Microsoft is making some changes to its Windows Phone marketplace today, which will see the service rendered unusable to anyone who's not yet upgraded their Widows Phone to version 7.5 of the mobile OS. Read More >

The UK's rush to automatic ISP-level porn filtering is not getting the backing of Google, which would prefer the people were educated in the ways of porn avoidance instead, with more emphasis put on good parenting so children know 14-hour porn marathons are bad and that those women probably aren't having much fun. Read More >

Vodafone has once again launched a broadside against UK telecomms watchdog Ofcom, claiming that the decision to let Everything Everywhere launch a 4G network at the end of this year gives "an unjustifiable head start to the largest player which could seriously undermine competition in the UK market for many years to come." Read More >

Google's Larry Page tried once again to convince a disbelieving world that Google's bonkers augmented reality glasses (a) look good and (b) are of any use, delivering a talk at the company's latest Zeitgeist gathering while wearing the technical spectacles. Read More >

It looks like someone's been listening to the Angry Virgin Media man, as it's emerged today that some members of parliament are concerned BT might end up with too dominant a position in our telecomms world once again. Read More >

The long-running investigation into BSkyB's possible monopoly of film services in the UK is over, with the Competition Commission finding that Sky doesn't have an unfair stranglehold on distributing Hollywood blockbuster movies in the UK, thanks in part to the new wave of digital streaming services. Read More >

Everything Everywhere, the annoyingly named, pain in the arse to type, new network formed by the merger of Orange and T-Mobile, has completed its technical fiddlings, meaning users of both companies can now switch, seamlessly, between the two networks when using 3G services. They have now become one. Read More >

The detailed contracted between publisher Activision and Halo developer Bungie has been made public, revealing plans for a mammoth new franchise from the shooter specialist and a launch date for Microsoft's next Xbox hardware. Read More >

The next issue of Gardners' World Magazine will give housebound vegetation fans the chance to get a real whiff of the outdoors, thanks to featuring an equally horrifying and interesting "Scratch & Sniff" front cover, plus a mystery smell inside. Read More >

Microsoft has launched a thing with a silly name, which it's calling So.Cl. Apparently we are supposed to pronounce this as "Social" due to it being the OS giant's next big attempt at launching a full social network. Read More >

Virgin Media's chief operating officer, Andrew Barron, has been writing angry letters about BT to anyone who'll listen, claiming it isn't fair that a large proportion of the government's broadband upgrade subsidies are sucked up by the telecomms giant. Read More >

What on earth is this, Nintendo? Am I supposed to stand on it? Sit on it? Play badminton with it or ride it down a hill like a go-kart? It's the latest image showing a redesigned Wii U controller, hinting rather clearly that Nintendo's going to lose a whole lot more money over the next few years thanks to this abomination. Read More >

Here's another thing for the pile of patriotic rubbish we'll all be slowly accumulating as the summer rolls on, a special Olympic themed version of Samsung's popular Galaxy Note phone/tablet Android device. Read More >

Waterstones is about to bet big on Kindle and undertake a huge shift in its business, announcing plans to sell both the Kindle hardware and Amazon's e-books across its chain of UK shops. Read More >

The entire software set that powers Samsung's about-to-launch Galaxy S III has been dumped online, with users able to grab the 800MB file and enjoy Samsung's latest Touchwiz tools and see if its many piles of new stuff are actually of any use. Read More >