destiny-trailer
watch this
Live-Action Destiny Trailer Shows Boss Fight and a Real Human Man

Halo-maker Bungie has released a bizarre new trailer for its forthcoming open-world shooter Destiny, which combines a live-action narration with your usual generic space marine action. Read More >>

cheese-rolling-ban
wtfriday
Cheese-Rolling Under Threat as Police Brand Event “Dangerous” and Bully Old Lady Into Submission

An 86-year-old lady has been warned not to provide her usual cheese to a Gloucestershire cheese-rolling event, after police told her she'd be the one held responsible should anyone hurt themselves during the traditional event. Read More >>

xbox-one-used-games
xbox one
Xbox One Pre-Owned System Designed to Give Publishers a Cut of Our Trade-Ins

A new explanation of how the Xbox One's used games system works has emerged, showing the primary reason behind it -- ensuring that publishers get paid again when someone buys a second-hand game. Read More >>

liberator-explosion
weapons
3D Printed Gun Tested Again, This Time it Self-Destructs in Police Hands

A new test print-'n-shoot of that controversial 3D printed gun has not gone quite as planned, with police in Australia printing up a pair of Liberators -- only to see one blow itself to pieces when fired for the first time. Read More >>

xbox-one-ea
gaming
EA Man Claims Xbox One and PS4 are a Whole “Generation” Ahead of PC

Well that's one way of putting the PC Sim City mess behind you. The aggressive posturing about the power of the next-generation of home consoles comes from EA man Rajat Taneja, the game giant's Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, who says Xbox One and PS4 are "a generation ahead" of the best gaming PCs. Read More >>

windows-8-metro-use
windows 8
Shock: Over Half of Windows 8 Users Just Pretend It’s Windows 7

Research into how Windows 8 users use their posh new interface has found that well over half of owners skip the fancy Metro-style stuff and its new interface in favour of... using it like it's Windows 7. Or Windows XP. Or Windows 95. Read More >>

hyperoptic
ISPs
£50m Says You Might Get Hyperoptic’s Gigabit Internet in a Year or Five

Niche ISP Hyperoptic, which does pretty well for itself from wiring up blocks of flats with  FTTH links that provide internet speeds hitting the 1Gbps dream speed, has secured £50m in cash to help spread its super-superfast internet dream across the more densely populated bits of the UK. Read More >>

sky-virgin-deal
ISPs
Sky Gives Virgin Media £49m to Patch up its Groaning Broadband Network

Bizarre news from the cut-throat world of ISPs sees two deadly rivals teaming up for the betterment of the nation, with Sky asking Virgin Media for help shoring up its broadband and beating the capacity issues that have been dogging it for some time. Read More >>

htc-one-sd-card
htc
UK HTC One Lacked Micro SD Slot Due to “Space” Restrictions

According to technical reasons we are not clever enough to be able to argue with, the version of the HTC One sold here lacks an SD card slot due to internal space restrictions. Because of something to do with our mobile radio frequencies. That's what HTC says and we are powerless to argue. Read More >>

xbox-one-4k
xbox one
Xbox One Can do 4K Resolution if Developers Want it to

Just like the Xbox 360 gave people their first opportunity to see "content" delivered at 720p resolution, the Xbox One is opening the door to 4K displays. The new console is capable of outputting both 3D and 4K material, although it's unlikely any big-budget games will support it, what with the immense strain that sort of resolution would place on the hardware. Microsoft says the ultra-HD format will be used for "video and interface portions" initially. [Forbes] Read More >>

bloodydrivers
twitter
This Is Why You Shouldn’t Tweet About Hitting People With Your Car #Bloodycardrivers

A mouthy lady driver has been shamed into deleting her entire Twitter account, after police began investigating her proud claim to have knocked a cyclist off his bike in Norwich. Read More >>

4g-vodafone
4g
Vodafone 4G Pushed Back to August or September to Coincide with iPhone Refresh Excitement

Vodafone's not quite ready to battle EE in the 4G market, with plans to launch a rival superfast network pushed back to the "end of the summer" when it believes there's a "good commercial window" for it. Which we think means fleecing iPhone upgraders for an extra fiver a month, come the arrival of the next Apple handset. Read More >>

htc-urges-quit
htc
Former HTC Product Manager Urges Staff to Quit the Company and be “Happier”

Poor old HTC would appear to be in a bit of internal turmoil, despite the stacks of praise heaped upon its recent HTC One model. Several high-profile staff have left the mobile maker, with one taking to Twitter to urge his mates still left at the business to walk out. Read More >>

xbox-one-tv-guide
xbox one
Surprise! All That TV Stuff Won’t Work When Xbox One Launches Here

Just in case you needed telling, all the fancy TV guide stuff that Microsoft showed during its depressingly softcore Xbox One launch won't work when it hits the UK. While Microsoft is "anticipating a global launch over time" of its telly system, the required media deals and masses of work needed to get it running, plus our reliance on crappy SD Freesat boxes, mean you can forget all about it for the time being. [CVG] Read More >>

xbox-one-ui
xbox one
Xbox One Will Work Offline… For a Day at a Time

We now have a firm answer regarding Xbox One's curious internet needs. Xbox One does not require an "always-on" internet connection to function if you're playing alone, but it does need to "phone home" once a day to check licensing information and keep your games working. A bit like the massive Sky box it is. Read More >>