MP3 Ultra Portable Music Speaker today.

The new Orbit iMT237 MP3 speaker has been updated with a rugged new design and improved functionality. It's new design is built for mobile lifestyles being light weight and shock resistant. And if it's anything like it's previous sibling, the sound quality, powered by Altec Lansing's award winning acoustic technology, will be stunning for such a small and portable speaker.

We're looking forward to receiving our review unit so we can test it out thoroughly and give you the detailed lowdown. We're sure it will make a great stocking filler this Christmas for iPod users everywhere!

The Orbit iMT237 has a recommended price of £29.99. The best price I've found for this very new product is £27 from Amazon.

It's great, every now and then, to find a Christmas present with traditional values.

This week we found out about the special Denis the Menace Go-kart from the Children's Furniture company, made to celebrate The Beano's 70 Years of Fun.  It's a very limited edition - only 70 have been made - one for each Beano year of Fun.

The go-kart comes in simple to assemble kit form and looks very much like the type of go-kart we might have had as kids ourselves.  That was back in the days when Dads had time to make these things from scratch out of the pile of odd bits of wood out back - only this one should only take around 30 minutes to assemble!!  The Denis the Menace Go-kart has an adjustable seat so all the family from the youngsters to the young at heart adults can play together.

If you want your kids out in the open air this Christmas, playing like we used to, then have a look at this lovely product at www.thechildrensfurniturecompany.com . Price £195.

Here's a lovely website where you can make a little bit of cash on your old CDs. Simply type in the bar code on the back of the CD box for the one you want to sell and it gives you a cash offer. CDs listed are then available for sale.

Details are on www.musicmagpie.co.uk

The service is simple to use. Users go to www.musicmagpie.co.uk and click the “Get cash for your old CDs” button. They then type in the barcode number from the CDs they want to sell. The website will search its database and make a cash offer for each one, with the site buying up to 250 CDs in each transaction.

When the user accepts the offer, they are sent prepaid padded envelopes to send in their CDs. A cheque is issued within 7 days of receipt after each CD is checked against terms and conditions.

When I checked today the site had already paid out over £219,000 to its registered users. So if you want a little extra cash to help with Christmas - or a way to find a cheaper prezzie - this is a great find.