Google has launched a new range of official accessories to accompany the Nexus 4, although you'd be best off not bothering with its USB cable which costs a ludicrous £9.99 -- and an additional £5.99 in shipping costs. Madness. Read More >>
Featured comment by BHWorld:
"a) Laugh at Googles cheek
b) Search Amazon "Micro USB Cable"
c) Purchase for £0.85 Incl free delivery
d) ????
5) Profit
Silly Google." More »
Ever wanted to make your iPhone stand up like a Cobra ready to strike? Well now you can, and you can charge it at the same time too. Meet the Une Bobine -- a crappy name, but a potentially useful little cable, which having blasted through Kickstarter, is now on sale. Read More >>
Featured comment by Acerone:
"I haven't heard of any issues on Kickstarter, just check again today the comments and most are happy. I had mine for two weeks and it's just fine." More »
Good news for those with Virgin's blazing 100Mbit broadband; after doubling everyone's speed for free, meaning 50Mbiters already got upgraded to 100Mbps, the cable company has just started bumping you all up to 120Mbit, and you don't have to spend a penny to get it, either. Read More >>
Featured comment by spank86:
"I see your point but the majority of people would stil wind up talking in fractions all the time. Plus whoever changed first would lose all their cust..." More »
Featured comment by Spatchmo:
"Thats dampened my wick a little, i was hoping we'd be getting a new one on the 12th too!
Oh well, might still happen, but if Bloomy say No, it probs ..." More »
Another day closer to the iPhone 5 launch, another alleged leak part. This time is the USB cable with the rumoured iPhone dock connector. It certainly looks designed by Apple, a bit like a Thunderbolt cable. Read More >>
Yesterday we heard that Apple's working up a smaller dock connector for the incoming iPhone 5, but rumour has it we might see something akin to a mini MagSafe, just like the MagSafe2 Apple shoved onto the new MacBook Pro and Air. Read More >>
Featured comment by ScyBy:
"There's already an Apple certification chip required for many accessories. Apple has a proprietary chip that exposes an interface between the accessor..." More »
BT might be pushing 330Mbps through fibre this July, but it seems that good old copper isn't down and out just yet. The Germans have successfully tested broadband at a colossal 4.7Gbps; that's over 14 times as fast as our new top speed, using just standard cable in the field. Come on Virgin, where are you on that? Read More >>
Featured comment by CpTait:
"I'm Confused. Virgin Media uses fibre-optic cables, and they've been using them long before BT... Why is this article urging Virgin to improve copper ..." More »
Speaking at a conference in LA on Saturday, CBS' CEO Leslie Moonves explained how Steve Jobs approached him with a pitch for an Apple subscription content service. Moonves, however, wasn't convinced, and he decided to turn Jobs away. Read More >>
Featured comment by Danjc2:
"From This, it basically sounds like Moonves' fear was that Apple TV would be popular enough, and SJ persuasive enough, to make sure the deal was nowhe..." More »
The iPad 3 is on its way but let’s not get ourselves completely hung on that – it’s only a machine and it’s certainly not the boss of us. Other similar machines are available and perfectly capable of doing the same stuff as Apple's tablet. Read More >>
Even the amount of money it had to pay Usain Bolt to be in those rubbish adverts hasn't stopped Virgin Media posting its first ever profit, with the media pipe provider managing to end years of UK cable supplier misery and stick £75.9 in the bank this year. Read More >>
Featured comment by EddyCJ:
"I have similar problems with YouTube, but like dutters said, on my Virgin connection, 720 and 1080 load fast. Don't know why it happens." More »
In an interview with the Guardian, Nokia designer Marko Ahtisaari suggested that he wants future Lumia phones to involve zero moving parts. We're not just talking no buttons, either: he means scrapping the power and data cable for good. Read More >>
Call it tacky. Call it garish. Call it naff, if you must. Call it whatever you want, but this is the most unnecessarily amazing charger for iPhone and iPad ever created by humankind. It glows with electric blue light and it is animated! Read More >>
Sky broadband has been available for many years now, but it's always been at the mercy of BT for the 'last mile' -- the connection between your house, the exchange and the ISP. Now it's looking to connect direct to your house. Read More >>
Featured comment by Fontburn78:
"Sooner than you think. Northumberland County Council are rolling out a scheme to cover whole towns with wifi (mesh network). At the moment it is only ..." More »
Virgin Media's 100Mbps service is now available to 'over 20 million people' or one third of the UK, with half the UK scheduled for mid-2012. It's also been testing 1.5Gbps and is ready for the higher speeds when needed. Read More >>
Featured comment by 143lsb:
"Wow, iv'e never had a problem with there connection. I have there 10mbps and I usually get about 11 or 12 mbps from where I stay. Thought i was common..." More »