As if SimCity players haven't had enough of putting up with EA's always-on DRM nightmare of a game, there's now a new form of excrement to deal with thanks to a bug that breaks the city's sewers and introduces many more problems than it's supposed to fix. Read More >>
A group of tech and search firms led by Microsoft has lodged a complaint with the EU regarding Google's "predatory" distribution of Android, claiming the free OS is disrupting the market and making it harder for others to compete. Read More >>
Those who've spent the last few days trying, failing and trying again to play the new Sim City on PC are about to be rewarded for their patience, with publisher EA dishing out an unspecified free PC game as consolation. Read More >>
Featured comment by scaramoosh:
"Here's what Maxis has said...
“We have no intention of offlining SimCity any time soon but we’ll look into that as part of our earning back you..." More »
There's an almighty fuss surrounding EA's newly launched Sim City update, with the PC game's always-on internet requirement leading to delays and queues when trying to connect to a server to play the thing -- and causing Amazon US to temporarily suspend sales as users vent their one-star fury. Read More >>
Featured comment by Glenbot3000:
"Got you over a barrel, as they say.
NGL, the more I read and see about it, the more I'm tempted just to pay full RRP. ;-;" More »
The network itself might be solid, and awesome if you're loaded, but its backend accounts system that handles new customers and sending out 4G SIMs has been having serious "teething problems". It looks like EE's rush to get 4G out there as quickly as possible has caused some major headaches for new customers and the network alike. Read More >>
Featured comment by Vaxaholic:
"Hundreds of customers migrating their accounts from Orange to EE have found themselves without a working mobile service. One advisor mentioned to me t..." More »
A T-Mobile advert claiming to offer users "unlimited free texts forever" has been investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority, after two people queried the existential issue of whether something can really be proven to last "forever." Read More >>
After receiving loads of complaints following a series of mid-contract price rise outrages, regulator Ofcom is said to be looking at the practise of networks including "price variation clauses" in their contracts which let them take more money off us whenever they like. Read More >>
Featured comment by spank86:
"I think I should be allowed to do it too, In fact I'm going to ring vodafone now and tell them that from christmas I'm only going to be paying them £..." More »
The staff of the Advertising Standards Authority have again had to adjudicate on another childish battle between the ISPs, with the latest spat seeing BT complain about Virgin Media's use of the phrase "say bye-bye to buffering." Read More >>
O2 sure has had a fun few days, with up to a third of customers being hit with the blackout and many customers have lobbed complaints at them, but it seems like the network provider could escape legal trouble completely due to a couple of carefully written statements in the terms of service. Read More >>
Sketch comest and song parody group Barely Political made this IRL video version of the YouTube Complaints Department. It's appropriately annoying, given the topic, and also pretty funny. Read More >>
Listeners of Jazz FM DJ Mike Vitti's Funky Sensation show got a much funkier sensation than they were expecting, after he accidentally treated them to five minutes of sex grunts during the show. Not James Brown, but actual sex. Read More >>
It was kind of inevitable that the other networks were going to balk at the idea of letting the super-network Everything Everywhere trade some of its masses of 3G spectrum for 4G, but now O2’s officially thrown its toys out of the pram too. Read More >>
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For the first time in a while, Three hasn’t topped the most complained-about league table – this quarter it’s Orange. According to Ofcom it’s all because people really didn’t appreciate getting their bills hiked-up without the option to quit. Read More >>
Featured comment by DeFiBkIlLeR:
"Their standard broadband packages are terrible, i should know, i was on them for 2yrs, crappy stability,slow speeds etc,etc...
However, i just swit..." More »
An advert for TalkTalk's broadband, which featured imagery of a doll's house while claiming its broadband was the UK's "safest" and therefore clearly inferred your children would inevitably be MURDERED at a distant rural railway station if you risked using any other ISP, has been judged as misleading by the UK's ad watchdog. Read More >>
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