Gadgets of the Week: Get Connected
Belkin Network USB - £50.99 from www.expansys.com.
Connect up to five devices to this black box and you’ll be able to access all of these devices from any computer you choose.
Belkin Wireless USB - £76.99 from www.play.com.
Be completely untethered from your wired devices. Place the receiver stick into your computer’s USB port and leave the hub amongst your peripherals with the cables in and communicate over the airwaves with up to four devices at any one time.
LaCie Core4 - £8.99 from www.lacie.com/uk.
Available in a range of three colours, these tiny four-port enabling hubs punch well above their price tag in both form and function.
R2D2 Hub - £24.95 from www.firebox.com.
Fans of the iconic sci-fi film will be buying this replica of the chirping dustbin-a-like droid before we’ve even had a chance to explain what it can do. In addition to expanding your USB ports to four, each time a device is plugged in he’ll let out an authentic Artoo sound – fun and functional.
